Underground Space Technology
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The official GTU curriculum for Underground Space Technology (subject code 2182206) as prescribed for Mining · Semester 8 divides the course into 7 units, covering 28 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2182206)Unit 1 Need for underground space Storage of materials, defense facilities
- including civil defence shelters
- Nuclear waste Disposal
Unit 2 Geo- engineering Investigations
- Preparing sub-surface geological x- section
- geo-radar use and data analysis for shallow tunnels
- Physio- mechanical properties and collection of rock mechanical data
Unit 3 Planning & Design
- Determination of appropriate size and shape
- Design of opening in rocks with the help of filed data
- instrumentation and monitoring
- Numerical modeling to assess the stability
Unit 4 Underground Storage
- Storage for petroleum
- storage technique
- ground water requirements
- water curtain system
- types of storage
- advantages and disadvantages
- global information about oil storage
- selected case histories
Unit 5 Large Caverns
- Dimensioning of the cavern
- study of in situ state of stress and stability of side walls
- Effect of situ stress in deciding the axis of cavern
- Excavation for shallow and deep tunnels and caverns
Unit 6 Shield tunneling, earth pressure balancing shields, types of shields and
- Excavation sequence for large cavern
- machines for excavation and muck transport
- blast design and blasting technique
- Support design and stabilization techniques: Design of steel supports
Unit 7 Environmental Aspects
- Analysis of exhaust fumes
- standards for ventilation in traffic tunnels and other underground facilities
- Design of ventilation system. 2 2 4 20 10 20 150
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