COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MINING MACHINES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MDT 4082 MINING MACHINES COMPULSORY 1 2 0 4

Offered By

Mining Technology

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR HASAN ERAY YAMAN

Offered to

Mining Technology

Course Objective

In this lesson, the students learn underground excavation methods and mechanization,
the filling, water disposal, underground transport systems, signaling and monitoring
techniques

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Able to understand the concept and methods of excavation.
2   Able to understand mechanized excavation machines for mine developments.
3   Able to understand mechanized excavation and machines at underground coal mining.
4   Able to understand and design discontinuous and continuous underground transport systems.
5   Able to design compressed air network.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Excavability
2 Mechanized gallery opening, complete and partial cross sectional gallery boring machines
3 Mechanized production excavation with plows and shearers
4 Continuous excavation systems
5 Supports in mechanized systems
6 Other excavation methods; hydromechanical excavation
7 Midterm exam+general review
8 Backfill operations, Backfill methods, hand filling, gravity filling, mechanical filling with conveyor, hydraulic and pneumatic filling
9 Drainage, basic groundwater hydraulics, pumps, sizing of pumps, underground mine drainage
10 Underground transport systems, discontinuous transport systems, railway transport, truck transport, excavation and transportation with LHD
11 Underground transport systems, belt conveyors
12 Underground transport systems, chain conveyors
13 Underground transport systems, gravity transportation, compressed air systems
14 Other operations at underground, lighting, communications, signaling, monitoring

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
-Yeraltı Maden Makinaları ve Mekanizasyonu, Ç.Tatar, M.K. Özfırat, DEÜ Mühendislik
Fakültesi Yayın No:309, 1999.
-Madencilikte Hidrolik ve Pnömatik Sistemler, Ç. Tatar, DEÜ Mühendislik Fakültesi Yayın
No:229, 1993.Other books:

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This lecture is going to make with theoretical courses in class. Instructor is going to
teach the lessons with slide shows, create a discussion area with question and answer
method with students.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRC PRACTICE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.35 + PRC * 0.15 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.35 + PRC * 0.15 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

I. Mid-term exam %35: Assessment of the theoretical information.
II. Homework or practise exam %15
III. Final Exam %50: Assessment of the all learning outcomes.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

vehbi.ozacar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 15:30-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 1 13
Lectures 1 1 1
Tutorials 13 2 26
Tutorials 1 2 2
Midterm 1 22 22
Final 1 25 25
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 89

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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