Elements of Mining Engineering Mining 3rd Sem Syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme

Elements of Mining Engineering detail syllabus for Mining Engineering (Mining), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17MN35), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.

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Course Objectives:

This course will enable students to:

1. To understand the basic concept of mining industry in relation to national economy and infrastructure building.
2. To be familiar with the various methods for opening up of deposits.
3. To understand the technical details of various unit operations involved in shaft sinking.
4. To learn various methods of shaft sinking and Tunneling methods
5. To be familiar with the various types of Mine supports.

Module I

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Module 2:

Shaft Sinking Operation, Special and Mechanized Methods of Shaft Sinking
Shaft Sinking Operation: Preliminary geo-technical investigations for a shaft sinking, surface arrangements for sinking shafts and equipment. Unit-operations of drilling, blasting, mucking; temporary and permanent lining. Construction of insets and shaft stations. Special and Mechanized Methods of Shaft Sinking: Methods of sinking shaft in water-logged, pressurized strata in loose and running soils. Mechanized shaft sinking, shaft borers and drop raise method. Need for widening and deepening of operating shafts. Different methods for widening and deepening shafts- cycles of operation, equipment and manpower needed. Numerical related to shaft sinking.

Module 3:

Development of Workings
Development of Workings: Drivage of cross cuts, drifts, inclines and raises by conventional and mechanized methods. Calculation of OMS. Arrangements for ventilations, supports, lightings, transportations and drainages. Drilling patterns for underground coal mines and hard rock mines.

Module 4:

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Module 5:

Tunneling Methods
Conventional Method: drilling and blasting method, types of drill patterns, blasting and transportation of muck.
Mechanized Method: construction and working principle of tunnel boring machine, applicability, advantages and limitations of tunnel boring machine.
Shield Tunneling Method: construction and working principle, applicability, advantages and limitations.

Course Outcomes:

At the end of the course students will have:

1. The students will gain technical knowledge on stages of mining and methods of development.
2. They will be able to design various drilling patterns used in drivage of adit, shaft, incline, drives, cross-cut and tunnel.
3. They will be able to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems in shaft sinking.
4. They will possess ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for mine development practice.

Text Books:

1. Elements of Mining Technology, vol. I, D.J.Deshmukh, Vidyasewa, Prakashan, Nagpur.7th Ed.1996.
2. Introductory Mining Engineering by Hartman H.L., John Wiley Sons. 1st Ed. 2004.
3. Tunnel Engineering Book

Reference Books:

1. Underground mining methods handbook, W.A.Hustrulid, Published by S.M.E. of the American institute of mining metallurgical and petroleum Engineers inc., New York, 1982.
2. Universal mining school volumes Cardiff Gt.Britain, 1931.
3. Winning and working by B.Ghosh.
4. Advances in Drilling & Blasting by V.R.Sastry.
5. Drilling & Blasting by Carlos Lopez Jimeno.

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