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Explosion Engineering (MACE61054)

Unit specification
Lecture notes (Dr. Tan)

Topic: Physics of Explosions

  • Physics of Explosions - part I
  • Physics of Explosions - part II
  • Spalling and Fragmentation - part I
  • Spalling and Fragmentation - part II

    Topic: High Energy Rate Processes

  • Energy Related Materials
  • Explosive Welding

    Topic: Underwater Explosion

  • Underwater Explosions - part I
  • Underwater Explosions - part II

  • Course summary
  • Tutorial questions
  • Tutorial solutions

  • Exam questions (3 & 4)
  • Exam solutions (3 & 4)
    Course Discussion Blog

  • Explosion Engineering Discussion Blog
  • Course schedule for the rest four weeks (week 9-12)
  • Suggested topics for Explosion Engineering Projects

    Dr. Tan's expertise in Explosion Engineering

  • Modern explosion science and engineering
  • Energetic materials

    Historical events:

  • The Calder Hall nuclear power station coolers, which are each 88 metres high, have been demolished.
  • The Queen opened the world's first civilian nuclear power station at Calder Hall on 17 October 1956.
  • Peace: in the memory of the September 11th attacks against the World Trade Center of New York.
  • Underwater Explosion
  • W. J. Macquorn Rankine, On the Thermodynamic Theory of Waves of Finite Longitudinal Disturbance
  • The life and work of Pierre-Henri Hugoniot

    Reference books:

  • Explosives Engineering
  • Water Waves Generated by Underwater Explosion