MINE3003 (v.1) Rock Breakage

Area:	Mining Engineering
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	4.0
TUITION PATTERNS:	The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s):	303150 (v.3) Rock Breakage 332 or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):	303136 (v.3) Applied Mechanics in Resources Engineering 132 or any previous version     OR     307529 (v.4) Engineering Mechanics 100 or any previous version     OR     MINE1001 (v.1) Applied Mechanics in Resources Engineering or any previous version     OR     MCEN1000 (v.1) Engineering Mechanics or any previous version AND     308802 (v.1) Strength of Materials 232 or any previous version     OR     303146 (v.2) Mechanics of Solids 232 or any previous version     OR     Admission into 307020 (v.2) Bachelor of Engineering (Civil and Construction Engineering), Bachelor of Science (Mining) or any previous version     OR     MCEN2000 (v.1) Fundamentals of Strength of Materials or any previous version     OR     MINE2002 (v.1) Mechanics of Solids or any previous version     OR     BB-CCEMIN (v.1) Bachelor of Engineering (Civil and Construction Engineering), Bachelor of Science (Mining) or any previous version
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS:	The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus:	This course covers the principal methods of rock breakage used in mining including machine mining, drilling and blasting. Machine mining encompasses rock cutting principles, cutting with picks and discs, the design of cutter heads, effect of wear, assessment of rock cuttability, impact breakage and ripping. Drilling encompasses the methods of drilling used in mining and the impact of drilling parameters on performance and selection and costing of drilling equipment. Blasting encompasses the chemistry of explosives and mechanics of explosive-rock interaction, selection of commercial explosives, explosive charging techniques, initiation and delay systems, blast design principles for surface and underground mines, safety, environmental and regulatory management and blast performance assessment and analysis.
Further Information:	Other topics covered in this unit include - Environmental management. Blasting and mining legislation, safety issues and management. Non-explosive excavation, which looks at - rock cutting principles, cutting with picks and discs cutting tools, ripping, methods of assessment of rock cuttability, cutting tool materials, tool metallurgy, and design of cutterheads. Novel forms of rock breakage.
Field of Education:	030303 Mining Engineering
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2015	Kalgoorlie Campus	Semester 2	Y

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