Surface Mining 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 5th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, do visit VTU Mining 5th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme Subjects. The detailed Syllabus for surface mining is as follows.
Course Learning Objectives:
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Module-1
Introduction Surface mining – basic concepts, applicability, advantages and disadvantages; Role of surface mining in total mineral production; Deposits amenable to surface mining vis-a-vis excavation characteristics; Surface mining unit operations; Surface mining systems vis-a-vis equipment systems – classification, applicability, advantages and disadvantages. Opening up of deposits Box cut – objective, types, parameters, methods; Factors affecting selection of site for box; Production benches – formation, parameters and factors affecting their selection. Preparation for excavation Ripper: Types, classification, applicability and limitations; Method and cycle of operation; Estimation of output; Concept of rippability. Estimation of number of drills required for a given mine production.
Module-2
Discontinuous/cyclic methods of excavation and transport Shovel-dumper operation: Applicability and limitations of electric shovel, hydraulic excavators and dumpers; Cycle time and productivity calculation for shovel and dumper; Estimation for equipment (shovel, dumper and other heavy earth moving machines) required for a given mine production; Method of work for sub-surface bedded and massive deposits and for hilly massive deposits by shovel – dumper combination. Dragline operation: Applicability and limitations, different modes of operation; Side cast diagram and calculation of reach; Cycle time and productivity calculation; Calculation of required bucket capacity for a given handling requirement; Maximum usefulness factor and its significance in selection of dragline for a given situation; Method of work by simple side casting. Scrapers: Applicability and limitations, various types; Method and cycle of operation; Pusher dozer and pushpull operation. Dozers: Applicability and limitations; Types and classification; Types of blade and corresponding merits and demerits; Method and cycle of operation. Front-end-loaders: Applicability and limitations; Method and cycle of operation; Minimum tipping- load -concept, estimation and significance; Calculation of maximum working load and selection of bucket capacity of a front-end-loader for a given job condition.
Module-3
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Module-4
Semi-continuous methods of excavation and transport Continuous excavation and partly/fully cyclic transport system: Different methods and applicability & limitations. Cyclic excavation and partly/fully continuous transport system: Different in-pit crushing and conveying methods and their respective applicability &limitations. Mining of developed coal seams and dimensional stones Mining of developed coal seams: Problems associated; Methods of working. Dimensional stones: Types, occurrences and uses; Methods vis-a-vis equipment for extraction of primary blocks in granite and marble quarries.
Module-5
Slopes in surface mines Types of mine slope – highwall and waste dumps; Common modes of slope failure; Factors influencing stability of slopes; Slope stability assessment techniques; Waste dumps – types and formation methods; Slope protection, stabilization and monitoring.
Course Outcomes:
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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:
- Surface Mining Technology S.K.Das, Lovely Prakashan, Dhanbad, 1994.
- Surface Mining G.B.Mishra, Dhanbad Publishers, 1978.
Reference Books:
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