304803 (v.2) WASM Rock Breakage 532

Area:	Western Australian School of Mines
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	5.0
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Lecture:	1 x 4 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	303138 (v.1) WASM Mining and Metallurgy 131
Syllabus:	Explosive and non-explosive breakage of rock. Topics include - physics of breakage, mechanical rock breakage, explosive rock breakage. Fragmentation and breakage theories. Drilling, drilling techniques for exploration & sampling, drilling techniques for blasting. Explosive breakage, encompassing the properties and selection of commercial explosives, primer and boosters, explosive charging techniques, initiation and delay systems, explosive energy, blasting accessories and their applications. Rock mass characterisation for blasting. Basic blast design principles and practices. Blast fragmentation and analysis, mine-to-mill concept. Environmental management including dust, noise, flyrock and vibration. Blasting and mining legislation, safety issues and management. Non-explosive excavation including rock cutting principles, cutting with picks and disc cutting tools, ripping, impact breaking, methods of assessment of rock cuttability, cutting tool materials, design of cutterheads and shaft sinking. Novel forms of rock breakage.
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Field of Education:	030303 Mining Engineering
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

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