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Explosive generated shock waves and their effects on materials; Safety testing of explosives; Analysis and engineering of rock blasting for mining; Design and analysis of shaped charges and reactive armor; Design, analysis and application of military explosives such as grenades, mines, shells, aerial bombs, missile warheads, etc. Bomb disposal
In South Africa, leading institutions include the University of Pretoria, offering a 4-year Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng in Mining Engineering) as well as post-graduate studies in various specialty fields such as rock engineering and numerical modelling, explosives engineering, ventilation engineering, underground mining methods and mine ...
Drilling and blasting is the controlled use of explosives and other methods, such as gas pressure blasting pyrotechnics, to break rock for excavation. It is practiced most often in mining, quarrying and civil engineering such as dam, tunnel or road construction. The result of rock blasting is often known as a rock cut.
Nov. 1—EAST LYME — Explosives engineer Mike Rodriguez was in a bright orange sweatshirt and a hard hat as he led a group of 14 aspiring engineers through the blasting site on the northbound ...
Many of the roles are specific to a type of mining, such as coal mining. Roles considered to be "miners" in the narrower sense have included: Hewer (also known as "cake" or "pickman"), whose job was to hew the rock. Collier, a hewer who hews coal with a pick. Driller, who works a rock drill to bore holes for placing dynamite or other explosives.
Explosives in Mining. Explosives have been used in surface mining and sub-surface mining to blast out rock and ore intended for processing. The most common explosive used in mining is ammonium nitrate. [47] Between 1870 and 1920, in Queensland Australia, an increase in mining accidents lead to more safety measures surrounding the use of ...