303156 (v.1) WASM Underground Mining 332


Area:

WASM Mining Engineering Teaching Area

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

5.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 4 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

Safety and productivity accounting. Access, layout and design. Unit operations and mine services. Coal mining - methods, methane drainage, subsidence, percentage extraction. Mining methods - cut and fill, shrinkage, longhole stoping, vertical crater retreat, sub level caving, block caving, hard rock narrow width tabular mining methods. Ground water control, backfill and dilution. Field trips.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

30303 Mining Engineering

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Informational

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y    
2004 Kalgoorlie Campus Semester 2 Y Y  
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area