Essays about: "explosives"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 34 essays containing the word explosives.

  1. 1. Methodologies for training detection dogs and scent sample storing

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Rebecka Clern; [2022]
    Keywords : detection dogs; scent training; canine scent detection; search dogs; scent samples;

    Abstract : Dogs’ spectacular sense of smell has been used as a detection tool by humans in many areas. Their olfaction was first used as a hunting tool, but dogs’ detection skills have been shown to also be applicable in, for example, detection of drugs, explosives, and firearms as well as disease detection. READ MORE

  3. 2. Some Like It Hot: Pre-heating Prior to Bioreactor Treatment Enhances Nitrogen Removal From Mine Drainage

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära

    Author : Laura Nina Bettoni; [2022]
    Keywords : denitrification; nitrate removal; temperature; woodchip bioreactor; waste rock leachate;

    Abstract : Ammonium-nitrate based explosives (NH4NO3) used within the operations of Kiruna iron ore mine release nitrate (NO3-) into the environment, potentially having adverse effects on local river-systems. One way of reducing NO3- impacts to the environment is through a woodchip denitrifying bioreactor (DBR). READ MORE

  4. 3. Thermal Initiation of Energetic Materials Caused by Hot Fragments

    University essay from KTH/Matematik (Avd.)

    Author : Sirak Ghebreamlak; [2022]
    Keywords : Applied mathematics; computational mathematics; heat equation; thermal initiation; chemical kinetics; energetic materials; Tillämpad matematik; beräkningsteknik; värmeledningsekvationen; termisk initiering; kinetik; energetiska material;

    Abstract : The cause of unintentional initiations of energetic materials is an important area of study due to the risks that comes with storing energetic materials such as high explosives. The current models used to simulate the process of heating energetic materials by a hot metal fragment do not give reliable predictions. READ MORE

  5. 4. Virtual Reality as an Educational Tool in the Training of Explosives for the Swedish Armed Forces Personnel

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för programvaruteknik

    Author : Anthony Colton; Sebastian Säbom; [2022]
    Keywords : Virtual Reality; Educational tool; military training;

    Abstract : Virtual reality (VR) is not part of the curriculum of explosives for the Swedish Armed Forces (SAF) today. According to the research department at the Swedish EOD and Demining Centre (SWEDEC), this study is the first step in introducing VR to modernize the educational system for explosives within the SAF. READ MORE

  6. 5. Decarbonising the Mining Industry: The Case of Dannemora Iron Ore Mine

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Felix Meyer; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable Energy Transition; Decarbonisation; Electrification; LCI; Mining; Iron ore; Dannemora.;

    Abstract : The Swedish mining and minerals sector is one of the most prominent greenhouse gas emitters in the country. At the same time, it also provides Sweden and other nations with vast amounts of important metals and minerals, which are not easily replaced. READ MORE