Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

ROCK BLASTING II

General Data

Type of credits: ECTS
Number of credits: 4.00
Status: Mandatory
Type: Course
Academic Year: 3º
Term: 2º
Languages: Portuguese
Available for Mobility Students: No
Restricted to alliance: No
Code: Sin codigo

Coordination

Description

Theory/Practice
4


 

Instructors

Luís Carlos Ramos


 

Contents

Rock dynamics principles. Propagation of stress waves . Plastic and choque waves. Fragmentation of rock masses by blasting. Environmental impacts from blasting. Remaining rock mass stability, flyrock, dust and other atmosferic contaminants, noise and air shock wave and vibrations. Other independente variables in the rock mass propagation law.


 

Learning Outcomes

To know the environmental impacts from rock blasting and to understand how to control those.
To know the vibration propagation laws in rock masses and the respective influence of geology, distance and explosives used.