ACADEMIC REGULATIONS 2.

0 THE PROGRAMME AND GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

(UNDER-GRADUATE COURSES) 2.1 Minimum residential requirement and maximum period for all
the programmes:

Minimum residential requirement 8 semesters

The students admitted in 2013-14 shall be governed by the relevant Maximum period for which a student can 12 semesters
rules as indicated below: remain on the college roll
Note: In case a student does not complete his/her course work
1.0 DEFINITIONS satisfactorily (5.0 OGPA out of 10) within the maximum
1.1 ‘Academic Year’ or ‘Academic Session’ of the University shall prescribed period he/she shall no longer be a student of the
ordinarily be between July to June and shall consist of university and the respective Dean of the college shall drop him
two semesters. from the college roll.

1.2 ‘Semester’ is an academic term of normally 18-20 weeks 3.0 EXAMINATION

including examinations.
There shall be a main theory and/or practical examination conducted by
1.3 ‘Course’ means a unit of instruction or a segment of a subject the university at the end of each semester. The theory and practical
matter to be covered in a semester. Each course is assigned a examinations shall be of three hours duration except otherwise
specific number, title and credits. specified. Besides this, there will be a mid-term examination.
1.4 ‘Credit Hour’ also written as ‘Credit’ means the numerical weight 3.1 Mid-Term Examination:
allotted to the course, including its theory and practical parts. A mid-term examination of 20 maximum marks shall be held after
One credit will represent one hour of lecture and two to three completion of about 50% syllabus in each course. The mid-term
hours of laboratory/field practical in each week. examination shall be of one hour duration.
1.5 ‘Grade point’ is a numerical number which denotes students’ “If a student misses the mid term examination due to any legitimate
performance in a course. It is obtained by dividing the reason including deputation by the university, then he/she will be
percentage marks obtained by ten. permitted to appear in a special mid term examination before the final
1.6 ‘Credit point’ is the product of credit and grade point obtained by examination”. Only one special mid-term examination per course shall
be conducted for all eligible students under this rule.
the student in a course.
Students who are deputed by the university will have to submit
1.7 ‘SGPA’ (Semester Grade Point Average) is the average of the
the information in advance to the concerned department for
credit points of a semester. awarding attendance.
1.8 ‘OGPA’ is the overall cumulative grade point average obtained
by the student in the courses taken in all the semesters 3.2 The distribution of marks for the mid-term examination, final
completed by him/her. theory examination and practical examination shall be as follows:

1.9 ‘Year’ means an academic session consisting of two semesters. Final (University)
Credit Mid-Term Examination
Say, first year means the first academic session of the Total
(Marks T/P) Examination
prescribed course of a degree programme. Similarly, second Theory Practical
year, third year, and fourth year mean second, third and fourth 1/2/3/4+1 20(T) 50 30 100
academic sessions, respectively.
0+1/2/3/4 20(P) - 80 100
1.10 ‘Equivalent percentage’ is the percentage obtained by 1/2/3/4+0 20(T) 80 - 100
multiplying grade point, SGPA, and OGPA respectively by ten.
1+/2/3/4 20(P) 30 50 100

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3.3 The distribution of marks for the final practical examination shall 3.5 Pass Requirements:
be as under
(i) Candidates are required to pass separately in final theory and/or
Practical with Maximum Marks 30 50 80 practical examinations in each course
(a) Practical record and day-to-day 5 10 15 (ii) For a pass, a candidate is required to obtain at least 40% marks in
assessment (Sessional work) each theory final examination as well as in each practical final
examination and 4.00 grade point in the course.
(b) Practical exercises (may include any 20 30 50
exercises as decided by the external (iii) The minimum OGPA required for degree is 5.00.
examiner)
(c) Viva-voce 5 10 15 3.6 Promotion to Higher Classes:
(i) The promotion to next class shall be decided only at the end of
3.4 Grading System
an academic year.
(i) A numerical grading system is followed for evaluation. Each
(ii) A student will be promoted to higher class if he/she secures an
course has a numerical weightage known as credit. The total
OGPA as mentioned in the table below.
marks obtained in each course (including its mid-term, theory
and practical parts) are converted into percentage and divided Year to which promotion Minimum OGPA
by 10 to obtain the grade point for that course. The grade point is being Considered required for Promotion
when multiplied by the total course credit, gives credit points for
the course. Second 4.00
(ii) Semester Grade Point Average (SGPA) is simply average of the Third 4.50
credit points for a semester. The Overall Grade Point Average
(OGPA) is the average for all courses upto the current semester. Fourth 4.75

If Ci and Gi are the credit and grade points for a course, then (iv) A student who has been promoted to the first Semester of a
OGPA and SGPA are given by the following formulae: class as a result of above rule, shall be automatically promoted
to the second semester of that class regardless of the result of
 C i Gi the year’s first semester examination.
SGPA  where the summation is for all courses in the semester
 Ci (v) If a student is not promoted to a higher class, he/shall become
an ex-student of the failed class and has to clear the backlog
CiGi
OGPA = where the summation is for all courses of preceding and/ or improve his/her OGPA to be eligible for promotion.
Ci semester including the current one
(vi) Provisional Promotion :

(iii) The percentage equivalent of OGPA shall be determined by (a) The Promotion will be provisional with the permission of
multiplying OGPA by ten. Concerned Dean to higher class till the result of the
previous semester is declared.
(iv) The division of the under graduate student shall be determined
by the OGPA at the end of successful completion of program (b) Student has to register as per academic calendar, i e.
as follows: Date of registration without late fee and date of
registration with late fees would be applicable.
Division OGPA
(c) Student has to give an undertaking that on declaration of
First 6.00 and above
result, if he/ she is not eligible, the registration would
Second 5.00 and above stand cancelled automatically.

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 (d) Student should have a minimum OGPA as per existing (d) There will be a common examination for regular students
UG rules. and for those who have been offered courses
for improvement.
(e) Per-requisite courses, if any, have to be cleared prior to
the regular courses. (e) Students will not be issued PDC till the result of the
courses offered for improvement is declared.
3.7 Clearing of Backlogs and Repeating of Courses for (f) The repeated course shall be marked as “Repeat” in the
Improvement of OGPA: revised mark-sheet.
A. Clearing of Backlog: (g) In case PDC has been issued to the student he/she will
not be eligible for improvement.
(a) All the students with backlog (whether promoted or ex-
(h) The student would be required to pay regular semester
students) shall have to appear in the examination of
fees if he/she wishes to attend the classes. Otherwise
backlog courses in the main examination of the semester
he/she shall be treated as Ex-student.
in which such courses are regularly offered. The student
will be permitted to appear in backlog examination in (i) The examination fee for courses offered for improvement
failed part only whether it is theory or practical or both. will be Rs. 1000.00 (Rupees one thousand only) per
He/she shall not be required to attend regular classes for paper irrespective whether it is a regular course or a
such courses. special paper.
(b) Mid term marks obtained by a student will not be carried (j) The student has to submit an undertaking that the marks
over for backlog examination and proportionate marks obtained in the examinations taken for improvement will
shall be awarded. replace the marks obtained in the original examination of
the paper(s), if he/she gets more than previous result.
(c) The university shall conduct final examination as per
current scheme of examinations. Students offered backlog (k) In case a student fails in the improvement course, he/she
courses would be required to appear in the equivalent will be awarded minimum pass marks in that paper.
course in the new programme. In case of variation in the
(l) Mid term marks in improvement courses: In such cases,
course content, student has to do self preparation.
the student will be awarded proportionate marks based
(d) If the backlog course is the result of being detained on on marks obtained in final examination.
account of shortage of attendance, the student has to
appear in both theory and practical examinations by 3.8 Special Backlog Examination:
regularly offered courses or as a contact course, if time
A. In case student has completed 8th Semester and has
table adjustment is not possible
backlog in only one course:
B. Improvement of OGPA: (i) Special examination will be conducted earliest possible after the
(a) Student should apply to improve the OGPA within 11 days declaration of semester result i.e. September/ October of 1st
from the date of issue of mark sheet of last semester. They semester of the academic year for only that course.
should surrender the original mark sheet issued to them (ii) Student will be charged fee as prescribed by the university,
and submit the same along with application form. irrespective of whether it is a regular course or a special paper.
(b) A student would be given only one chance for (iii) Student has to apply for special examination within 11 (eleven)
improvement of OGPA. days of declaration of result of 8th semester, failing which his/her
(c) Student will be allowed to repeat two courses of his/her application will not be considered.
choice irrespective of grade obtained in the course (s) or (iv) If a student fails in a special paper examination, he/she would
semester, provided that the course is being offered as be allowed to reappear with regular examination of next
regular course in current semester. semester only i.e. once in a semester.

