Courses Handbook 2008 - [ Archived ]

11908 (v.3) WASM Mine Backfill 603


Area: WASM Mining Engineering Teaching Area
Credits: 12.5
Contact Hours: 25.0
** 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. **
Individual Study: 5 x 5 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: Mining methods using backfill. Selection of backfill. Fill types and materials. Non-geotechnical aspects - manufacture, reticulation, transportation and placement. Cementing agents, binders and other additives. Performance - support, bearing capacity, exposure stability. Stope preparation - barriers and drainage. Laboratory and field testing. Scheduling. Design - physical, analytical and computer methods. Rock - backfill interaction. Soil mechanics. Case studies.
** 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: 030303 Mining Engineering
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2008 Kalgoorlie Campus Study Period 2 Y        
2008 Kalgoorlie Campus Study Period 6 Y        
2008 Kalgoorlie Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

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