Explosives engineering

<h2 id="topics">Topics</h2>
<p>Some of the topics that explosives engineers study, research, and work on include:
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<ul><li>Development and characterization of new <a href="/facts/Explosive_materials/sUme5Pp8">explosive materials</a> in <a href="/facts/Use_forms_of_explosives/HsdljRYn">various forms</a></li>
<li>Analysis of the physical process of <a href="/facts/Detonation/C8cVTb2R">detonation</a></li>
<li>Explosive generated <a href="/facts/Shock_wave/CqrG1Xm5">shock waves</a> and their effects on materials</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Safety_testing_of_explosives/K76yWWtB">Safety testing of explosives</a></li>
<li>Analysis and engineering of <a href="/facts/Rock_blasting/lh38AsAB">rock blasting</a> for <a href="/facts/Mining/g6uDIFab">mining</a></li>
<li>Design and analysis of <a href="/facts/Shaped_charges/bJGUyrWM">shaped charges</a> and <a href="/facts/Reactive_armor/lAL4HG0n">reactive armor</a></li>
<li>Design, analysis and application of military explosives such as <a href="/facts/Grenade/Du3rHfGB">grenades</a>, <a href="/facts/Land_mine/D5AkxUF9">mines</a>, <a href="/facts/Artillery_shell/a51oDRdu">shells</a>, <a href="/facts/Aerial_bomb/3vhocvAF">aerial bombs</a>, missile <a href="/facts/Warhead/DKJ7lyqb">warheads</a>, etc.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Bomb_disposal/FQJI2y4b">Bomb disposal</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Drilling_and_blasting/lh38AsAB">Drilling and blasting</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Demolition/205k0BUM">Demolition</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="organizations">Organizations</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/International_Society_for_Explosive_Engineers/rX9l29yC">International Society of Explosives Engineers (ISEE)</a></li>
<li>Missouri University of Science and Technology <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li>
<li>New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech)</li></ul>
<h2 id="in-popular-culture">In popular culture</h2>
<p>The film <a href="/facts/The_Hurt_Locker/2sEKkmcq">The Hurt Locker</a> follows an Iraq War Explosive Ordnance Disposal team who are targeted by insurgents and shows their psychological reactions to the stress of combat.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Explosives/sUme5Pp8">Explosives</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Chapman%25E2%2580%2593Jouguet_condition/2tfLRLjJ">Chapman–Jouguet condition</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Chemistry/SrNqkGVm">Chemistry</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Civil_engineer/RjIFIjNe">Civil engineer</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Chemical_engineer/AGPxgpMN">Chemical engineer</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Gurney_equations/sYdyyh0b">Gurney equations</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Material_science/N5HrXRYW">Material science</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Physics/a7aH2y08">Physics</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Drilling_and_blasting/lh38AsAB">Drilling and blasting</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.isee.org/">http://www.isee.org/</a></li>
<li>http://www.explosivesacademy.org/</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Cooper, Paul W. (1996). Explosives Engineering. Wiley-VCH. ISBN 0-471-18636-8. <a href="0-471-18636-8" target="_blank">0-471-18636-8</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>http://explosives.mst.edu/ <a href="http://explosives.mst.edu/" target="_blank">http://explosives.mst.edu/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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