Tunneling 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, 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 (Open Elective-A) subjects refer to Open Elective-A Scheme. The detail syllabus for tunneling engineering is as follows.
Course Learning Objectives:
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Module-1
Introduction: Scope and application, historical developments, art of tunneling, tunnel engineering, future tunneling considerations. Types of Underground Excavations: tunnel, adit, decline, shaft; parameters influencing location, shape and size; geological aspects; planning and site investigations for a tunnel.
Module-2
Tunnelling Methods: Types and purpose of tunnels; factors affecting choice of excavation technique; Methods – soft ground tunneling, hard rock tunneling, shallow tunneling, deep tunneling; Shallow tunnels – cut and cover, cover and cut, pipe jacking, jacked box excavation techniques, methods of muck disposal, supporting, problems encountered in tunneling and remedial measures.
Module-3
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Module-4
Tunneling by Road headers and Impact Hammers: Cutting principles, method of excavation, selection, performance, limitations and problems. Tunnelling by Tunnel Boring Machines: Boring principles, method of excavation, selection, performance, limitations and problems; TBM applications.
Module-5
Supports in Tunnels: Different types of supports in tunneling and their applicability, NATM. Ground Treatment in Tunnelling: Adverse ground conditions and its effect on tunneling; introduction to ground control. Tunnel Services: Ventilation, drainage and pumping Tunnelling Hazards: Explosion, flooding, chimney formation, squeezing ground.
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:
- Driving Horizontal Workings and by Pokorovski , Mir Publishers, 1980.
- Harbour, Dock and Tunneling Engineering by R. Srinivasan R. C. Pattii, Chal’otar Book Stall, Station Road TulsiSada, Arland (W. Rly), India.
Reference Books:
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