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B. In case a student has completed 8th semester and has got (vi) Marks awarded after re-evaluation of the paper will be considered
backlog of up to 6 courses irrespective of semester: for award of merit.
(i) Backlog examination will be conducted along with regular (vii) (a) No one shall be admitted in the next higher class and
examination of the semester. considered for any beneficial claim only on account of
submission of application of the re-evaluation of Answer
(ii) If regular examination is being conducted for a particular paper,
Book(s) in the office.
he/she would have to pay normal fee for that paper and special
fee of Rs. 1000/- per paper will be charged for the course which (b) A student becoming eligible for admission on account of
are not listed for conducting the examinations in that semester. result of re-evaluation may be admitted in next higher class
without late fee. He will be required to pay full fees for the
(iii) If a student does not clear one or more backlog course, he/she
year within 7 days of declaration of the result. Attendance in
will have to appear as Ex-student along with regular
such case shall be counted from the date of admission.
examination in the next semester and fee will be charged at
regular rate, if the courses are listed for conducting the 3.10 Moderation of Results:
examination in that semester, otherwise, special fee of The result committee shall also act as Moderation Committee to
Rs. 1000/- will be charged review the results for the normal distribution of marks, the percentage
C. Other rules like maximum number of semesters, minimum of pass and failure. Any moderation suggested in a paper shall be
passing marks, etc will be applicable as per rules. uniformly applied to all the students registered in that paper, with the
approval of the Vice Chancellor. Any moderation effected should not
3.9 Re-evaluation for answer book: be more than 10 % of maximum marks in a paper. However, if after
moderation or otherwise, if a student is failing only by one mark in a
(i) (a) Re-evaluation is permissible only in Theory paper of paper, Controller of Examinations may award one grace mark to pass
semester’s final examination. the student in that paper.
(b) Re-evaluation is not permissible in the Answer book
of unfair means case (s) 4.0 GENERAL RULES PERTAINING TO EXAMINATIONS
(ii) The candidate may apply for re-evaluation within 11 days of the 4.1 A student who has been deputed by College/University
issue of the mark sheet on the prescribed form through Head of authorities to represent at a national/international meet/
the institution depositing required fee and original mark-sheet. championship/tournament/extra curricular activities, does not
Incomplete and late submitted application shall not be considered. appear in the final examination due to such participation, may
be permitted to take missing paper(s) at next main examination,
(iii) The re-evaluation fee per paper shall be as prescribed and will not when such course(s) are regularly offered as a special case.
be refundable on any pretext. He/she, however, will be required to seek prior permission from
(iv) Re-evaluation shall be done by an examiner of the subject to be the Vice-Chancellor.
appointed by the Vice Chancellor. 4.2 No special examination shall be held for students who miss the
(v) If the marks obtained after re-evaluation increase / decrease within examination on account of police custody, court attendance or
20% of the maximum marks prescribed for the paper, the same will fail to attend for other reason, whatsoever.
be taken as marks obtained after re-evolution. However, if the 4.3 Examinations will not be postponed due to failure of electricity.
marks awarded by the re-evaluation increase /decrease by more
than 20% of maximum marks prescribed for the paper then the 4.4 The boycotted and walked out papers shall not be recounted.
answer book will be referred to the second re-evaluation and the This authority rests only with the Chancellor of the university.
average of two closest awarded marks (the middle award in case
the three awards if uniformly spread) shall be taken as the marks 5.0 PRACTICAL WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
obtained after re-evaluation and shall be awarded. However, a After successful completion of all the courses including practical
student who was declared Pass prior to re-evaluation and fails after trainings with minimum OGPA of 5.0, a student will become eligible for
re-evaluation, shall be awarded minimum pass marks. the degree.

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Details of practical training (Training in factory, workshop, mine, 6.2 A student who is short of attendance in one or more courses will be
engineering works/design, office etc.) which students are to undertake detained form appearing in the final semester examination of all
in different degree programmes are given below: such course(s) and will be awarded zero grade point. Such
Branch of Engineering Duration Year courses shall be denoted by letter ‘‘DE’’ in the mark sheet.
(a) Agriculture* 30 + 30 = 60 days At the end of II 6.3 En-mass absence shall be treated as absent in the attendance
& III year
record of the students and will be charged a fine of Rs. 2000/-
(b) Mechanical 30 + 30 = 60 days - do -
on en-mass cutting of the classes for more than 3 days.
(c) Mining** 30 + 30 = 60 days - do -
(d) Electrical 30 + 30 = 60 days - do - 6.4 If a student absents continuously for 7 working days in a
semester in any subject, his/her registration in the semester will
(e) Computer Science & Engg. 30 + 30 = 60 days - do -
be cancelled and parents informed accordingly. Such students
(f) Electronics & Communication 30 + 30 = 60 days - do -
will be provided an option for re-admission in the
(g) Information Technology 30 + 30 = 60 days - do- course/programme within 7 days of the cancellation of their
(h) Civil Engineering 30 + 30 = 60 days - do- registration by paying a fee of Rs. 500/-.
* In addition to the above 2 months training programme, the
6.5 If a student who has been admitted to the 1st semester of a
agricultural engineering graduates have to undergo experiential
learning or Hands-on training (4 month ) in the second semester programme and fails to attend the classes continuously for a
of final year BE.(Ag.). period of 30 days without the permission of the Dean of the
college, the name of such a student will be removed from the
In order to take policy decision and to solve the operational and
administrative bottleneck, if any, there shall be a college level college roll. No petition is permitted in this case. He/she may
committee consisting of the followings. The committee will guide in have to seek re-admission as a fresh candidate.
selection of cafeteria courses and experiential learning/project. 6.6 If a regular student of the college in subsequent semester fails
Senior most Head of the Department - Convenor to register on schedule time or fails to attend the class after
Heads of concerned Department - Member registration continuously for 30 days without the permission of
Training Officer - Member the Dean of the college, the student will be removed from the
Class Advisor of IV year - Member college roll and parents informed accordingly. A student so
Procedure for evaluating the students on all the above practical trainings removed may apply to the Dean within 15 days of his/her
will be followed as prescribed. removal for reconsideration for re-registration in the next
academic session, giving valid and strong reasons for failing to
** The Mining Engineering students shall have to undergo 12 days
take permission. His removal may be revoked, provided that,
mining camp at the end of I semester of II year and 12 days survey
camp at the end of I semester of III year, in addition to 60 days his/her advisor is satisfied with the performance of the student
practical training. and the same is approved by the Dean. The period of removal
shall be counted towards the number of semester, though no
6.0 ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS grade/marks would be awarded for this semester.

6.1 The student shall be permitted to appear in the university main

examination only if a minimum attendance of 75% is maintained 7.0 ADVISORY SYSTEM
separately in theory and practical in each course from the date of
registration in that course. However, in NCC/NSS/NSO the Student will be required to report to the respective class advisors for
minimum attendance requirement would be 65%. In case of getting registration form and examination form for the purpose of
sickness or any other valid reasons, the vice-chancellor may registration. Class advisors will also be responsible for distribution of
condone the attendance to an extent of 10%. marksheet obtained from the university.

