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| MDM3000 | ROCK BLASTING TECHNOLOGY | 2+0+0 | ECTS:3 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of MINING ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Ayhan KESİMAL | | 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 of understanding of the drilling technology and the physical and chemical process by which explosives release their energy and work on the surrounding material, to set out the basic priciples of the engineering methods for calculating the correct charge size and charge placement for a multiple of practical applications, to give examples of how these methods can be used in production blasting, tunneling, and so on. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | understand the key components of the design of drilling and blasting commonly employed in surface and underground excavations. | 1,2 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | explain the need for drilling and blasting to include the requirement for good fragmentation and maximising efficiency in blasting to provide higher yield. | 1,2 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | understand the knowledge and application of the fundamentals of rock blasting. | 1,11 | 1 | | LO - 4 : | assess the environmental risks associated with uncontrolled blasting. | 2,11 | 1 | | LO - 5 : | summarise the effects of ground over-pressure, ground vibration and the energy associated with the blasting process. | 1,2,11 | 1 | | LO - 6 : | understand the methods of monitoring and control of the effects of blasting. | 11 | 1 | | LO - 7 : | explain the process by which the effects of blasting are monitored and controlled, to include: methods of measurement and control; acceptable levels; environmental issues such as air-shock, dust and fly-rock. | 1,2,11 | 1,4,6 | | LO - 8 : | design suitable blast pattern and geometry for varying rock materials. | 1,2,11 | 1 | | LO - 9 : | desing explosive demolition and controlled blasting principles. | 1,2,11 | 1 | | 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), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Rock strength and fracture properties, drilling in rock, explosives, shock waves and detonations, explosive performance, initiation systems, principles of charge calculations for surface, underground and tunnelling blasting, stress waves in rock, rock mass damage and fragmentation, contour blasting and computer calculations for rock blasting, environmental risk associated with uncontrolled blasting: ground vibration, air-shock, fly-rock, dust, and methods of monitoring, explosive demolition, controlled blasting. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Rock strength and fracture properties | | | Week 2 | Mechanical drilling in rock | | | Week 3 | Explosives | | | Week 4 | Shock waves, detonations, explosive performance | | | Week 5 | Initiation systems | | | Week 6 | Charge calculations for surface blasting | | | Week 7 | Charge calculations for tunneling | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Stress waves in rock, rock mass damage and fragmentation | | | Week 10 | Contour blasting | | | Week 11 | Ground induced vibrations, displacement, acceleration and frequency, and measurements of these parameters by instruments | | | Week 12 | Evaluation of results measured by seismograph | | | Week 13 | Controlled blast techniques and legal standards for our country and in the world | | | Week 14 | Flyrock, toxic fumes, the safety of explosives | | | Week 15 | Explosive demolition and controlled blasting principles | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Kesimal, A. 2021, Kaya Patlatma Teknolojisi Ders Notları. | | | |
| 1 | Persson, P.A., Holmberg, R, Lee, J. 1994, Rock Blasting and Explosive Engineering, CRC Pres LLC, 535 p. | | | 2 | Jimeno, C.L., et al., 1995, Drilling and Blasting of Rocks, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Brookfield, 391 p. | | | 3 | 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 | | 1.5 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 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 | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 9 | 18 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 1 | 6 | 6 | | Arasınav | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Ödev | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 10 | 20 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Total work load | | | 85 |
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