Dept. of Civil and Mining Engineering

ABT012 Rock Construction Engineering 6.0 ECTS credits

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General information about studying at Luleå University
TIMEPERIOD: Q IV

LANGUAGE: Swedish

EXAMINER
Per-Arne Lindqvist Prof

PREREQUISITES
ABT011 The Use of Subsurface Space, ABM006 Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics

COURSE AIM
The course gives an extended introduction to mining and civil engineering for underground construction of tunnels, power plants, rock storage rooms etc. It includes unit operations (drilling, blasting, loading etc.) with theoretical approach, technical descriptions, resource demands and environmental aspects.

CONTENTS
Drilling: Rock drilling principles (e.g. hammer drilling, rotary drilling) considering machine design, fields of application, resource requirements (personnel, machines, investments) and working environment aspects. Precision drilling. Computer application. Rock blasting: Different types of explosives, charging methods and initiation methods considering blasting effects, fields of application and environmental influences. Charge calculations and drill hole data. Computer application. Safety regulations. Loading and transport: Loading and transport methods with reference to fields of application, resource demands and environmental influences. Dimensioning of mine winders. Safety regulations. Computer application. Ventilation: Technical descriptions with dimensioning examples. Computer application. Drifting: Methods for drifting of tunnels, ramps, raises, shafts and rock excavations, concerning technical, economic and environmental aspects. Full face boring: Methods and machines for full face boring of tunnels, raises and shafts. Preinvestigation methods.

TEACHING
The teaching will include classroom lectures, home work/project work.

EXAMINATION
A written exam with differentiated grades.
COURSE GRADE SCALE:

ITEMS AND CREDITS 
Project work                                                	3.0 ECTS
Written exam                                                	3.0 ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
B. Forsman et al: Rock Construction Engineering. Div. of Mining Engineering, HLu, 1990-94 (in Swedish).

REMARKS
Last modified 97-03-05
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