Drilling and Blasting Engineering detailed syllabus for Mining Engineering (MNG) for 2019 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the MNG students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Mining Engineering 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit MNG 7th Sem 2019 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to MNG Professional Elective-IV syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of drilling and blasting engineering is as follows.
Course Objective:
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Unit I
Exploration and Production Drilling
Exploratory drilling – drills, core recovery and Interpretation of borehole data; Production drilling; Operating variables; Various methods of drilling – percussive, rotary, rotary percussive; mechanics of different methods of drilling; Down-the-hole drilling and Top hammer drilling; Inclined Drilling; Factors affecting drilling and drillability studies – micro-bit drilling; selection of drilling equipment; different types of bit and selection of drill bits; bits wear; Introduction to novel and special drilling techniques.
Unit II
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Unit III
Blasting in Underground Mines
Blasting techniques for coal and metal Underground mines – VCR, gallery blasting, solid blasting and its evaluation. Drilling pattern for tunneling and shaft sinking; controlled blasting techniques. Blasting in underground coal mining – Present status and future trends.
Unit IV
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Unit V
Adverse Effects of Blasting and Instrumentation
Dangers associated with blasting in opencast mines and underground mines – misfires, blown out shots, incomplete detonation; Environmental impacts due to blasting – fly rock, ground vibrations, air blast and air and water pollution and its controlling measures; Introduction to instrumentation in blasting -V.O.D probe, vibration monitoring, high speed video camera, etc; Introduction to blasting software; Introduction to blasting concepts related to road constructions, trench cutting, demolition of buildings, dimensional stone quarries, underwater blasting.
Course Outcome:
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Text Books:
- Gokhale, B.V., Rotary Drilling and Blasting in Large Surface Mines, 2nd Edition, CRC Press, 2011.
- Jimeno, C.L., Jimeno, E.L, Carcedo, E.J. Drilling and Blasting of Rocks, A.A.Balkema, Rotterdam, 1995.
- Rao, K.U.M, and Misra, B., Principles of Rock Drilling, Oxford and IBH Publications, New Delhi, 1998.
References:
- Antipas Massawe, Drilling and Blasting Part I: Blasting Lectures and Tutorials, 1st Edition, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2010.
- Antipas Massawe, Drilling and Blasting Part II: Drilling Manual, 1st Edition, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2010.
- Bhandari,Sushil, Engineering Rock Blasting Operations, A.A.Balkema, Rotterdam, 1997.
- Clark, G.B., Principles of Rock fragmentation, Wiley Interscience Publication, 1987.
- Chugh, C.P., Diamond Drilling, Oxford and IBH Publications New Delhi, 1999.
- Hustrulid, W.A. Blasting Principles of Open Pit Mining,Vol.1- General Design Concept, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, 1999.
- Janusz Res, Krzysztof Wladzielczyk and Ajoy K. Ghose., Environment-friendly Techniques of rock breaking, CRC Press, 2003.
- Konya, C.J. and Walter, E.J. Surface Blast Design, New Jersey, 1990.
- Langefors, U., and Kihlstrom, (1973), B., The Modern Techniques of Rock Blasting, URMO Publications.
- Per-Anders Persson, Roger Holmberg, and Jaimin Lee. Rock Blasting and Explosives Engineering, CRC Press, 1994.
- Pradhan, G.K., and Sandhu, G.S., Manual of Rock Blasting, IME Publications, 1996.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Mining Engineering 7th Sem, visit MNG 7th Sem subject syllabuses for 2019 regulation.
For all Mining Engineering results, visit Anna University MNG all semester results direct link.