Mine Access and Support Technology
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The official GTU curriculum for Mine Access and Support Technology (subject code DI03022061) as prescribed for CSE · Semester 3 divides the course into 5 units, covering 21 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 (DI03022061)Unit 1 Mine Access
- 1.1 Types of Mine access- Vertical shaft
- Inclined shaft
- adits, and tunnels. 1.2 Preliminary Consideration for Shaft Sinking operation: - Site selection
- size. 1.3 Shaft Sinking operation: (i) Sinking up to Rock head
- (ii) Sinking through strata below Rock Head 1.4 Shaft Centering operation. 1.5 Temporary and Permanent lining of shaft sides. 1.6 Ventilation
- Lighting & dealing with water during Shaft sinking
Unit 2 Special methods for Shaft sinking
- 2.1 Requirements of Special methods for shaft sinking. 2.2 Types of special methods for shaft sinking: 2.2.1 Piling system 2.2.2 Caisson methods 2.2.3 Freezing method 2.2.4 Cementation process
Unit 3 Drift/ Tunnel & its driving operation
- 3.1 Drift & Tunnel- Definitions & advantages of drift over staple shaft. 3.2 Drift drivage operation: drilling
- mucking. 3.3 Ventilation arrangements in short & long Drift
Unit 4 Introduction of Support system and Passive Support
- 4.1 Properties of various types of roofs. 4.2 Roof testing methods and analysis. 4.3 Classification of Supports
- Need of Support
- Pressure Arch Theory 4.4 Timber support- Setting props
- timber bars
- Safari supports & side supports
- Withdrawal of supports. 4.5 Iron & Steel- advantages over timber
- Yielding props
- Friction props and Hydraulic props
Unit 5 Active Support system and Mine Support Plan
- 5.1 Introduction to Roof Bolting and Theories behind Roof Bolting 5.2 Roof Bolt: General features
- common types
- its advantages & disadvantages. 5.3 Draw a mine support plan for various unsupported areas like goaf
- face etc
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