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MDM2020 | Underground Mining | 3+0+0 | ECTS:4 | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | Level of Course | First Cycle | Status | Compulsory | Department | DEPARTMENT of MINING ENGINEERING | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Serkan İNAL | Co-Lecturer | None | Language of instruction | Turkish | 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 Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | LO - 1 : | identify the parameters to select mining methods | 5,8 | 1 | LO - 2 : | explain the differences between different method selection schemes. | 11 | 1,6 | LO - 3 : | summarize the development and production sequences in 10 different mining methods | 12 | 1 | LO - 4 : | manage a method selection procedure | 5,11 | 1,6 | 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 | |
Elements of underground mining systems, Mine development, Unsupported mining methods, Supported mining methods, Caving methods, Comparison of mining methods, Method selection. |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Structure, elements, scope and future of underground mining | | Week 2 | Underground mien developmnet, main, secondary and tertiay openings | | Week 3 | Underground mine development: location and geometry of openings, cosntructing openings underground | | Week 4 | Hoist systems | | Week 5 | Unsupported mining methods: Room and Pillar Mining, Stope and Pillar Mining | | Week 6 | Unsupported mining methods:Shrinkage Mining, Subelevel Stoping | | Week 7 | Calculation of ore recovery in room/stope and pillar mining, preliminaries of pillar design | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | Week 9 | Supported Mining Methods: Cut and Fill Mining | | Week 10 | Supported Mining Methods: Post pillar stoping, | | Week 11 | Basics of face drilling design: calculating rilling rate, drill numer and production rate | | Week 12 | Caving Methods: Longwall Mining, Sublevel Caving | | Week 13 | Caving Methods: Block Caving, Blast design basics | | Week 14 | Method selection: factors affecting method selection and method selection schemes | | Week 15 | Method Selection: Nicholas' selection scheme | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | |
1 | Howard 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 | | 3 | Hartman, H.L 1992, Introductory Mining Engineering, Wiley. | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | 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 work | Duration (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 load | | | 101 |
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