MINE537 STRATA CONTROL ENGINEERING
| Course Code: | 5650537 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Mining Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. HASAN ÖZTÜRK, Assist.Prof.Dr AHMET GÜNEŞ YARDIMCI |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The objectives of this course are to equip students with geomechanical core logging/rock mass classification methods, getting hands-on experience in geotechnical core logging in the lab., support and pillar design of any underground excavation, mine shafts, and introduction to some geomechanical software packages
Course Content
Strata control practice and design; evaluation of rock mass behaviour in underground openings; design of mine shafts and mine pillars, support design in mine roadways and longwall faces. Design projects and presentations.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
Do geotechnical core logging based on Q and RMR Sytems
Learn GSI rock mass charecterization
Learn how to use some geomechanical software packages (Dips, Phase2, Roclab, Unwedge, etc.)
Learn underground support elements
Learn empirical underground excavation support design
Learn empirical and analytical pillar (room and pillar, crown, sill) designs
Learn open stope dimensioning
Learn empirical and analytical shaft pillar design
Learn introductory backfill design
Program Outcomes Matrix
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| # | Program Outcomes | No | Yes | ||
| 1 | Graduates will have the ability to search for and reach knowledge in width and depth; analyze, interpret, advance, and use the knowledge obtained thereof. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Graduates will be equipped to design and execute analytical, modelling and experimental research in order to interpret and solve problems encountered in mining engineering. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Graduates will have the ability to develop innovative methods and employ them to solve problems in a multidisciplinary manner. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Graduates will have the ability to effectively communicate, written or oral, the methods and the results of their work in national and international platforms. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Graduates will, in depth, know the social, environmental, economic, and legal dimensions of their professional activities, execute their profession in accordance with sustainable mining practices. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Graduates will adhere to the social, scientific, and ethical codes in collecting, interpreting and reporting data in all professional activities. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Graduates will participate and/or be leaders in team works. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Graduates will have expertise on advance information technologies in mining engineering. | ✔ | |||