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FACULTY of ENGINEERING / DEPARTMENT of MINING ENGINEERING
Ming Engineering Education
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MDM2020Underground Mining3+0+0ECTS:4
Year / SemesterSpring Semester
Level of CourseFirst Cycle
Status Compulsory
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of MINING ENGINEERING
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
Contact Hours14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week
LecturerDr. Öğr. Üyesi Serkan İNAL
Co-LecturerNone
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
Students get the most basic and detailed knowledge about the underground mining methods and method selection procedures.
 
Learning OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
LO - 1 : identify the parameters to select mining methods5,81
LO - 2 : explain the differences between different method selection schemes.111,6
LO - 3 : summarize the development and production sequences in 10 different mining methods121
LO - 4 : manage a method selection procedure5,111,6
CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
Elements of underground mining systems, Mine development, Unsupported mining methods, Supported mining methods, Caving methods, Comparison of mining methods, Method selection.
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Structure, elements, scope and future of underground mining
 Week 2Underground mien developmnet, main, secondary and tertiay openings
 Week 3Underground mine development: location and geometry of openings, cosntructing openings underground
 Week 4Hoist systems
 Week 5Unsupported mining methods: Room and Pillar Mining, Stope and Pillar Mining
 Week 6Unsupported mining methods:Shrinkage Mining, Subelevel Stoping
 Week 7Calculation of ore recovery in room/stope and pillar mining, preliminaries of pillar design
 Week 8Mid-term exam
 Week 9Supported Mining Methods: Cut and Fill Mining
 Week 10Supported Mining Methods: Post pillar stoping,
 Week 11Basics of face drilling design: calculating rilling rate, drill numer and production rate
 Week 12Caving Methods: Longwall Mining, Sublevel Caving
 Week 13Caving Methods: Block Caving, Blast design basics
 Week 14Method selection: factors affecting method selection and method selection schemes
 Week 15Method Selection: Nicholas' selection scheme
 Week 16End-of-term exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Ders Notları
 
Recommended Reading
1Howard L. Hartman (Senior Ed.), 1992, Underground Mining Methods Handbook, SME.
2 William A. Hustrulid and Richard L. Bullock (eds), Underground mining methods: engineering fundamentals and international case studies, SME, 2001
3Hartman, H.L 1992, Introductory Mining Engineering, Wiley.
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 8 30
Project 13 20
End-of-term exam 16 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 3 14 42
Sınıf dışı çalışma 2 14 28
Arasınav için hazırlık 6 1 6
Arasınav 1.5 1 1.5
Proje 2 4 8
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 7 2 14
Dönem sonu sınavı 1.5 1 1.5
Total work load101