| Effective Term: | 2024/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability |
| Unit Title: | Rock Fragmentation |
| Unit ID: | ENGIN2502 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | Nil |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | (ENMIN2040) |
| ASCED: | 030303 |
| Other Change: | |
| Brief description of the Unit |
Students will develop their knowledge in the area of drilling and blasting for both surface and underground mining. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: | |
| Supplementary Assessment:No |
| Supplementary assessment is not available to students who gain a fail in this Unit. |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | |  | | | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Understand the principles of different drilling operations. |
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| K2. | Understand the principles of different blasting operations. |
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| K3. | Recognise the importance of why drilling and blasting must be considered together in both surface and underground mining operations. |
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| K4. | Identify the potential environmental effects of blasting. |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Analyse and solve problems of complex drilling and blasting. |
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| S2. | Select different explosive types and their use for particular applications. |
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| S3. | Evaluate different drilling and blasting design methods for both surface and underground operations. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Synthesise and design short, medium and long-term plans and schedules for drilling and blasting for surface mines. |
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| A2. | Synthesise and design short, medium and long-term plans and schedules for drilling and blasting for sub-surface mines. |
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| Unit Content: |
•Production drilling machines
•Bits and drilling accessories
•Explosive types
•Explosive properties and characteristics
•New explosive products
•Principles of blasting
•Initiation systems
•Small scale drilling and blasting
•Large scale methods and mass blasting
•Crater blasting systems
•Controlled blasting techniques
•Vibrations and air blast
•Secondary breaking
•Case studies and costs
•Kinetics of a particle F = ma, work and energy, impulse and momentum |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1-K4, S1-S3, A1-A2 | A comprehensive design exercise(s) will be undertaken that has a range of conceptual questions posed within it. | One or more assignments. | 40 - 60% | | 2. | K1-K4, S1-S3, A1-A2 | An examination on any or all of the material covered in the unit. | Examination | 40 - 60% |
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