Course: Theory of Explosions I

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Course title Theory of Explosions I
Course code UENM/C688
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
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.
  • 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 basic understanding of energetic materials.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

combined - written followed by oral
Recommended literature
  • Bjerketvedt, D., Bakke, J.R., van Wingerden, K. Gas Explosion Handbook. 1997.
  • Cooper P.W. Explosives Engineering. Wiley VCH, N.Y., 1996.. Wiley VCH: N.Y., 1996.
  • Eckhoff, R. K. Dust explosions in the process industries. 1997.
  • Kubota N. Propellant and Explosives. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2002.. Wiley-VCH: Weinheim, 2002.


Study plans that include the course
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