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MDML7260 | Discontinuity Analysis in Minin | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | Level of Course | Third Cycle | Status | Elective | Department | DEPARTMENT of MINING ENGINEERING | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Practical | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | Lecturer | -- | Co-Lecturer | | Language of instruction | Turkish | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | Understanding the importance of the discontinuity properties of rock masses in mining. |
Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | PO - 1 : | Learn discontinuity types | 1,9 | 2,3,4 | PO - 2 : | Measure the discontinuity orientation via geological compass | 1,4,7,9 | 2,3,4 | 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), PO : Learning Outcome | |
Discontinuity types, importance of discontinuities in mining, compass training in order to measure the discontinuity orientation, fault types and interpretation and description of faults encountered in tunnel. Accurate evaluation of discontinuity in open pit mines and tunnel studies. Kinematical analysis of discontinuity orientation measured on slopes of open pit mines. |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Overview of the course content, references | | Week 2 | Introduction, importance of the discontinuities in miining | | Week 3 | Discontinuity types | | Week 4 | Discontinuity types | | Week 5 | Measuring of discontinuities using compass | | Week 6 | The effect of fault on stability and excavation | | Week 7 | Fault types in excavation face and definition | | Week 8 | Evaluation of discontinuity in open pit and underground mining | | Week 9 | presentation skills | | Week 10 | Main discontinuity types in tunnelling | | Week 11 | Utilization of discontinuity direction in kinematical analysis | | Week 12 | Failure types based on the kinematical analyses | | Week 13 | practices | | Week 14 | practices | | Week 15 | practices | | Week 16 | final exam | | |
1 | Ulusay, R., Sönmez, H., 2007. Kaya kütlelerinin mühendislik özellikleri, TMMOB Jeoloji Mühendisleri Odası, 2. Baskı, 292 s. | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | | | | | |
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 | 2 | 5 | 10 | Arasınav | 1 | 3 | 3 | Ödev | 4 | 8 | 32 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 5 | 15 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | Total work load | | | 132 |
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