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8.0 SYMBOLS AND THEIR MEANING As the project is assigned in the first semester of the final year
Following symbols would be used to designate the status of the student: and the student works on it during both the semesters the
assessment of the project shall be done in both the semesters.
Symbol Significance The internal viva-voce of first semester and both the seminars
F Fail shall be assessed by the Project Committee. However the
DE Detained marks shall be counted in the second semester only. The
UM Unfairmeans distribution of marks shall be as follows :
R Repeat Particulars I Semester II Semester Total
Note - All such courses which are cleared by repeating the same or Day-to-day assessment 15 20 35
repeated for improvement of OGPA to bring it to the minimum by the major advisor
required level shall be marked by letter ‘R’ in the transcript. Seminar 10 15 25
9.0 WITHDRAWAL FROM SEMESTER Viva-voce 10 30 40
(Internal) (External)
(a) A student shall be permitted to withdraw from a semester only
two times in the degree programme, on the grounds of ill-health TOTAL 35 65 100
and personal exigencies subject to the condition that the (c) For seminar, wherever prescribed as a course of study, there shall
reasons for withdrawal are convincing. For this the student has
be a board of examiners consisting of the Head of the Department
to submit a written request at least one week prior to the
commencement of the main examination of the semester from as chairman and two teachers of the department.
which the student wants to withdraw. 11.0 CHANGE OF BRANCH OF STUDY IN SECOND YEAR B.TECH.
(b) A student who has withdrawn from a semester has to join the The students, in the second year, can avail one opportunity to change
same semester during next year. their branch of study on merit basis in accordance with rules framed by
(c) The period lost due to withdrawal (one year for one withdrawal) the university from time to time.
shall not be counted towards maximum permissible period for 12.0 ADMISSION OF DIPLOMA STUDENTS IN SECOND YEAR
which a student can remain on the college roll.
B.TECH.
10.0 EXAMINATION OF PRACTICAL TRAINING, PROJECT AND The diploma holders from the Board of Technical Education, Rajasthan
SEMINAR with 10+2 qualification can seek direct admission in second year B.Tech.
(a) For the examination of practical training (including industry The number of seats, admission procedure, educational and other
visit, mining camp, survey camp, etc.) there will be an internal requirement would be as specified by the Government and/or approved
board appointed by the Dean. The board will comprise of by the university from time to time.
concerned Head of the Department as chairman and one or
two teachers of the concerned department(s) as members. 13.0 GRADUATION REQUIREMENT AND AWARD OF DIVISION
The marks will be awarded on the basis of work report,
(a) A student shall be awarded degree only if he has passed all the
practical record, quiz. viva-voce, etc. and added to the marks
list in the Final year’s examination. courses and completed other requirements prescribed for the
programme and secured an OGPA of 5.00 or above.
(b) For project viva-voce examination there shall be a Board of
examiners consisting of project committee and one/two external (b) The division of the student shall be determined by the OGPA at
examiners. The concerned Head of the Department will be the the end of successful completion of the program as follows :
Chairman of the committee. However, in Agriculture Engineering
discipline, the Chairman will be the Project Chairman. The Division OGPA
Chairman will then nominate two teachers as members. The
Board may meet in one or two meetings according to the First 6.00 and above
availability of external examiner(s). A candidate will be assessed
for the work done during semester by the Project Advisor and the Second 5.00 and above
Project Committee.
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 SCHEME OF TEACHING AND EXAMINATION II-SEMESTER
(Mining Engineering)
Course Credit Hours/Week Marks
Title
First Year B.Tech. (Common for All Branches) No. Th. P L T P Th. P MT
BS 121 Mathematics - II 3 0 3 0 0 80 - 20
I-SEMESTER
CE 122 Civil Engineering 1 1 1 0 2 50 30 20
Credit Hours/Week Marks ME 123 Machine Drawing - I 0 1 0 0 3 0 80 20
Course
Title
No. Th. P L T P Th. P MT ME 124 Workshop Technology 2 1 2 0 3 50 30 20
1
BS 111 Mathematics - I 3 0 3 0 0 80 - 20 NCC/NSS/NSO - - 0 0 2 - - -
ME 113 Mechanical Engg. - I 3 0 3 0 0 80 - 20 GROUP I
ME 114 Workshop Practice 0 1 0 0 3 0 80 20
BS 100C Engineering Chemistry 2 1 2 0 2 50 30 20
CE 115 Engineering Drawing 0 1 0 0 3 0 80 20
NCC/NSS/NSO
1
- - 0 0 2 - - - EC 100 Electronics and 3 1 3 0 2 50 30 20
Instrumentation
GROUP I
CS 100 Introduction to 3 1 3 0 2 50 30 20
BS 100P Engineering Physics 2 1 2 0 2 50 30 20 Computer
Programming and
CE 100 Engineering Mechanics 2 1 2 0 2 50 30 20
Data Structure
EE 100 Electrical Engg. - I 3 1 3 0 2 50 30 20
BS 100E English and 1 1 1 0 2 50 30 20
ENVS 100 Environmental Studies 2 1 2 0 2 50 30 20 Communication Skill
GROUP II GROUP II
BS 100C Engineering Chemistry 2 1 2 0 2 50 30 20
BS100P Engineering Physics 2 1 2 0 2 50 30 20
EC 100 Electronics and 3 1 3 0 2 50 30 20
Instrumentation CE 100 Engineering 2 1 2 0 2 50 30 20
Mechanics
CS 100 Introduction to 3 1 3 0 2 50 30 20
Computer EE 100 Electrical Engineering - I 3 1 3 0 2 50 30 20
Programming and
ENVS 100 Environmental Studies 2 1 2 0 2 50 30 20
Data Structure
BS 100E English and 1 1 1 0 2 50 30 20 Total 15 7 15 0 18 - - -
Communication Skill
Total Credits/Hours/Marks 22 33 800
Total 15 6 15 0 16 - - -
Total Credits/Hours/Marks 21 31 800 1
NCC/NSS/NSO is compulsory and the student will be assessed as
1
NCC/NSS/NSO is compulsory and the student will be assessed as satisfactory/ unsatisfactory at the end of IV semester.
satisfactory/ unsatisfactory at the end of IV semester.
2
The examination (Theory and Lab) shall be conducted internally by the college.

Note: The courses BS 100P, CE 100, EE 100, ENVS 100, BS100C, EC 100,
CS 100 and BS 100E shall be offered in both the semesters. The
students will be divided in two groups in I semester itself and shall remain
in the same group in II semester as well. However, they have to offer all
the eight courses in first year.
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 SECOND YEAR B.Tech. IV-SEMESTER

Credit Hours per Marks

III-SEMESTER Course
Title of course Hours week allotted
No.
Th. P L T P Th. P MT
Course No. Title of course Credit Hours per Marks
Hours week allotted BS 221 Mathematics IV 3 0 3 - 0 80 - 20
(EC, EE,
Th. P L T P Th. P MT
ME, MI)
BS 211 Mathematics III 3 0 3 0 0 80 - 20
CE 221 Fluid Mechanics 2 1 2 - 2 50 30 20
(All branches)
(AE, MI,)
CE 211 Strength of Material 2 1 2 1 2 50 30 20
ME 223 Mechanical 2 1 2 - 2 50 30 20
(AE, EE, MI)
(EE, MI) Engineering II
EE 213 Electrical 2 1 2 - 2 50 30 20
MI 224 Mining Geology II 3 1 3 - 2 50 30 20
(AE, ME, MI) Engineering II
MI 225 Mine Development 3 1 3 - 2 50 30 20
MI 214 Mining Geology I 3 1 3 - 2 50 30 20

MI 215 Elements of Mining 3 1 3 - 2 50 30 20 MI 226 Mine Surveying I 3 1 3 - 3 50 30 20

MI 216 Mine Machinery I 3 1 3 - 2 50 30 20 MI 227 Mine Computing Lab I 0 1 0 - 2 - 80 20

1
NCC/ NSS/NSO1 - - 0 0 2 - - - NCC/NSS/NSO 0 0 0 - 2 - 80 20

Total 16 5 16 1 12 - - - Total 16 06 16 15 - - -

Total Credits/Hours/Marks 21 29 600 Total Credits/Hours/Marks 22 31 700

1
NSS/NCC/NSO is compulsory and the student will be assessed as
Note: There will be a Mining Camp / Visits of duration of 12 effective satisfactory/ unsatisfactory at the end of IV semester.
days during/ after the III semester.
Note: Students have to undergo a practical training of 30 days at the
end of IV semester for which assessment will be made at the
beginning of the next semester.

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 THIRD YEAR B.Tech. VI- SEMESTER

V-SEMESTER Credit Hours per

Course Marks allotted
Title of course Hours week
No.
Th. P L T P Th. P MT
Credit Hours per
Course Marks allotted
Title of course Hours week MI 321 Underground Mine 3 1 3 - 2 50 30 20
No. Environment
Th. P L T P Th. P MT
MI 322 Dimensional Stone 3 1 3 - 2 50 30 20
MI 311 Mine Ventilation 3 1 3 - 2 50 30 20
Technology
MI 312 Surface Mining 3 1 3 - 2 50 30 20
MI 323 Underground 3 1 3 - 2 50 30 20
Underground Metalliferrous
MI 313 3 1 3 - 2 50 30 20 Mining
Coal Mining

Computer MI 324 Mine Machinery II 3 1 3 - 2 50 30 20

MI 314 Application in 2 1 2 - 2 50 30 20
MI 325 Mining Geology III 3 1 3 - 2 50 30 20
Mining
MI 326 Rock Mechanics II 3 1 2 - 2 50 30 20
MI 315 Mine Surveying II 3 1 3 - 2 50 30 20
MI 327 Survey Camp 0 1 0 - 0 - 100 -
MI 316 Rock Mechanics I 3 1 3 - 2 50 30 20
Total 18 07 17 12 - - -
Total 17 6 17 - 12 - - -
Total Credits/Hours/Marks 25 29 700
Total Credits/Hours/Marks 23 29 600

T - Tutorials do not carry any credit

Note: Students have to undergo a practical training of 30 days at the end
of VI semester for which assessment will be made at the beginning
Note: There will be a Survey Camp of duration of 12 effective days of the next semester.
after V semester.

