Explosives engineering

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Explosives engineering is the field of science and engineering which is related to examining the behavior and usage of explosive materials.^[1]

Topics[edit]

Some of the topics that explosives engineers study, research, and work on include:

• Development and characterization of new explosive materials in various forms
• Analysis of the physical process of detonation
• 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
• Drilling and blasting
• Demolition

Organizations[edit]

• International Society of Explosives Engineers (ISEE)
• Missouri University of Science and Technology ^[2]
• New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech)

In popular culture[edit]

The film The Hurt Locker follows an Iraq War Explosive Ordnance Disposal team who are targeted by insurgents and shows their psychological reactions to the stress of combat.

See also[edit]

• Explosives
• Chapman–Jouguet condition
• Chemistry
• Civil engineer
• Chemical engineer
• Gurney equations
• Material science
• Physics
• Drilling and blasting

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• http://www.isee.org/
• http://www.explosivesacademy.org/