Surface Mining 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 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit MNG 5th Sem 2019 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of surface mining is as follows.
Course Objective:
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Unit I
Introduction
Surface mining – status, concept, applicability, advantages and disadvantages, Surface Mining Systems vis equipment system – classification, applicability, advantages and disadvantages; Stripping ratio – concepts, types and applicability; Concept of ultimate pit limits; Haul roads in surface mines – constructional and safety features.
Unit II
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Unit III
Ground Preparation Methods
Preparation of the site – Ripping, Drilling and Blasting; Types, operation, selection, method and cycle of operation, applications of ground preparation equipments – Rippers-Dozers, Blasthole drills and rock breakers, Determining number of drill machines; Concept of Rippability, Estimation of ripper”s output, Design of blasts in surface mines.
Unit IV
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Unit V
Transport and Waste Dumps
Scope and application of different modes of transport system in surface mines – Trucks, Synchronization of shovel and dumper capacity for required production; Conveyors (shiftable and high-angle) – mode of operation, applicability and limitations, Scope and application of in-pit crushers in surface mines. Illumination and surface mine drainage in surface mines. Surface mining over underground workings. Types of waste dump – internal and external; dump formation methods and corresponding equipment; Dump slope – stabilization and monitoring.
Course Outcome:
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Text Books:
- Kennedy, B.A., Surface Mining – 2nd Edition, SME, New York, 1990.
- Hartman H.L., Introductory Mining Engineering, John Wiley and Sons, 2002.
References:
- Hartman, H.L. (Ed.), SME Mining Engg. Handbook Vol. I and II, 3rd Ed iti on , Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., Colorado, 2011.
- Mishra G.B., Surface Mining, 2nd Edition, Lovely Prakashan Publishers, Dhanbad, 2006.
- Rozgonyi, G Tibor, Continuous Surface Mining, 1st Edition, A.A.Balkema, Rotterdam, 1988.
- Rzhevsky V., Open pit Mining Operations, Mir Publications, 1971.
- Amitosh De, Heavy Earth Moving Machinery, Lovely Prakashan, Dhanbad, 2000.
- Hustrulid, W. and Kuchta, M, Open Pit Mine Planning and Design, Vol. 1, Fundamentals, 3rd Edition, A.A.Balkema, Rotterdam, 2013.
- Hustrulid, W. A., Mccarter, M. K., And Van Zyl, D. J. A., Ed., Slope Stability in Surface Mining, Littleton, 2000.
- Das, S.K., Surface Mining Technology, Lovely Prakashan, Dhanbad, 1994.
- Rasim Latifovic, Mining and the Environment, VDM Verlag, 2009.
For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Mining Engineering, 2019 regulation curriculum do visit MNG 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2019 regulation.
For all Mining Engineering results, visit Anna University MNG all semester results direct link.