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 FOURTH YEAR B.Tech. VIII-SEMESTER

VII-SEMESTER Credit Hours per Marks

Course Hours week allotted
Title of course
No.
Th. P L T P Th. P MT
Credit Hours per MI 421 Mine Economics & 3 0 3 - 0 80 - 20
Course Marks allotted Financial Management
Title of course Hours week
No. MI 422 Mine Planning & 3 1 3 - 2 50 30 20
Th. P L T P Th. P MT Design
MI 423 Elective I 3 0 3 - 0 80 - 20
MI 411 Mine Legislation & 3 0 3 - 0 80 - 20
MI 424 Elective II 3 0 3 - 0 80 - 20
Safety
MI 425 Project 0 8 0 - 12 - 100 -
MI 412 Mine Management 3 0 3 - 0 80 - 20 MI 426 Practical Training, 0 4 - - - - 100 -
Industrial Visit &
MI 413 Mine Machinery III 3 1 3 - 2 50 3 20 Mining Camp
0 MI 427 Seminar 0 2 0 - 2 - 100 -
MI 414 Mineral 3 1 3 - 2 50 3 20 Total 12 15 12 - 16 - - -
Processing 0 Total Credits/Hours/Marks 27 26 700
Note:
MI 415 Environmental 3 1 3 - 2 50 3 20
1. The student will undergo supervised practical training at mines for a total
Management in 0
period of 60 days during the course.
Surface Mines 2. The allocation of marks for practical training, industrial visit, mining camp
tentative will be as follows:
MI 416 Mine Computing 0 1 0 - 2 - 8 20
Training-I after IV semester (II B.Tech.), 30 days duration - 35
Lab II 0
Training-II after VI semester (III B.Tech. 30 days duration - 35
MI 425 Project
1
0 - 0 - 4 - - - Mining camp (12 days) - 20
Industrial Visit - 10
__________
Total 15 04 15 - 12 - - -
100
Total Credits/Hours/Marks 19 27 600 __________
List of Electives:
1 ELECTIVE – I ELECTIVE - II
The topic for the project (MI425) will be allotted in the VII semester
MI 423 (a) Rock Fragmentation MI 424 (a) Experimental Stress Analysis
but assessed in both the semesters. The total credits will however be
MI 423 (b) Rock Engineering MI 424 (b) Numerical Methods
counted in the VIII semester.
MI 423 (c) Computer Aided Mine Design MI 424 (c) Advanced Mineral Exploration
MI 423 (d) Advances in Mine Ventilation MI 424 (d) Advanced Mineral Processing
MI 423 (e) Maintenance Management

Note: The students have to take one elective each out of the lists (Electives I & II)
given. However, the elective may not be offered if faculty expertise is not
available or a minimum of 7 students do not opt for a particular elective.

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 COURSE CONTENT ME 113 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING – I

Cr. Hrs. 3 (3 + 0)
FIRST YEAR B.Tech. (I SEMESTER)
L T P
Credit 3 0 0
Hours 3 0 0

BS 111 MATHEMATICS – I Unit-I

Thermodynamics: Thermodynamic properties, closed and open systems,
Cr. Hrs. 3 (3 + 0) flow and non-flow processes, gas laws, laws of thermodynamics, internal
energy. Application of First Law in heating and expansion of gases in non-
L T P flow processes. First Law applied to steady flow processes.
Credit 3 0 0 Second law of thermodynamics: Kelvin-Planck and Claussius
Hours 3 0 0 statements. Reversible processes, Carnot cycle, Carnot theorem.
Entropy, physical concept of entropy, change of entropy of gases in
thermodynamic processes.
Unit-I Unit-II
Taylor’s and Maclaurin’s expansions; Asymptotes, Curvatures, Simple Properties of Steam: Difference between gas and vapour, change of
phase during constant pressure process. Generation of Steam, triple
curve tracing.
point and critical point. Internal energy and entropy of steam. Use of
steam tables and Mollier chart, heating and expansion of vapour in non-
Unit-II flow processes, measurement of dryness fraction.
Partial differentiation; Homogeneous functions and Euler’s theorem; Unit-III
Composite functions and total differential coefficient; Jacobians; Error Vapour Power Cycles: Introduction, Carnot Cycle. Desirable properties
and Approximations. of working fluid used for power plants. Rankine cycle. Expansive and
non expansive working.
Steam Generators : Classification of steam boilers. Cochran,
Unit-III Lancashire, locomotive and Babcock-Wilcox boilers. Boiler mountings
Double and Triple integrals; Change of order of integration; Rectification and accessories.
of standard curves; Volumes and surfaces of revolution of curves. Steam Engines: Introduction to simple and compound steam engines,
saturation curve and missing quantity, governing.

