Overview
Mining & Materials Engineering : Choice of a surface mining method. Analysis of soil and rock mass properties related to surface mining. Calculation and monitoring of stripping ratios, ultimate pit depth, slope stability, rock reinforcement, bench and berm dimensioning and ramp design. Loading and hauling systems. Surface layout and development. Water drainage systems. Production and cost analysis. Computerized design techniques.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
(3-3-3)
Prerequisite (Undergraduate): MIME 322, MIME 333 and MIME 325
**Regular schedule May 10, 2021, to June 21, 2021
**Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the third lecture day and withdrawal is the sixth lecture day.
*Although this course follows a Monday/Wednesday class schedule pattern, there will be a lecture on Friday, May 26th.
**This course will be held on July 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26, 29, 31, August 5, 7, 12, 14, 19 and 21st.
