Advanced Surface Mining detailed syllabus for Mining Engineering (MINING), R18 regulation has been taken from the JNTUHs official website and presented for the students of B.Tech Mining Engineering branch affiliated to JNTUH course structure. For Course Code, Course Titles, 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 the other MINING 4th Year 1st Sem Syllabus for B.Tech R18 Regulation JNTUH scheme, visit Mining Engineering 4th Year 1st Sem R18 Scheme.
For all the (Professional Elective-3) subjects refer to Professional Elective-3 Scheme. The detail syllabus for advanced surface mining is as follows.
Pre-Requisites:
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Course Objective:
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Course Outcome:
The students will have insight about the advanced techniques for mine planning, geotechnical investigation and equipment management and also will understand the modern trends in opencast mines, safety and environment.
Unit – I
Pit Planning: Development of economic block model; Pit cut-off grade and its estimation; Ultimate pit configuration and its determination – hand method, floating cone technique, Lerchs-Grossmann algorithm, and computer assisted hand method. Addition of haulroad on pit plan; Pit layouts. Openpit optimisation techniques for mine geometry and output, mine development phases, quality control Output and manpower planning; calendar planning, mine scheduling, production scheduling, truck dispatch system; Feasibility Report, DPR-contents and preparation.
Unit – II
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Unit – III
Production and Equipment Planning: Determination of mine size and sequencing by nested pits; Cash flow calculations; Mine and mill plant sizing; Production scheduling. Stockpiling and blending, Spreaders and Reclaimers; computerized truck dispatch. Selection of mining system vis-a-vis equipment system; Computations for the capacity and number of machines vis-a-vis mine production. Machine availability, productivity, maintenance scheduling, preventive maintenance, control and monitoring inventory. Workshops for HEMM. Power supply arrangements in opencast mines.
Unit – IV
Health, Safety and Environmental Management: Occupational health hazards due to mine dust, poor lighting and ventilation, noise and vibration, radioactive emission; Impact of surface subsidence; Accidents in Surface mining and their prevention; Sources of water, assessment of drainage requirements, sump design and drainage patterns – pumping systems. Pre-drainage through diversion channels and boreholes; Water pollution, Methods of reclamation of mined out areas, dumps and tailing ponds, environmental audit. Socio-economic factors in surface mines.
Unit – V
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Text Books:
- Hartman, H. L. (Editor), SME Mining Engineering Handbook, 3rd edition, Vol I and II, Society of Mining Engineers, New York, 2011.
- Hustrulid, W. and Kuchta, M., (eds)., Fundamentals of Open Pit Mine Planning and Design, Elsevier, 1995
Reference Books:
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For detail syllabus of all other subjects of B.Tech Mining Engineering 4th Year 1st Sem , visit MINING 4th Year 1st Sem syllabus subjects.
For B.Tech Mining Engineering (MINING) 4th Year results, visit JNTUH B.Tech Mining Engineering semester results direct link.