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| MDM2006 | Underground Mining | 3+0+0 | ECTS:5 | | 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 | Prof. Dr. Gökhan AYDIN | | Co-Lecturer | - | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims at getting 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. | 1,3,11 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | make a comparison between mining methods. | 1,3,11 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | explain the development and production sequences of mining methods. | 1,3,11 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | manage a method selection. | 1,3,11 | 1, | | 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, general information about various activities (drilling-blasting, mechanized excavation, support, ventilation etc.) conducted in underground mining, mine development, unsupported mining methods, supported mining methods, caving methods, special mining methods, different problems ralated to undeground mining and their solutions, some calculations related to underground mining, |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Structure, elements, scope and future of underground mining | | | Week 2 | General information about various activities (drilling-blasting, mechanized excavation, support, ventilation etc.) conducted in underground mining | | | Week 3 | General Information about various activities (drilling-blasting, mechanized excavation, support, ventilation etc.) conducted in underground mining | | | Week 4 | Underground mining openings | | | Week 5 | Self-supporting methods: Room and Pillar Mining, Stope and Pillar Mining | | | Week 6 | Self-supporting methods: Subelevel Stoping and so on
| | | Week 7 | Supported Mining Methods: Cut and Fill Mining and so on | | | Week 8 | Caving Methods: Longwall Mining
| | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Caving Methods: Sublevel Caving, Block Caving | | | Week 11 | Special underground mining methods | | | Week 12 | Different problems ralated to undeground mining and their solutions | | | Week 13 | Different problems ralated to undeground mining and their solutions | | | Week 14 | Some calculations related to underground mining | | | Week 15 | Overall assessments | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Aydın G, Yeraltı üretim yöntemleri ders notları. | | | 2 | Hartman HL, 1992, Introductory mining engineering, Wiley. | | | |
| 1 | Hartman, LH (Ed.), 1992. Underground mining methods handbook, SME. | | | 2 | Hustrulit AW, Bullock LR (Ed.), 2001. Underground mining methods: engineering fundamentals and international case studies, SME. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | | 50 | | 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 | 2 | 8 | 16 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 2 | 3 | 6 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 6 | 18 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 114 |
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