Open Pit Slope Analysis 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 7th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, visit Mining Engineering 7th Sem 2018 Scheme.
For all the (Professional Elective-2) subjects refer to Professional Elective-2 Scheme. The detail syllabus for open pit slope analysis and design is as follows.
Course Learning Objectives:
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Module-1
Introduction : Types and formation of slopes in surface mines, pit slope vis-a-vis mine economics, mechanism of common modes of slope failure, factors influencing stability of slopes, and planning of slope stability investigations.
Module-2
Geotechnical Information : Geotechnical data required for high wall slope stability studies. Collection of Geological Data and their interpretation for stability studies of high wall slopes.
Module-3
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Module-4
Water Flow : Concepts of water flow through a material and its permeability; water flow through rock-mass, water flow through soil type material and broken spoil material; Estimation and measurement of permeability and water pressure; Graphical solution of seepage problems (flow nets), seepage forces and seepage patterns under different conditions.
Module-5
Analysis and Design of Pit Slopes and Waste Dumps: Slope stability assessment methods and techniques; Analysis and design criteria and methodology for high wall slopes and backfill and waste dumps; Probabilistic approaches of slope analysis and design.
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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