Surface Mining Technology detailed Syllabus for Mining Engineering (Mining), R18 regulation has been taken from the JNTUH official website and presented for the students affiliated to JNTUH course structure. For Course Code, Subject Names, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Credits, and other information do visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the universities official website.
For all other Mining 3rd Year 1st Sem Syllabus for B.Tech R18 Regulation JNTUH, do visit Mining 3rd Year 1st Sem Syllabus for B.Tech R18 Regulation JNTUH Subjects. The detailed Syllabus for surface mining technology is as follows.
Pre-requisite:
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Course Objectives:
- The objective of this course is to provide students in mining engineering with the necessary knowledge to design safe, efficient and environmentally responsible surface mining operations.
- To know the various statutory aspects like CMR, MMR and the relevant DGMS circulars related to this course.
Course Outcomes:
The students will have ability to classify and select the suitable surface mining methods and equipment based on site conditions. They will also have a concept of waste dump formations and slope failures in surface mines
Unit I
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Unit II
Layout And Design Of Surface Mines:
Slopes in surface mines – Highwall and waste dumps; Working pit slope and ultimate pit slope, common modes of slope failures, factors influencing stability of slopes, Development of opencast mine layouts for various shapes of deposits. Conversion of Underground mine to opencast mine vis-a vis open cast mine to underground mine related problems and probable solutions.
Unit III
Ground Preparation Methods:
Preparation of the site – Ripping, Drilling and Blasting; Types, operation, selection, applications and limitations of ground preparation equipments – Rippers, Dozers, Blasthole drills and rock breakers, Determining number of drill machines, dozers and rippers for planned production. Concept of rippability, Blasting in Opencast Mines over Developed Galleries. Introduction to Placer and Sea bed mining, hydraulicking, dredging ground slicing. Exploitation systems of sea bed mineral resources.
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; Locomotives; Conveyors (shiftable and high-angle) – mode of operation, applicability and limitations, Scope and application of in-pit crushers in surface mines. Illumination in surface mines. Types of waste dump – internal and external; dump formation methods and corresponding equipment; Dump stability and stabilisation measures.
Text Books:
- Kennedy, B.A., Surface Mining – 2nd Edition, SME, New York, 1990.
- Hartman H.L., Introductory Mining Engineering, John Wiley and Sons, 2002.
Reference Books:
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