Unit-IV Unit-IV
Gas Power Cycles: Introduction. Air Standard efficiency, other engine
Differential equations of higher order with constant coefficients: Methods efficiencies and terms. Otto, diesel and dual cycles. Calculation of efficiency,
of finding complementary functions and particular integrals; mean effective pressure and their comparison.
Homogeneous equations with constant and variable coefficient.
Internal Combustion Engines: Introduction. Classification, terminology and
description of IC Engines. Four stroke and two stroke petrol, gas and
diesel engines. Valve timing diagrams. Comparison of petrol and diesel
Text Books/References engines. Simple carburettor. Ignition system of SI engine, diesel fuel
1. Y.N. Guar and C.L. Koul. (2005). Engineering Mathematics, pump and injectors.
(Vols.-I, II), Jaipur Publishing House, Jaipur.
2. N.P. Bali and N.Ch.S.N. Iyengar. (2003). A text book of Text Books/References
Engineering Mathematics, Laxmi Publications (P) Ltd, New Delhi. 1. M. L. Mathur and F. S. Mehta. Thermal Engineering, (Vol. I, SI
Edition), Jain Brothers, New Delhi.
2. R. K. Purohit. Thermal Engineering. 2nd Ed., Scientific
Publishers, Jodhpur.
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 ME 114 WORKSHOP PRACTICE Text/Reference
1. N.D. Bhatt. Elementary Engineering Drawing, Rupalee publication,
Cr. Hrs. 1 (0 + 1) Anand.
2. Lakshmi Narayan and Vaishwanar. A Text Book of Practical
L T P Geometry, Jain Brother, New Delhi.
Credit 0 0 1 3. R.B. Gupta. A Text Book of Engineering Drawing, Satry
Hours 0 0 3 Prakashan, New Delhi.
4. Fundamentals of Technical Drawing, Parkinson.
Carpentry Shop: Acquaintance with types of wood, tools and their uses.
Simple exercises involving basic operations like sawing, planning,
chiselling, etc. Preparation of simple joints, cross half lap joint, dovetail
joint, bridle joint, tennon and mortise joint.
Smithy Shop: Acquaintance with types of tools and their uses. Simple BS 100P ENGINEERING PHYSICS
exercises involving basic operations like bending, drawing, punching,
shaping, upsetting, and riveting.
Cr. Hrs. 3 (2 + 1)
Fitting Shop: Acquaintance with tools, measuring and marking tools,
precision measuring tools and their uses. Simple exercises involving L T P
basic operations like sawing, chipping, filling, drilling, reaming, threading Credit 2 0 1
with taps and dies.
Hours 2 0 2
Sheet Metal and Plumbing Shop: Demonstration of basic tools, pipe
fittings and operations.
Unit-I
Electric Field: Line integral of electric field, Potential difference, Field as
gradient of potential, Divergence of a vector function, Differential form of
Texts/References
Gauss’s law, Laplacian, Laplace equations, Curl of a vector function.
1. S. K. Hajra Choudhury and AK Hajra Choudhury. Elements of
Workshop Technology (Vol. I), Media Promoters & Publishers Pvt. Gauss’s divergence theorem.
Ltd., Bombay. Magnetic Field: Curl and Divergence of a magnetic field, Magnetic
scalar and vector potential.
Unit-II
Varying Field: Faraday’s law-integral and differential form, Self and
CE 115 ENGINEERING DRAWING mutual inductance, Neumann’s equation, Charge and discharge of a
capacitor through register, Growth and decay of current in LR circuit,
Cr. Hrs. 1 (0 + 1) Energy stored in electric and magnetic field, Displacement
current, Maxwell’s equations.
L T P
Credit 0 0 1 Unit-III
Hours 0 0 3 Laser: Coherence, Einstein’s coefficient, Spontaneous and stimulated
emission, Population inversion, Laser gain (pumping), Spectral
Introduction and letter writing. Construction and use of plain, diagonal narrowing in laser, Coherence length, Ruby and He-Ne laser.
and vernier scale. Methods of drawing ellipse, parabola and hyperbola.
Methods of drawing cycloids, spirals. Orthographic projection and Interference: Division of amplitude, colour of thin films, Newton’s ring,
projection of points. Febry-Perot interferometer-principle, operation, determination of wave
length and difference in wave length.
Projection of lines, projection of planes, projection of solids. Introduction
of prism, pyramid, cylinder and cone. Unit-IV
Section of solids, introduction of intersection of surfaces. Development Diffraction: Double slit Fraunhofer diffraction pattern, Fraunhofer diffraction
of plane and curved surface. Isometric projection. by a plane transmission grating, Formation of spectra.
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Polarization: Analysis of linearly, circularly and elliptically polarized light CE 100 ENGINEERING MECHANICS
(Half wave and quarter wave plates), Optical activity, specific rotations,
Laurent’s half shade and its use for determination of specific rotation of
Cr. Hrs. 3 (2 + 1)
sugar solution.
L T P
Practicals Credit 2 0 1
Hours 2 0 2
1. To find refractive index and dispersive power of material of prism
by spectrometer.
(A) STATICS
2. To find wave length of light by Newton’s ring.
3. To find wave length of light by diffraction grating. Unit-I
4. To find specific rotation of sugar solution by polarimeter.
Introduction of condition of equilibrium: Force, system of force, coplanar
5. To find wave length of light by Fresnel Biprism. forces.
6. To find frequency of A.C. mains. Moment and couples: Moment and parallel forces, Couples, General
7. To determine dielectric constant of liquid using series resonance conditions of equilibrium
method. Practical Applications: Levers, Cracked levers, Steel yards. Sagging
chains and toggle joints.
8. To study charge and discharge of condenser through a resistor
Centre of Gravity: Centre of parallel forces, C.G. in some simple cases,
(C.R. Circuit). C.G. of Solids.
9. To study LCR resonant circuit, resonance, quality factor and Moment of Inertia: Moment of inertia, Radius of gyration and
sharpness in (i) series circuit (ii) parallel circuit. perpendicular axis. Determination of moment of inertia of simple
sections. Mass of moment of inertia.
Unit-II
Text Books/References
Friction: Introduction, Critical angle of friction, Friction on horizontal
1. K.K. Tiwari. (1995). Electricity and Magnetism, S. Chand and planes, Friction on inclined planes, Wedge and block, Screw jacks,
Company, New Delhi. Rolling friction.
2. N. Subrahmanyam and Brijlal. (1993). A Text Book of Optics, Machines: Introduction, Effects of friction, Loss of work, Reversible and
irreversible machine, Law of machine, Wheel and axle, Differential
S. Chand and Company, New Delhi. wheel and axle, Pulley block, Screw jack, Single and double purchase
3. Ahmed and Lal. (1966). Electricity, Magnetism and Electronics, crab, Worm and Worm wheel, System of pulleys.
Unitech House, Lucknow. Frames: Statically determinate plane frames, Method of joints, Method
of sections, Graphical method.
4. D.S. Mathur. (1993). Mechanics, S. Chand and Company,
New Delhi.
(B) DYNAMICS
5. Gupta and Kumar. (1995). Practical Physics, Pragati Prakashan,
Unit-III
Meerut.
Rectilinear Motion, Motion under gravity, Projectiles equation of the
path, Maximum height attained, Time of flight, Horizontal range. Angle
of projection, Projectile from a given height, Projectile on an inclined
plane, Problems.
Work, Power and Energy: Work, Power, Work done by torque, Energy,
Law of conservation.
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 Unit-IV EE 100 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING – I
Centripetal and centrifugal forces, Laws of motion: Newton’s Law of
motion and their explanation, Collision of elastic bodies; Impulse and Cr. Hrs. 4 (3 + 1)
impulsive force, Principle of conservation of momentum, Loss of kinetic
energy during impact. L T P
Credit 3 0 1
Hours 3 0 2
Practicals Unit-I
D.C. Networks: Kirchoff’s law, node voltage and mesh current methods,
1. Verification of law of polygon of forces.
delta-star and star delta transformation, source conversion; solution of
2. Verification of principle of moment in case of compound level. DC circuits by network theorems: Thevenin's, Norton’s, superposition,
3. Verification of principle of moment in case of bell crack level. Reciprocity and Maximum Power Transfer theorem.
4. Determination of reaction in case simply supported beam with or Unit-II
without overhang. Single Phase A.C.Ciruits : Single Phase EMF generation, average and
5. To determine coefficient of friction between different surfaces on effective values of sinusoidal and linear periodic wave forms,
horizontal plane. instantaneous and average power, power factor, reactive & apparent
6. To determine coefficient of friction between different surfaces in power, solution of R-L-C, series, parallel, series-parallel circuits,
inclined plane. complex representation of impedances, phasor diagram, series and
parallel resonance.
7. Study of different wheel and Axle. Unit-III
8. Study of single purchase crab.
Three Phase A.C., Circuits : Three phase EMF generation, delta and
9. Study of worm and worm wheel. star-connection, line and phase quantities, solution of the 3- phase
10. Study of Weston’s pulley block. balanced circuits, Phasor diagram, measurement of power in three
phase balanced circuits.
11. Determination of mechanical advantage, velocity ratio and
efficiency of single purchase crab. Transformer: Faraday's laws of Electromagnetic induction, construction and
principle operation of single phase transformer, EMF equation, voltage and
12. Determination of mechanical advantage, velocity ratio and
current relationship and Phasor diagram for ideal transformer.
efficiency of double purchase crab.
13. Determination of mechanical advantage, velocity ratio and Unit-IV
efficiency of first system of pulley. Electrical Measuring Instruments : Introduction; type of measuring
14. Determination of mechanical advantage, velocity ratio and Instruments, Deflecting controlling & Damping Torque, D.C. PMMC
efficiency of second system of pulleys. instruments, shunts and multipliers, Moving iron ammeters and
voltmeter, Dynamometers wattmeter, Induction type energy meter.
15. Determination of mechanical advantage, velocity ratio and
efficiency of third system of pulleys Flywheel.
Practicals : Based on theory
Text Books/References
Text Books/References 1. B. L. Therja. Electrical Technology, S. Chand.
1. I.B. Prasad. Engineering Mechanics, Khanna Publisher, New Delhi. 2. M.E.Van Valkenberg. Network analysis, PHI.
3. Soni and Gupta. Introduction to Electrical Network Theory,
2. R.S. Khurmi. Applied Mechanics, S. Chand & Company Ltd.,
Dhanpat Rai Publisher.
New Delhi
4. R.A. Gupta and Nikhal Gupta. (2002). Fundamentals of electrical
3. S.B. Junnarkar. Applied Mechanics, Charotar Publishing House, & Electronics Engineering, JPH, Ist Edition.
New Delhi. 5. H.P. Tiwari. (2002). Electrical & Electronics Engineering, College
4. Saluja. Applied Mechanics, Satya Prakashan, New Delhi. Book Centre, Jaipur.
6. J.B. Gupta. (2002). Fundamentals of Electrical & Electronics.
S.K. Kataria and Sons. Dehli.
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 ENVS 100 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Unit-II
Ecosystems
Cr. Hrs. 3 (2 + 1)
Concept of an ecosystem, Structure and function of an ecosystem,
Producers, consumers and decomposers, Energy flow in the
L T P
ecosystem, Ecological succession, Food chains, food webs and
Credit 2 0 1
ecological pyramids, Introduction, types, characteristic features,
Hours 2 0 2
structure and function of the following ecosystem.
Unit–I a. Forest ecosystem
The Multidisciplinary nature of environmental studies: b. Grassland ecosystem

Definition, scope and need for public awareness. Environmental c. Desert ecosystem
problems and their consequences d. Aquatic ecosystems (ponds, streams, lakes, rovers, oceans,
estuaries)
Natural Resources:
Renewable and non-renewable resources Biodiversity and its conservation
Natural resources and associated problems
Introduction – Definition: genetic, species and ecosystem diversity,
a) Forest resources: Use over-exploitation, deforestation, and case Biogeographically classification of India, Value of biodiversity:
studies. Timber extraction, mining, dams and their effects on Consumptive use, productive use, social, ethical, and aesthetic and
forests and tribal people. option values, Biodiversity at global, National and local levels, India as a
mega-diversity nation, Hot spots of biodiversity, Threats to biodiversity:
b) Water resources: Use and over-utilization of surface and ground habitat loss, poaching of wildlife, man-wildlife conflicts, Endangered and
water, floods, drought, conflicts over water, dams, benefits and endemic species of India, Conservation of biodiversity: In-situ and Ex-
problems. situ conservation of biodiversity.
c) Mineral resources: Use and exploitation, environmental effects of
extracting and using mineral resources, case studies. Unit-III
d) Food resources: World food problems, changes caused by Environmental Pollution
agriculture and overgrazing, effects of modern agriculture, Definition, Causes, effects and control measures of: -
fertilizer- pesticide problems, water logging, salinity, case studies.
Air pollution
e) Energy resources: Growing energy needs, renewable and
Water pollution
non-renewable energy sources, use of alternate energy sources.
Case studies. Soil pollution
f) Land resources: Land and a resource, land degradation, man Marine pollution
induced landslides, soil erosion and desertification. Noise pollution
Thermal pollution
Role of an individual in conservation of natural resources, Equitable use Nuclear hazards
resources for sustainable lifestyles.
Solid waste Management: Causes, effects and control measures of
urban and industrial wastes, Role of an individual in prevention of
pollution, Pollution case studies, Disaster management: floods,
earthquake, cyclone and landslides

