Drilling & Blasting Engineering detail syllabus for Mining Engineering (Mining), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17MN46), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.
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Course Objectives:
This course will enable students to:
- To understand the basic concepts of drilling and blasting.
- To gain knowledge on various types of explosives and accessories, and their applicability in blasting.
- To understand the safety measures that are required for storing and handling of explosives.
- To understand the mechanics of blasting and its effects on environment.
Module 1:
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Module 2:
Explosive
Explosives: Historical Development, properties of explosives, Low and High explosives, ANFO, slurries, Emulsion explosives, heavy ANFO, permitted explosives, testing of permitted explosives, bulk explosives system-PMS, SMS.
Module 3:
Firing of Explosives & Blasting Methods
Firing of Explosives: Safety fuses, Detonating cord and accessories, Detonators, Exploders. Electric firing and non-electric firing, Electronic Detonators, NONEL blasting. Blasting Methods: Preparation of charge, stemming and shot firing. Choice and economical use of explosives, misfires, blown out shots, incomplete detonation, their causes, prevention and remedies.
Module 4:
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Module 5:
Mechanics of Blasting & Effects of Vibration
Mechanics of Blasting: Factors affecting rock breakage, Crater theory and its applications, theories of rock breakage using explosives.
Theory of shaped charge, detonation pressure, coupling, shock waves impedance, critical diameter etc. calculation of charge and powder factor. Effects of Vibration: Vibrations due to blasting and damage criteria, controlled blasting methods, design of blasting, air overpressure and fly rock. Economics of blasting.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course students will be able to:
- Ability to select drilling equipment for drilling in mines under various conditions.
- Ability to select explosives and accessories for mine specific blasting.
- Ability to handle explosives and other accessories with safety.
- Ability to understand the mechanics of blasting which in turn helps in blasting design.
Text Books:
- Explosives and Blasting Practices in Mines, S.K. Das, Lovely Prakashan, Dhanbad, 1993.(Modules I-V)
- Explosives and Blasting Techniques, G.K. Pradhan, Minetech Publication, 1996. .(Modules I-V.
Reference Books:
- Surface Mining, G.B. Mishra, Module.1, Dhanbad Publishers, Dhanbad, 1978.
- Rock Fragmentation by Blasting, B.Mohanty, Module.4, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, 1996.
- Advances in Drilling and Blasting V.R. Sastry, Modules 1 and 2, Allied Publishers Ltd., 1993.
- Principles of Rock Drilling U.M. Rao Karanam and B.Mishra, Modules 1 and 2 Oxford and IBH, 1998.
- Drilling and Blasting of Rocks, Carlopez Jimeno, etal. Module.7, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Brook fields, 1995.
- Engineering Rock Blasting operations, Sushil Bhandari, Modules 3 and 6, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Brook fields, 1997
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