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Dept. of Civil and Mining Engineering

ABT021 Rock Construction Engineering I 6.0 ECTS credits

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TIMEPERIOD: QIII

LANGUAGE: Swedish

EXAMINER
Bo Forsman Docent

PREREQUISITES
General

COURSE AIM
The course gives an introduction to tunnelling and rock excavation for construction works and for the extraction of minerals.

CONTENTS
Introduction: Different types of rock construction. Ore and mineral extraction. Production volumes. Rock construction dictionary. Drifting: Drifting methods for tunnels, ramps, raises and shafts concerning resource requirements and working environment aspects. Extraction methods: Methods for mining of ores and minerals underground and in open pits. Quarries for aggregates production. Unit and auxiliary operations: Rock drilling methods, techniques and machines. Charging and ignition of explosives for rock blasting. Loading and transport methods with respesct to technique, economics and working environment. Technical descriptions and simple examples of dimensioning ventilation. Electrical power systems. Design example: Designing an underground construction (technical and economic).

TEACHING
Class room lectures and exercises. Project work. Mine visit if possible.

EXAMINATION
Presentation of practice exercises. Written exam with differentiated grades.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: 3, 4, 5

ITEMS/CREDITS


Project work                                                	2.2ECTS
Written exam                                                	3.7ECTS

COURSE LITTERATURE
Forsman, B: Rock Construction Engineering I. Div. of Mining Engineering, LTU 1997 (in Swedish).

REMARKS

Last modified : 97-06-05 by Jan Lindberg
Further information: Bo Forsman

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