Underground Space Technology 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 underground space technology is as follows.
Course Learning Objectives:
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Module-1
Historical: Natural caves, archeological caves and their construction, tunnels for road, rail and hydropower. Need for Underground Space: Congestion driven needs for development of infrastructure for transport, water, power supply, vehicle movement in cities, storage of materials
Module-2
Engineering Utilities: Hydropower tunnels and caverns, underground storage for LPG, LNG, Crude and its products – basic principles. Nuclear Waste Disposal: Conditions for waste disposal, effect of radioactivity and heat on surrounding rock, conceptual design of a nuclear waste disposal facility.
Module-3
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Module-4
Modern Developments: Underground ring roads in mega cities, submerged and floating tunnels, underground libraries, museums, dwelling units, resorts.
Module-5
Traffic surveillance and control system (TSCS) in tunnels: Traffic control signs, signals, lights, cameras. Assignment: Preparation of different underground space application plans.
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:
- Underground Space Design: A Guide to Subsurface Utilization John Carmody, Raymond Sterling:
- Rock Mechanics and Design in Mining and Tunneling Bieniawski, Z.T Rotterdam A.A. Balkema, 1984.
Reference Books:
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