Surface Mine Planning and Design 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, visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.
For all the other VTU Mining 6th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, visit Mining Engineering 6th Sem 2018 Scheme.
For all the (Professional Elective-1) subjects refer to Professional Elective-1 Scheme. The detail syllabus for surface mine planning and design is as follows.
Course Learning Objectives:
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Module-1
Introduction: Stages/Phases of mine life; Preliminary evaluation of surface mining prospects; Mine planning and its importance; Mining revenues and costs, and their estimation; Mine planning components, planning steps and planning inputs. Ore reserve estimation: Ore zone and bench/level compositing; Objectives and principles of ore reserve estimation; Estimation of grade at unknown point; Methods of ore reserve estimation – vertical cross section method, horizontal cross section method and 3-D geological block method.
Module-2
Stripping ratio: Concept of stripping ratio; Types of stripping ratios and their significance; Choice between surface and underground mining. Geometrical considerations: Basic bench geometry; Pit layouts.
Module-3
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Module-4
Analysis and design of highwall slopes and waste dumps: Pit slope geometry; Influence of pit slope on mine economics; Highwall slope stability analysis and design methodology; Stability analysis and design methodology for waste dumps.
Module-5
Design of haul roads: Addition of haul road on pit plan; Design of road cross section; Design of road width, curves and gradient; Haul road safety features and their design. Design of drainage system in surface mines. Closure of surface mines. Feasibility Report – Contents and preparation.
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 fiv e 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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For the detail Syllabus of all other subjects of BE (Mining) 6th Sem, visit Mining Engineering 6th Sem Subjects.
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