MDN721 - DESIGN and EFFICIENCY IN UNDERGROUND COAL MINING
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DESIGN and EFFICIENCY IN UNDERGROUND COAL MINING | MDN721 | Any Semester/Year | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Prequisites | ||||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Question and Answer | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Prof.Dr. Bahtiyar ÃœNVER | |||||
| Course objective | to give the student the basic theoretical and practical knowledge to develop an appropriate for design and efficiency in underground coal mining to have acquired the competency to carry out related assessment procedures; to plan an appropriate treatment program and to implement it in underground coal mining operations | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Production methods used in coal mining and their design. Thick seam mining and examination of the effects of individual parameters on efficiency. Thin seam mining. Steep seam mining. Equipment and strata control | |||||
| References | -Underground mining methods handbook Hustrulid, W. A., ed.Society of Mining Engineers New York 1982 -Techniques in underground mining : selections from Underground mining Gertsch, Richard E., ed Society for Mining, Metallurgy Littleton, CO 1998 - Stability in underground mining, Szwilski, A. B., ed.: 2nd Int... held in Aug. 6-8, 1984, L Society of Mining Engineers of New York 1984 | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to underground coal mining |
| Week 2 | Production methods used in coal mining and their design |
| Week 3 | Production methods used in coal mining and their design |
| Week 4 | Thick seam mining and examination of the effects of individual parameters on efficiency |
| Week 5 | Thick seam mining in Turkey |
| Week 6 | FIRST MIDTERM |
| Week 7 | Thin seam mining |
| Week 8 | Thin seam mining in Turkey |
| Week 9 | Production of steep seam mine |
| Week 10 | Using equipments in underground coal mining |
| Week 11 | Strata control in underground coal mining |
| Week 12 | Underground coal mining in foreign countries. |
| Week 13 | A genaral review about the course content |
| Week 14 | SECOND MIDTERM EXAMINATION |
| Week 15 | Preparation for final exam |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 2 | 60 |
| Final exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 2 | 60 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 12 | 15 | 180 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 2 | 25 | 50 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Total Workload | 29 | 73 | 302 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. An ability to design, solve and improve the problems related to mining engineering by using extensively the basic and engineering sciences. | X | ||||
| 2. An ability to develop a new view, scientific method, design or application which innovate in the field of mining engineering or an ability to apply a known view, scientific method or design to the field of mining engineering. | X | ||||
| 3. An ability to design, apply, conclude and supervise an original research process related to mining engineering. | X | ||||
| 4. An ability to reach new knowledge in the field of mining engineering and to assess them systematically. | X | ||||
| 5. An ability to publish the outcomes of the academic studies related to the field of mining engineering in reputable academic environments. | X | ||||
| 6. An ability to assess scientific, technological, social and cultural developments and to transfer them to public by considering scientific objectivity and ethical responsibility. | X | ||||
| 7. An ability to assess, synthesis and analysis critically the views and developments in the field of mining engineering. | X | ||||
| 8. An ability to communicate verbally and in written form with the colleagues in the field of mining engineering and in wider scientific and social environments and to defend her/his own views. | X | ||||
| 9. An ability to make leadership in environments in which original and interdisciplinary problems are solved. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest