Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

ROCK BLASTING I

General Data

Type of credits: ECTS
Number of credits: 5.00
Status: Mandatory
Type: Course
Academic Year: 3º
Term: 1º
Languages: Portuguese
Available for Mobility Students: No
Restricted to alliance: No
Code: Sin codigo

Coordination

Description

Theory/Practice
4

Instructors

José Fernandes


 

Contents

1) definitions and relevant concepts in the framework of this discipline (CP1/15%);
2) thermodynamic properties of civil explosives and respective initiation systems (CP2/17%);
3) several kinds and technical comparison of explosives and initiation systems, available nowadays (CP3/17%);
4) selection criteria of an explosive for a certain geotechnical application (CP4/17%);
5) usual applications (open pit and underground blasting patterns) (CP5/17%);
6) legal framework (license to operate and usage, including storing and transportation and also the new track and trace requirements) (CP6/17%).

Learning Outcomes

It is a curricular unit with the following objectives:
- Understand the civil explosives used in rock blasting (in mining and in geotechnical Works), respective initiation systems e legal framework, regarding usage, storing and transport (OB1).
- Distinguish the explosives used in rock blasting, its initiation systems (OB2).
- know how to design blasting patterns in open pit and underground escavation works (OB3).