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| MDML5541 | Environmental Control of Blasting | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of MINING ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims to provide the students with a general knowledge on theory and description of environmental problems denoted from rock blasting during mining, tunnelling, highway, dam construction, demolition, etc. to explain environmetal effects of the blasting and damage criterions, to design controlled blasting. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | learn environmental problems denoted from blasting during mining, tunneling, highway, dam construction and demolition blasting. | 2,7,8,10 | 1,3 | | PO - 2 : | measure and predict ground vibration, noise and air shock. | 2,3,5,10 | 1,3 | | PO - 3 : | use vibration measure devices. | 3,8,10 | 1,3 | | PO - 4 : | estimate environmental effects of blasting and damage criterions. | 1,2,5,9 | 1,3 | | PO - 5 : | learn standardization and the laws related to ground vibration. | 7,8,10 | 1,3 | | PO - 6 : | design controlled blasting in mining, tunneling and other applications. | 3,10 | 1,6 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Theory and description of environmental problems such as rock fly, air shock and ground vibration denoted from blasting during mining, tunnelling, highway, dam construction and demolition. Ground vibration, noise and air shock measurement and their prediction techniques. Introduction of commonly used vibration measure devices. Environmental effects of blasting and damage criterions. Standardization and the laws related to topics. Design of controlled blasting. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Theory and description of environmental problems denoted form blasting | | | Week 2 | Ground vibration | | | Week 3 | Noise and air shock | | | Week 4 | Prediction techniques | | | Week 5 | Vibration measure devices | | | Week 6 | Displacement and acceleration | | | Week 7 | Environmental effects of blasting | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Damage criterions | | | Week 10 | Standardization and the laws related to topics | | | Week 11 | Design of controlled blasting | | | Week 12 | Surface applications | | | Week 13 | Underground applications | | | Week 14 | Effect of slope instability | | | Week 15 | Diminution of ground vibration | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Persson, P.A., Holmberg, R, Lee, J. 1994, Rock Blasting and Explosive Engineering, CRC Pres LLC, 535 p. | | | |
| 1 | Jimeno, C.L., et al., 1995, Drilling and Blasting of Rocks, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Brookfield, 391 p. | | | 2 | Hopler, R.B., 1998, Blasters Handbook, 17th edition, International Society of Explosive Engineering, Ohio, 741 p | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8. | 22.11.2018 | 1,5 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 12. | 20.12.2018 | 5 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16. | 11.01.2019 | 1,5 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 6 | 14 | 84 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 3 | 5 | 15 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 40 | 1 | 40 | | Arasınav | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Ödev | 5 | 1 | 5 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 30 | 1 | 30 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Total work load | | | 219 |
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