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Course Name	Turkish	Patlayıcı Madde Tek. ve Uygula
	English	Blasting Technology and its Applications
Course Code	MAD 241	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	3	2	2	-	-
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		Cengiz Kuzu
Course Objectives		1. Learning the blasting for mining and construction works 2. Avoiding of environmental-side effects of blasting 3. Learnig the blast design
Course Description		Rock drilling methods, properties of explosives, industrial explosives, initiation systems, mechanism of rock breakage, characterization of the rock masses for blast designing, controllable parameters of blasting, bench blasting, blasting for tunnels, drifts and shaft sinking, underground production blasting in mining engineering, evaluation of blast results, blast induced environmental effects.
Course Outcomes		I Learning of blast reactions and energy calculations II The selection-ability of of proper industrial explosives III Drill pattern design in relation of rock breakage mechanism IV The selection-ability of proper initiation systems V Blast design for open pit and quarries, using of blasting in construction works and their calculations VI Minimizing the adverse environmental effects of blasting VII Underground blast design, using of blasting in civil engineering (tunnel, underground openings, etc.) and their calculations
Pre-requisite(s)		yok
Required Facilities
Other
Textbook		Lecturer's Manuscript
Other References		Atlas, Explosives and Rock Blasting, Atlas Powder Company, 1987. Jimeno, C. L. ve Arkadaşları: Drilling and blasting of rocks, A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam, 1995. Bhandari, S.: Engineering rock blasting operations, Balkema, Rotterdam, 1997. Vogel, G.: Zünden von Sprengladungen, Verlag Leopold Hartmann, Sondheim, 2000. Hustrulid, W.: Blasting principles, Balkema, 1999. Wild, H. W.: Sprengtechnik, Verlag Glückauf, Essen, 1984. Wild, H. W.: Sprengtechnik im Bergbau, Tunnel- und Stollenbau, Verlag Glückauf, Essen, 1977. Gregory, C. E.: Explosives for north american engineers, Trans Tech Publications, Rockport, 1984.

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