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 Unit-IV BS 100C ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
Social Issues and the Environment - From Unsustainable to Sustainable
development, Urban problems related to energy, Water conservation,
Cr. Hrs. 3 (2 + 1)
rain water harvesting, watershed management, Resettlement and
rehabilitation of people: its problems and concerns, Case studies,
L T P
Environmental ethics: Issues and possible solutions, Climate change,
Credit 2 0 1
global warming, acid rain, ozone layer depletion, nuclear accidents and
Hours 2 0 2
holocaust. Case studies, Wasteland reclamation, Consumerism and
waste products, Environment Protection Act, Air (Prevention and
Control of Pollution) Act, Water (Prevention and control of Pollution) Act,
Wildlife Protection Act, Forest Conservation Act, Issues involved in Unit-I
enforcement of environmental legislation, Public awareness.
Sources of water, common impurities, requisites of drinking water in
Human Population and the Environment municipal water supply. Purification of water, sedimentation,
Population growth, variation among nations, Population explosion- sterilization, break point chlorination. Hardness, determination of
Family Welfare Programme, Environment and human health, Human hardness by Complixemetric (EDTA) method, degree of hardness,
Rights, Value Education, HIV/AIDS, Women and Child Welfare, Role chloride, dissolved oxygen, carbon dioxide and sulphate, control of pH
of Information Technology in Environment and human health, of water used in industry, Boiler troubles, carry over corrosion, Sludge
Case Studies. and scale formation. Caustic embrittlement, cause of boiler troubles
and their prevention.
Practicals Unit-II
Visit to river, forest, hill, mountain, local polluted plant, pond ecosystem Classification of fuels, solid fuels, coal origin and its classification,
Proximate and ultimate analysis of coal, significance of constituents,
Gross and net calorific values. Liquid fuels- advantages, Petroleum
Text Books/References
origin, classification, Refining of Petroleum, Gasoline, knocking, octane
1. K. C. Agarwal. (2001). Environmental Biology, Nidi Publications,
number, anti knock agents . Flue gas analysis by Orsat Apparatus,
Bikaner.
Calculations based on combustion.
2. B. L. Chaudhary and Jitendra Pandey. (2005). Environmental
Studies, Apex Publishing House, Udaipur.
3. H Jhadav & V. M. Bhosale. Environmental Protection & Laws,
Himalaya Pub. House, Delhi. Unit-III
4. M. N. Rao and A. K. Datta. Waste Water Treatment. Oxford & IBH Corrosion: Definition and its significance, theories of corrosion,
Publ. Co. Pvt. Ltd. protection of corrosion use of inhibitors and passavasion, Alloying
5. B. K. Sharma. Environmental Chemistry. Goel Publishing House, protective coatings -Metallic, inorganic and Organic.
Meerut.
6. Pratap Singh, N. S. Rathore and A. N. Mathur. (2004). Refractories: Definition, Properties, Classification. Properties of Silica and
Environmental Studies, Himanshu Publications, Udaipur. Fireclay refractories.
7. R. K. Trivedi and P. K. Goel. Introduction to Air Pollution, Techno
Unit-IV
Science Publications.
Chemical Kinetics- Order and Molecularity of reaction, first and second
order reaction, Derivation of equations for first and second order
reaction, determination of order of reaction, Energy of activation and
Arrhenius equations, Numericals of first and second order reactions.

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Practicals EC 100 ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION
1. Determination of viscosity of a liquid. Cr. Hrs. 4 (3 + 1)
2. Determination Surface Tension of a liquid by Stalagmometer
method. L T P
3. Determination of carbonate and non carbonate hardness by soda Credit 3 0 1
reagent method. Hours 3 0 2
Unit-I
4. Determination of temporary and permanent hardness by EDTA Passive Components: Construction and characteristics of carbon
method. composition , wire wound and film resistors. Potentiometer, color codes
5. Estimation of free chlorine in a water sample. and rating of resistors. Characteristics and rating of capacitors for
6. Determination of copper sulphate iodometrically. electronics circuits.
7. Estimation of potassium dichromate iodometrically Semi conductor: Basic electrical characteristics of semi conductors.
8. Determination of purity of Ferrous Ammonium Sulphate (Mohr’s Theory of p-n junction. Characteristics and ratings of junction
diodes.basics of zener diode, photo diode and LED.
Salt) using Potassium Permanganate.
9. Determination of Potassium Dichromate using Potassium Unit-II
Ferrycyanide as an external indicator. Bipolar Junction Transistor: npn and pnp transistors,, Various
10. Estimation of available chlorine in bleaching powder sample configurations (CB, CC,CE) of BJT. Transistor biasing (Fixed, self,
11. Analysis of Brass potential dividers) Basic classification of amplifier (Voltage and power
amplifier). Basic concept of Class A, B , AB and C amplifiers.
12. Analysis of Iron ore
13. Analysis of Pyrolusite Unit-III
14. Analysis of common salt. Generation of waveforms: Concept of positive and negative feed back.
Introduction of oscillators like R-C , L-C and Crystal oscillators.
Power supply: Circuit configuration and analysis of Half wave , Full
Text Books/References wave and Bridge rectifier .Basic concept of regulation, Zener diode
voltage regulator.,Transistor serier regulator.
1. Jain and Jain. Engineering Chemistry, Dhanpat Rai & Sons, Nai
Sarak, Delhi. Unit-IV
2. Jain and Gupta. A Text Book of Engineering Chemistry, Jaipur
Transducers: Definition, classification : Active and passive transducer,
Publishing House. primary and secondary transducers, Analog and digital transducers.
3. B.K. Sharma. Engg. Chemistry, Krishna Prakashan Media (P) Measurement of displacement, temperature, velocity, force and
Ltd., Merrut. pressure using potentiometer, resistance thermometer, thermocouples ,
4. S.S. Dara. A Text Book of Engineering Chemistry, S.Chand & bourden tube, LVDT, strain gauge and techogenerator.
Co., New Delhi.
5. M.A. Uppal. A Text Book of Engineering Chemistry, Khanna Practicals : Based on theory
Publishers, Delhi.
6. S.S. Dara. A Text Book on Experiments and Calculations Engg.
Chem. Ram Nagar, Delhi. Text Books/References
7. S.K. Banerji and S.K. Jain. Hand Book of Technical Analysis, Jain 1. Millman and Halkias. Integrated elecronics: Mc Graw Hill
2. W.D Cooper. Electronics Instrumentation and Measurement : PHI
Brothers, New Delhi.
3. M.L.Gupta. Electrical Engineering Materials
4. Malvino. Principles of Electronics
5. Jhon D. Ryder. Electronics Fundamentals

