18MN32: Elements of Mining Engineering Mining Syllabus for BE 3rd Sem 2018 Scheme VTU

Elements of Mining Engineering detailed Syllabus for Mining Engineering (Mining), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information do visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.

For all other VTU Mining 3rd Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, do visit VTU Mining 3rd Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme Subjects. The detailed Syllabus for elements of mining engineering is as follows.

Course Learning Objectives:

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Module-1

Introduction to Mining Engineering: Significance to mining industry in national economy and infrastructure building, basic mining terminologies, stages in mine life cycle, geo-technical investigations, classification of mining methods and their selection criteria. Opening up of Deposits: Types, size and location of entries into underground coal and other minerals.

Module-2

Shaft Sinking Operation: Preliminary geo-technical investigations for a shaft sinking, surface arrangements for sinking shafts and equipment. Unit-operations of drilling, blasting, mucking; temporary and permanent lining. Construction of insets and shaft stations. Special and Mechanized Methods of Shaft Sinking: Methods of sinking shaft in water-logged, pressurized strata in loose and running soils. Mechanized shaft sinking, shaft borers and drop raise method. Need for widening and deepening of operating shafts. Different methods for widening and deepening shafts- cycles of operation, equipment and manpower needed. Numerical related to shaft sinking.

Module-3

Module-4

Mine Support Systems: Types of support: timber, prop, chock/cog, cross bar, concrete, steel and hydraulic supports. Yielding and rigid supports. Fore poling, roof stitching, roof bolting, applicability, advantages and limitations of various supports. Systematic support rules.

Module-5

Tunneling Methods : Conventional Method: drilling and blasting method, types of drill patterns, blasting and transportation of muck. Mechanized Method: construction and working principle of tunnel boring machine, applicability, advantages and limitations of tunnel boring machine. Shield Tunneling Method: construction and working principle, applicability, advantages and limitations.

Course Outcomes:

Question Paper Pattern:

The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
Each full question will be for 20 marks.
There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub- questions) from each module.
Each full question will have sub- question covering all the topics under a module.
The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Text Books:

Elements of Mining Technology, vol. I D. J. Deshmukh Vidyasewa Prakashan, Nagpur 7th Ed, 1996.
Introductory Mining Engineering Hartman H.L John Wiley Sons 1st Ed. 2004

Reference Books:

For detail Syllabus of all other subjects of BE 3rd Sem Mining Engineering, visit (Mining) 3rd Sem Syllabus Subjects.

For all (CBSE & Non-CBSC) BE results, visit VTU BE all semester results direct links.

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