303150 (v.2) WASM Rock Breakage 332
Area: |
WASM Mining Engineering Teaching Area |
Credits: |
25.0 |
Contact Hours: |
4.0 |
| ** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. ** | |
Lecture: |
1 x 4 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: |
Explosive and non-explosive breakage of rock. Topics include - physics of breakage, mechanical rock breakage, and explosive rock breakage. Fragmentation and breakage theories. Drilling, drilling techniques for exploration and sampling, drilling techniques for blasting. Explosive breakage, encompassing the properties and selection of commercial explosives, primer and booster, explosives charging techniques, initiation and delay systems, explosive energy, blasting accessories and their applications. Rock mass characterisation for blasting. Basic blast design principles and practices including - metalliferous bench blasting, open pit blasting, shaft sinking, and underground blasting. Special blasting techniques including presplitting, smooth wall blasting, trenching, cast blasting, and paddock blasting. Blast fragmentation and analysis and the mine-to-mill concept. |
| ** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. ** | |
Field of Education: | 030303 Mining Engineering |
Funding Cluster: | 08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying |
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information |
Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability |
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| Availability Information has not been provided by the respective School or Area. Prospective students should contact the School or Area listed above for further information. | |
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