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 CS 100 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER PROGRAMMING BS 100E ENGLISH AND COMMUNICATION SKILL
AND DATA STRUCTURE
Cr. Hrs. 2 (1 + 1)
Cr. Hrs. 4 (3 + 1)
L T P L T P
Credit 3 0 1 Credit 1 0 1
Hours 3 0 2 Hours 1 0 2
Unit –I
Unit–I Grammar and Usage : Tenses, Agreement of Subject and verb, Passive
Computer Fundamentals: History of Computers; Organization of Voice, Basic Sentence Patterns, Prepositions, Phrasal verbs , Common
Computers: input unit, output unit, Storage Unit, Arithmetic Logic Unit, Grammatical Errors, Use of articles, Punctuations, Modals, Gerund,
Central Processing Unit; CPU Operation; Memory Subsystem: RAM, Participle, Infinitive, Word Formation (affixes, prefixes, suffixes,
ROM, Cache Memory & memory Hierarchy; Instruction Format and synonyms and antonyms), Idioms, Synthesis & Transformations of
Instruction Execution Cycle; Number System & Codes: Binary, Decimal, Sentences, Sentences Linkers.
Octal & Hexadecimal Number System, Conversion from one number Unit-II
system to another, sign magnitude, 1’s Complement & 2’s Complement
Comprehension : Unseen Passage
representation of numbers; Numerical & Character codes: BCD,
Excess – 3, Gray, ASCII & EBCDIC Codes. Composition : Precise writing, Personal Letters, Business letters, Job
Applications, Writing of technical Report, Essay writing.
Unit-II
Basics of Programming in C: Constants, Variables and Data Types, Unit-III
Operators and Expressions, Input and Output operations, Decision Introduction to sounds : Vowels, Diphthong, Consonants,
making & Branching: if-else, switch statement; Decision making and Phonetics, Transcriptions. Word stress and exercises on pronunciation,
looping; Arrays. Group discussion on current topics and Presentation of Technical report.
Unit-III Unit-IV
Character Arrays & strings, User defined function, Structures & Unions, Communication Skills : Meaning and process of communication, Verbal
Pointer Management, Dynamic Memory allocation & linked lists. and non-verbal communication: Quality of good communication; Writing
Unit–IV skills, Group discussion: Organizing seminars and conferences.
Introduction to Data Structures : Introduction to Linear Arrays &
Representation of Linear Array in Memory, Traversing, Insertion & Text Books/ References
Deletion in Linear arrays, Bubble Sort, Linear & Binary search;
1. Thomson and Martinet. (1997). A Practical English Grammar
Introduction to linked list – Representation of linked list in memory,
Exercise Book, Vol. I and II, O.U.P. Publication.
Traversing, Searching, Insertion & Deletion in a linked list.
2. Michal Swan. (1995). Practical English Grammar, O.U.P. Publication.
3. David Green. (1990). Contemporary English Grammar Structure
Practicals : Based on Theory
Composition, Macmillan Publication.
Text Books/References 4. S. Allen. (1997). Living English Structures, Orient Longmans.
5. Daniel Jones, Drills and Tests in English Sound, ELBS.
1. E. Balagurusamy. “Programming in ANSI C”, Tata McGraw Hill.
6. Hornby. (1990). Advanced Learners Dictionary, O.U.P. Publication.
2. Kernighan and Ritchie. “The C Programming language”, Printice Hall
7. Kirshan Mohan. Speaking English Effectively; Macmillan Publication.
3. P.M. Jat. “Programming with C”, Apex Publishing House, Jaipur.
8. Audio-Video Tapes prepared by the British Council, New Delhi
4. Dharm Singh. “Fundamentals of Compute Organization”, Paragon and Central Institute of English and Foreign Language,
International Publishers, New Delhi. Hyderabad to be used in a Language Laboratory.
5. P.K. Sinha & P. Sinha. “Computer Fundamentals”, BPB Publication. 9. A. Adivi Reddy. Extension Education, Sree Lakshmi Press, Bapatla (A.P.)
6. Seymour Lipschutz. “Data Structure”, Schaum’s outline series, 10. G.L. Ray. (2005). Extension Communication and Management,
McGraw Hill. Kalyani Publishers.
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 FIRST YEAR B.TECH. (II SEMESTER) CE 122 CIVIL ENGINEERING

Cr. Hrs. 2 (1 + 1)

L T P
BS 121 MATHEMATICS – II Credit 1 0 1
Hours 1 0 2
Cr. Hrs. 3 (3 + 0)
(A) SURVEYING AND LEVELING
L T P
Credit 3 0 0
Hours 3 0 0 Unit-I
Unit-I Principle and purpose of plane surveying.
Differentiation of Vectors: scalar and vector point functions, vector Chain Surveying : Instrument for chaining, Direct & indirect ranging.
differential operator Del, Gradient of a scalar point function, Divergence Methods of chain along plane & sloping ground, Base line, check line,
and Curl of vector point functions; Directional derivatives; Line, Surface Tie line, Offset, Chain angle & recording in field book.
and Volume integrals; Gauss, Stoke’s and Green theorems (Statement Compass Surveying : True & Magnetic meridian, whole circle bearing &
only) and their applications. quadrantal bearing system, construction & use of Prismatic & Surveyor
Unit-II Compass, Local attraction.
Ordinary Differential Equations: Second order differential equations with
variable coefficients; Exact form; Part of complimentary function is Unit-II
known; Change of dependent and independent variables; Method of Level and leveling : Definition of various terms used in leveling. Types
of Bench mark and their uses. Construction and use of Dumpy and
variation of parameters. Tilting levels, Leveling staves. Temporary adjustment of Dumpy level.
Unit-III Simple, differential leveling, fly leveling, longitudinal and cross
Partial Differential Equations: Formation of partial differential equations; sectioning, plotting of profile leveling. Determination of level by line of
Lagrange’s linear equations; Higher order linear partial differential collimation and rise and fall method, Arithmetical checks. Level book
equations with constant coefficients. Standard forms of partial and record keeping, leveling difficulties and errors in leveling.
differential equations.
Unit-IV
Matrices: Elementary transformations; Rank of a matrix; Reduction to (B) BUILDING MATERIAL
normal form; Gauss Jordan method to find inverse of a matrix; Unit-III
Consistency and solutions of linear equations; Eigen values and Eigen
Stones: Different types, properties of good building stones, common
vectors; Cayley-Hamilton theorem.
testing of stones, Dressing of stones and use of stones in construction.
Bricks: Types, raw materials, identification, composition. Properties and
Text Books/References uses of ordinary bricks, fire resistant and chemical resistant bricks.
1. Y.N. Guar and C.L. Koul. (2005). Engineering Mathematics, Limes: Definition, sources of lime, slaking of lime, ISI classification
(Vols.-I, II), Jaipur Publishing House, Jaipur. of lime.
2. J.L. Bansal and H.S. Dhami. (2005). Differential Equation, Unit-IV
(Vols.-I), Jaipur Publishing House, Jaipur.
Cement: Chemical composition, types of cement, properties, uses and
3. N.P. Bali and N.Ch.S.N. Iyengar. (2003). A text book of tests on cement.
Engineering Mathematics, Laxmi Publications (P) Ltd, New Delhi.
Mortars: Proportioning, properties of ingredients and use of lime,
cement and gauge mortars.

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Cement Concrete: Ingredients, common proportions, properties of Dimensioning: Different methods of dimensioning.
fresh hardened concrete, Water cement ratio, curing and
consolidation of concrete. Sectional Views: Concept of sectioning. Revolved and oblique section.
Sectional drawing of simple machine parts

Practicals Riveted and Welded Joints: Types of rivet heads and riveted joints.
1. Study of accessories used in measurement of distances. Processes for producing leak proof joints. Symbols for different types of
2. Ranging Direct and indirect and use of chain and tape. welded joints.
3. Chining along sloping ground. Screw Fastenings: Nomenclature, thread profiles, multistart threads, left
4. Chain surveying, field book recording and taking offsets for and right hand threads. Square headed and hexagonal nuts and bolts.
location details Conventional representation of threads. Different types of lock nuts,
5. Study of prismatic and surveying compass and taking bearings.. studs, machine screws, cap screws and wood screws. Foundation bolts.
6. Study of Dumpy level, temporary adjustment and R.L.
Different types of joints: Knuckle joint, cotter joint and universal joint.
calculations.
7. Study of Tilting level, temporary adjustment and R.L. calculations
8. Simply and differential leveling operation, record in level book,
practice for staff reading line of collimation and Rise and fall Text Books/References
method calculations. 1. N. D. Bhatt. Machine Drawing, Charotar Book Stall, Anand.
9. L-section and cross sectioning, fly leveling operation. 2. V. Laxminarayan and ML Mathur. A Text Book of Machine
10. Plotting of working profile. Drawing, Jain Brothers, New Delhi.
3. P. S. Gill. Machine Drawing: S. K. Kataria & Sons, New Delhi.

Text Books/References
1. S.C. Rangwala. Engineering Materials, Charotar Book Stall, Anand.
2. B.C. Punmiya. Surveying & Field Work (Vol. I), Laxmi
Publications, New Delhi.
ME 124 WORKSHOP TECHNOLOGY

Cr. Hrs. 3 (2 + 1)

ME 123 MACHINE DRAWING – I L T P

Credit 2 0 1
Cr. Hrs. 1 (0 + 1) Hours 2 0 3

L T P Unit-I
Credit 0 0 1 Welding: Introduction to welding, types of welding. Oxyacetylene gas
Hours 0 0 3 welding, types of flames, welding techniques and equipment. Principle
of arc welding, equipment and tools. Soldering and Brazing.
Introduction, conventional representation of different materials used in
machine drawing, Introduction to BIS codes. Unit-II

Orthographic Projection: First and third angle methods of projection. Lathes: Classification, constructional details of centre lathe. Main
operations and tools used on centre lathes.
Preparation of working drawing from models and isometric views.
Shaper: Types of shapers. Constructional details of standard shaper,
Drawing of missing views.
shaper tools and main operations.

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 Unit-III SECOND YEAR B.TECH. (III SEMESTER)
Drilling Machines: Types of drilling machines. Constructional details of
pillar type, and radial drilling machines. Main operations. Twist drills, drill BS 211 (All Branches) MATHEMATICS – III
angles and sizes.
Measurement and Inspection: Classification of measuring instruments, Cr. Hrs. 3 (3 + 0)
linear and angular measurement, comparators. L T P
Credit 3 0 0
Unit-IV Hours 3 0 0

Forming: Basic descriptions and applications of hot and cold working

processes, forging, bending, shearing, drawing and forming operations. Unit-I
Foundry: Moulding tools and equipments. Moulding sands, properties of Interpolation: Finite differences, various difference operators and their
moulding sand, sand mould making process. relationships, factorial notation. Interpolation with equal intervals;
Newton’s forward and backward interpolation formulae, Lagrange’s
interpolation formula for unequal intervals.

