Course: Detonation Physics

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Course title Detonation Physics
Course code UENM/C893
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pachman Jiří, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Janovský Břetislav, doc. Ing. Dr.
  • Šelešovský Jakub, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction, classification of explosives and explosions, energetic aspects of explosions, thermal decomposition, combustion, detonation, initiation, DDT, sensitivity, sensitiveness, stability, explosions of gasses, dust clouds, hybrid mixtures and aerosols, physical explosion

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the basic principles behind energetic materials, theoretical relations among structure of the substances and their parameters.
The student will acquire basis understanding of energetic materials.
Prerequisites
C014 Physical Chemistry I C003, C606 Mathematics I, II C008 Organic chemistry I C010 Physics I English - intermediate

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination

combined - written followed by oral
Recommended literature
  • . .. 1993 VCH, Weinheim, 1993.
  • Cooper P.W. Explosives Engineering. Wiley VCH, N.Y., 1996.. Wiley VCH, N.Y., 1996.
  • Kubota N. Propellant and Explosives. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2002.. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2002.
  • Vávra P. Teorie výbušin, Učební texty. Univerzita Pardubice, 2002.. Univerzita Pardubice, 2002.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Theory and Technology of Explosives (2016) Category: Engineering chemistry and chemistry of silicates 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Theory and Technology of Explosives (2013) Category: Engineering chemistry and chemistry of silicates 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Chemical Technology Study plan (Version): Theory and Technology of Explosives (2015) Category: Engineering chemistry and chemistry of silicates 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter