Ground Control 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 6th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, do visit VTU Mining 6th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme Subjects. The detailed Syllabus for ground control is as follows.
Course Learning Objectives:
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Module-1
Design and stability of structures in rock: Definition, types of underground excavation, excavation design and constraints. Methods for design and stability analysis of underground excavations; Energy released by making an underground excavation; Design of single and multiple openings in massive, stratified and jointed rock mass. Numerical problems.
Module-2
Design of mine pillars: Mine pillars and their classification; pillar mechanics; Design of mine pillars and shaft pillar: stresses acting on pillars; stress distribution in pillars; mechanics of pillar failure; interaction of pillar, floor and roof; design of rooms and pillars; design of barrier and yield pillars, Numerical Problems.
Module-3
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Module-4
Caving of rock mass: Rock caving in mining; Mechanics of rock caving; Assessment of cavability; caving prediction and control. Rockburst and coal bump: Phenomenology of rockbursts and coal bump; causes, prediction, monitoring and control of rockbursts; gas outbursts.
Module-5
Engineering classification of rocks and rock masses: Classification systems in rock engineering; Classification of intact rocks; Classification of rockmasses -Terzaghi’s rock load, RQD, Rock Structure Rating, Bieniawski’s RMR, Barton’s Q-System, Laubscher’s-MRMR, Hoek’s-GSI, Palmstrom’s RMi, CMRI-ISM Rock mass classification and Recent developments; correlations between different classification systems; Applications of Rockmass Classification in rock engineering.
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:
- Rock Mechanics and the Design of Structures in Rocks L.Obert and W.I.Duvall, John Wiley and Sons, 1966.
- Coal Mine Ground Control, S.Peng John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 1978
Reference Books:
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