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Course title -
Course code UENM/C111
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Jalový Zdeněk, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Matyáš Robert, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Pachman Jiří, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Week 1 - Basic concepts. Explosion, what are explosives. Explosives, primary explosives, munitions, and pyrotechnic compounds. Their main characteristics. Week 2 - Characterization of explosives: stability, sensitivity and performance parameters. Detonation products, oxygen balance. Week 3 - Initiation of explosives, initiation chain, sensitivity of explosives to external stimuli. Mechanisms of initiation by thermal stimuli (DDT) and shock wave (SDT). Week 4 - Effects of explosives and the effect of explosion on the surroundings. Week 5 - Explosophores, identifying explosives by chemical structure. Aliphatic nitro compounds. Week 6 - Aromatic nitro compounds, nitroesters, nitramines. Week 7 - LOVA explosives, thermostable explosives, inorganic oxidizers, substances in rescue systems. Week 8 - Mixed explosives: industrial and military explosives. Week 9 - Fragments and their use in initiators. Week 10 - Improvised explosives and their precursors. Week 11 - Pyrotechnics and gunpowder. Week 12 - Propellants, explosive products: demonstrations, use and safety. Week 13 - Control test.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, Demonstration
Learning outcomes
Learn the basic concepts of explosion theory, explosives chemistry and explosive products.
The student will receive a basic overview of types of explosive transformation and various groups of energetic materials. Their chemistry, use in products and properties.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

Recommended literature
  • COOPER P.W. Explosives Engineering. Wiley VCH, N.Y., 1996. Wiley VCH. 1996.
  • FEDOROFF B.T, AARONSON H.A., REESE E.F., SHEFFIELD O.E., CLIFT G.D, KAYE S.M. Encyclopedia of Explosives and Related Items, Picatinny Arsenal New Jersey, USA, 1960-1983. .
  • JALOVÝ Z., PACHMAN J., MATYÁŠ R. Soubor prezentací v Power Pointu k předmětu Základy výbušnin pro záchranné složky. 2025.


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