Rock Mechanics and Ground Control 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 rock mechanics and ground control is as follows.
Course Objective:
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Unit I
Introduction
Definition of some important terms used in rock mechanics, application of rock mechanics in mining, introduction to stress analysis, stresses in two and three dimensions, Mohr”s circle.
Unit II
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Unit III
Mechanical Properties of Rocks
Preparation of test specimens, laboratory determination of mechanical properties of rocks ” compressive strength, tensile strength, flexural strength, shear and triaxial strength, modulus of elasticity, Poisson”s ratio, Mohr”s envelope, effect of various parameters on the strength of rocks, in-situ strength, post failure behaviour of rocks.
Unit IV
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Unit V
Underground Supports
Various methods of roof examination, objectives and limitations of supports, ground forces and in situ stresses, pressure arch theory, evolution of supports , conventional supports ” timber and steel supports, arches, yielding supports; rock and cable bolting, shotcreting, roof stitching, support of shaft bottoms, galleries, junctions and places of roof falls, freshly exposed roof supports, design of supports, longwall powered supports. Design of systematic support rules for B and P and longwall – development, depillaring, etc.
Course Outcome:
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Text Books:
- Vutukuri, V.S., and Lama, R.D., Handbook on Mechanical Properties of Rocks, Vol. I, II, III and IV, Transtech Publication, Berlin, 1974/78.
- Peng, S.S., Ground Control, Wiley Interscience, New York, 1987.
References:
- Obert, L. and Duvall, W.I., Rock Mechanics and Design of Structure in Rock John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York, 1967.
- Brady, B.H.G. and Brown, S.T., Rock Mechanics, Wiley Interscience, 1985.
- Hoek, E., and Brown, S.T., Underground Excavations in Rocks, Institute of Mining Metallurgy, London, 1980.
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