301237 (v.2) WASM Underground Rock Engineering 605

Area:	WASM Mining Engineering Teaching Area
Credits:	12.5
Contact Hours:	25.0

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Lecture:	5 x 5 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:	Factors controlling ground behaviour in underground mines. Excavation geometry and stability. Strength of jointed rock masses. Strength versus stress in fractured rock mass. Overall mine sequencing strategies. Effects of blasting on stability. Determination of pillar strength and pillar design. Empirical stope design. Design validation and dilution control. Literature study assignment.

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Field of Education:	030303 Mining Engineering
Funding Cluster:	08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark
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