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Rock Excavation Engg

This rock excavation engineering syllabus covers various excavation techniques used in mining and construction. It aims to make students aware of excavation concepts and methods, and exposes them to the design aspects of different techniques. The course contents include drilling, blasting, and cutting as methods of rock fragmentation and excavation. It also discusses the selection criteria and advances in machinery for surface and underground excavation.

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Rock Excavation Engg

This rock excavation engineering syllabus covers various excavation techniques used in mining and construction. It aims to make students aware of excavation concepts and methods, and exposes them to the design aspects of different techniques. The course contents include drilling, blasting, and cutting as methods of rock fragmentation and excavation. It also discusses the selection criteria and advances in machinery for surface and underground excavation.

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Rock Excavation Engineering Syllabus

Objectives
Course Objectives
• To make students aware about the concept of excavation engineering and its relevance to
mining
• To expose the students to various excavation techniques and their design aspects
Outcomes
• Students will acquire knowledge about excavation techniques and their selection

Course Contents

Introduction: Scope and importance of rock excavation engineering in mining and construction
industries; physico-mechanical and geotechnical properties of rocks vis-a-vis excavation method;
selection of excavation method.
Drilling : Mechanics of rock drilling; design and operating parameters of surface and
underground drilling; evaluation of drill performance; drill ability of rocks; mechanism of bit
wear; bit selection; problems of drilling; economics of drilling.
Blasting: Mechanics of rock fragmentation by explosives; advancement in explosives and
blasting technique; their selection criteria for rock excavation; blast design for surface
excavations and optimization;
Advanced blasting techniques; blast performance evaluation; cast blasting; techno-economic and
safety aspects of surface and underground blasting; advances in blast design for underground
excavations; control blasting; computer aided blast designs; review of tunnel blasting techniques,
recent advances and novel techniques of blasting
Rock Cutting: Theories of rock tool interaction for surface excavation machinery; design of
cutter
head - rippers, dozers, scrapers, BWE. Continuous surface miners, auger drills;
Theories of rock tool interaction for underground excavation machinery; design of cutter head -
ploughs, shearers, road headers, continuous miners and tunnel boring machines: selection
criteria for cutting tools; advanced rock cutting techniques - high pressure water jet assisted
cutting. Recent Developments in rock excavation machinery.

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