This course includes advanced theory and applications of explosions, detonations, and types of explosives encountered in mining. The course investigates past explosion events in underground coal mines, explosive detonation processes in a blast hole, detailed underground blast design, specialized blasting including blast casting, construction and pre- splitting, electronic detonators, and explosions/blasting research at UKY.
Introduction to the principles of sustainable mine planning with a focus on environmental control system design, reclamation and restoration design, and environmental monitoring systems.
Determination of the physical properties of rocks, rock mass classification, stress around mine openings, strain and displacement of the rock mass, rock reinforcement and support, stress interaction and subsidence, strata control. Lecture, three hours; laboratory, three hours per week.
Design of mineral processing plants including the associated unit operations; flowsheet development, unit selection, sizing and number, water/mass flow balancing.
Students will undertake a major design project such as the overall design of a mining system, includinig design of major components of the system and economic evaluation. Students will write reports documenting this design, which will also be presented orally before a group of peers and invited experts. Lecture, two hours; lab, three hours.
An introduction to experimental design. Topics include a review of statistical inference on a single sample, statistical inference on two samples, analysis of variance, randomized blocks, Latin squares, two- factor factorial design, the general factorial design, 2k factorial design, blocking and confounding in the 2k factorial design, two-level fractional factorial design, response surface methods, experiments with random factors. Course emphasizes mining applications.
A detailed investigation of a topic of current significance in mining engineering. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits, but only three credits can be earned under the same title. A particular topic may be offered at most twice under the MNG 699 number.
A detailed investigation of a topic of current significance in mining engineering. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits, but only three credits can be earned under the same title. A particular topic may be offered at most twice under the MNG 699 number.
Half-time to full-time work on thesis. May be repeated to a maximum of six semesters.
Half-time to full-time work on thesis. May be repeated to a maximum of six semesters.
