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  Course Description
Course Name : Preparation And Excavation At Mines

Course Code : MMD211

Course Type : Compulsory

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 2

Course Semester : Fall (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 5

Name of Lecturer(s) : Asst.Prof.Dr. HÜSEYİN VAPUR

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Has an understanding of mineral exploration, planning, and preparation.
Konws about manual, semi-mechanized and machined excavation.
Knows about the use options of underground tunneling machines.
Has knowledge about big preparations.
Has knowledge about small preparations.
Knows about intravenous and gallery opening in stone.
Knows about general characteristics of drilling.

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : To give general information about underground mining methods, especially in regards to the devolepments and excavation used in the large and small, manual, semi-mechanized and fully mechanized excavation, ground support, digging wells, etc., technical and engineering information on drilling and blasting.

Course Contents : Search methods in underground mines, coal mines, especially with hand and machine trenching, excavation methods, other big preparations (the opening of well and the main gallery), small preparations (intravenous preparations, raise, upside down, and long wall, hole drilling, explosives used in the drilling and with the main gallery and intravenous blasting gallery opening, work planning and organization).

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Faculty classroom


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Mineral Exploration, Reserve Accounts, Planning, General definitions Lecturer notes presentation
2 Excavation by Hand and Machine Lecturer notes presentation
3 Fully mechanized excavation and production methods Lecturer notes presentation
4 Technical and documentary video surveillance and key issues Lecturer notes presentation
5 Comparison of tunneling machines and other excavation methods Lecturer notes presentation
6 Explosive material, and the production of basic components Lecturer notes presentation
7 Other blasting used yöntenleri Lecturer notes presentation
8 Technical and documentary video surveillance and visual depiction of the main issues Lecturer notes presentation
9 Midterm Exam
10 Big preparation operations. Lecturer notes presentation
11 Small preparation operations. Lecturer notes presentation
12 Intravenous and stone excavation methods to open the gallery Lecturer notes presentation
13 Numerical applications by drilling and blasting open the gallery, well opening and legal issues Lecturer notes presentation
14 Repetition of subject, applications, and make-up examination Lecturer notes presentation
15 Final exam
16/17 Make up exam of final


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Saltoglu S., 1976. Preparation and Excavation Works (ITU Press), 366 pages.
 Arıoğlu E., Solved Problems in Mining, Mining Eng electricty. Publication of Chamber, 1988, 307 pages
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 100
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 0 0
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100

  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
1 Students gain adequate knowledge about the engineering fields in the branches of mathematics, physical sciences or their own branches 4
2 Students follow the current developments in their fields with a recognition of the need for lifelong learning and constantly improve themselves 3
3 Students use the theoretical and practical knowledge in mathematics, physical sciences and their fields for engineering solutions 4
4 Students choose and use the appropriate analytical mehtods and modelling techniques to identify, formulate, and solve the engineering problems 4
5 Students design and carry out experiments, collect data, analyze and interpret the results. 2
6 Students gain the capacity to analyze a system, a component, and desing the process under realistic constraints to meet the desired requirements; and the ability to apply the methods of modern design accordingly 4
7 Students choose and use the modern technical tools necessary for engineering practice. 4
8 Students gain the ability to work effectively both as an individual and in multi-disciplinary teams. 3
9 Students use the resources of information and databases for the purpose of doing research and accesing information. 3
10 Students follow the scientific and technological developments in recognition of the need for lifelong learning, and continuously keep their knowledge up to date. 3
11 Students use the information and communication technologies together with the computer software at the level required by the European Computer Driving Licence. 3
12 Students use a foreign language according to the general level of European Language Portfolio B1 to communicate effectively in oral and written form. 3
13 Students gain the ability to communicate using technical drawing. 4
14 Students become informed of professional and ethical responsibility. 4
15 Students develop an awareness as regards project management, workplace practices, employee health, environmental and occupational safety; and the legal implications of engineering applications. 5
16 Students develop an awareness of the universal and social effects of engineering solutions and applications, the entrepreneurship and innovation subjects and gain knowledge of contemporary issues 4
* Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).

  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
    Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 16 3 48
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 16 4 64
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 0 0 0
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 3 3
    Final Exam 1 3 3
Total Workload: 118
Total Workload / 25 (h): 4.72
ECTS Credit: 5