Practicals Unit-II
Practical exercises on welding, pattern making, foundry and machining Gauss forward and backward interpolation formulae, Stirling’s and
operations. Bessel’s central difference interpolation formulae.
Numerical Differentiation: Numerical differentiation based on Newton’s
forward and backward, Gauss forward and backward interpolation formulae.

Text Books/References Unit-III

1. S.K. Hajra Choudhury and A.K. Hajra Choudhury. Elements of Numerical Integration: Numerical integration by Trapezoidal, Simpson’s rule.
Workshop Technology (Vol. I and II), Media promoters & Numerical Solutions of Ordinary Differential Equations: Picard’s method,
Publishers Pvt. Ltd., Bombay. Taylor’s series method, Euler’s method, modified Euler’s method,
Runge-Kutta methods.
Unit-IV
Laplace Transform: Laplace transforms of elementary functions; Basic
properties of Laplace transform; Initial value theorem, final value
theorem and convolution property of Laplace transform; Inverse Laplace
transforms. Applications of Laplace transform to solve ordinary
differential equations.

Text Books/References
1. H.C. Saxena. Text Book of Finite Differences and Numerical
Analysis, S. Chand and Co.
2. M.K. Jain, S.R.K. Iyengar and R.K. Jain. Numerical Methods
for Scientific and Engineering computation, New Age
International (P) Ltd.
3. N.P. Bali and Manish Goyal. A Text book of Engineering
Mathematics, Laxmi Publication Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi (VII Edition).
4. S.P. Goyal and A.K. Goyal. Integral Transforms, Jaipur Publishing
House, Jaipur.

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 CE 211 (AE, EE, MI) STRENGTH OF MATERIALS Limitation of Eulor’s formula. Rankine’s formula. column under
concentric loading. Secant, Perry’s and Indian standard Formulac.

Cr. Hrs. 3 (2 + 1)
Practicals
L T P 1. Study of Universal Testing Machine, its part and functions.
Credit 2 0 1 2. Operation of U.T.M, fixing of specimen for different testing.
Hours 2 1 2 3. Tensile test on mild steel specimen to failure and computing,
Stresses, % elongation, Contraction etc.
Unit-I 4. Compression test on timber.
Fundamentals : Stress and strain, engineering properties, Saint- 5. Compression test on mild steel.
Venant’s Principle. Stress strain diagram’s, mechanical properties of
6. Compression test on concrete cube.
materials, elasticity and plasticity. Shear stress. and strain, pure shear.
Complementary shear. Linear elasticity and Hooke’s law. poison’s ratio, 7. Determination of toughness test of mild steel, Brass and
volumetric strain, bulk modulus of elasticity. Elastic constants and Aluminum by Charpy test.
relation between elastic modulic. Stress and strain in axially loaded 8. Determination of toughness by Izod test for wood, Aluminum &
members. Temperature stresses and effects. Brass.
9. Study of torsion testing machine.
Unit-II
10. Performance of torsion test on circular shaft specimen.
Analysis of stress and strain : Stress at a point, stress components.
11. Bending test on wooden beam and determination of modulus
Stresses on inclined planes. Plane stress and strain. Mohr’s circle
of rupture.
representation of plain stress and strain. Principle stresses and strains,
maximum shear stresses. Hooke’s law for plain stress. 12. Deflection test on wooden beam.
13. Revision.
Stresses in thin cylinder and special shells subjected to internal &
14. Revision.
external pressures.
Unit-III 15. Revision.
Beam under Flexural Loads : Bending moment and shear force, relation
between load,. Shear force and bending moment. Bending moment and Text Books/References
shear force diagrams for simply supported, Cantilever and overhang beams 1. S.B. Junarkar and H.J. Shah. Mechanics of Structures Vol.-I
under static loading of different types viz. point loads, Uniformly distributed Charoter Publishing, Opp.- Amul Dairy, Court Road, Anand (1997).
loads, linearly varying loads, Pure bending. Theory of simple bending of
initially straight beams. Flexural stresses in beams. Built up and composite 2. B.C. Punima. Strength of Materials and Mechanics of Structures,
beams. Shear stresses in beams of rectangular, Circular and I-section. Vol-I (1990) edition, Standard publisher distributors, Nai Sarak,
Shear formula, effect of shear strain. New Delhi – 19.

Unit-IV
Torsion : Torsion of solid and hollow circular shafts. Non-uniform torsion.
Columns : Buckling and stability, critical load. Euler’s theory for initially
straight column with different end conditions, equivalent length,
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 EE 213 (AE, ME, MI) ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING – II MI 214 MINING GEOLOGY – I

Cr. Hrs. 4 (3 + 1)
Cr. Hrs. 3 (2 + 1)
L T P
L T P Credit 3 0 1
Hours 3 0 2
Credit 2 0 1
Hours 2 0 2
Unit – I
Unit-I Introduction and importance of geology in Mining: Evolution, age, origin
D.C. Machines : Characteristics curves of d. c. generators and and interior of the earth; Physio-graphic features of India ; Geological
motors. Application of motors for different uses, starting and speed Time Scale; Exogeneous and endogeneous processes; Metallogenesis.
control of motors.
Physical geology: Geological processes- weathering, erosion,
Unit-II transportation and deposition; Geological work done by wind, river, lake,
Transformers: Phasor diagram and equivalent circuits, regulation glacier, underground water and sea;
efficiency and their determination, open circuit, short circuit and
sumpeners’s test.
Unit – II
Unit-III
Mineralogy: Definition of mineral, identification by physical, chemical
Induction Motors: Poly phase induction motors- Starters, equivalent and optical properties; Polymorphism and isomorphism; Crystallography
circuit, effect of rotor resistance, torque slip curves, speed control by and its definition; Crystal systems in brief; Classification of rock forming
rotor resistance, pole changing and cascading, use in industry; Single – minerals; Description of mineral families. i.e. feldspar group, mica
phase induction motor- starting methods. group, pyroxene group, amphibole group.
Unit-IV
Alternators: Elementary idea of armature winding- calculation of induced
e. m. f. factors affecting generating e.m.f. open circuit, short circuit and Unit - III
load characteristics. Voltage regulation and its determinations by Petrology: Definition of rock, formation, crystallization, texture, structure
synchronous impedance methods, synchronizing. and classification of igneous rocks; Definition of sedimentary rocks,
Synchronous Motors: Methods of starting, power angle characteristics formation, texture, structure and classification; Definition of
of cylindrical rotor machine, operation of synchronizing motor as a metamorphic rock, metamorphism, agents responsible for
metamorphism, texture, structure and classification.
condenser and as a reactor, Application in Industries.
Unit- IV
Practicals : The practical will be as per the theory syllabus.
Diastrophism ; Slow and rapid earth movements; Earthquakes causes
and effects; Seismic belts, Interior of earth; Volcanoes: products and
Text Books/References distribution; Mountains: types, mountain building, and plate tectonics.
1. Nagrath and Kothari. Electrical Machines
2. Ashfaq Hussain. Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering Practicals
1. Minerals under handspecimen.
2. Rocks under handspecimen.
3. Geomorphic models.
4. Crystal models under handspecimen.

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5. Geological Time-Scale. MI 215 ELEMENTS OF MINING
6. Geological succession of India and available minerals.
Cr. Hrs. 4 (3 + 1)
7. Geological succession of Rajasthan and available minerals.
L T P
8. Geologic maps and sections. Credit 3 0 1
9. Plotting Indian geological formations & mineral deposits. Hours 3 0 2
10. Plotting of earthquake/ seismic belts of world. Unit – I
11. Plotting of earthquake/ seismic belts of India Mineral resources of Rajasthan, India and World; Mining of important
12. Plotting of volcanic belts of Worlds economic minerals in India; Various terms used in mining; Introduction
and comparison of underground and surface mining. Introduction to
13. Plotting of volcanic belts of India
unit operations.
14. Plotting of Physiographic maps of India Unit – II
15. Plotting of structure/ tectonic map of India Prospecting and Exploration : Reconnaissance; principles and methods
of prospecting - pit, shaft, trench and boreholes; Methods of Exploration,
Selection of sites for boreholes; Surface layout of boring; Details of
Text Books/References equipment, Borehole logging; Maintenance of records; Deflection of
boreholes; Difficulties in boring; Fishing tools and their uses; Methods of
1. P.K. Mukerjee. A Textbook of Geology, The World Press
exploratory drilling for oil; Interpretation of borehole data.
Pvt.LtD Calcutta.
2. G.W. Tyrell. The Principles of Petrology, B.I.Publications Pvt. Ltd Unit – III
3. H.H.Read .Textbook of Minerology Oxford University Press.Delhi Supports and Reinforcement : Examination of roof; Materials for
4. G.N. Haung . Petrology support: Timber, masonry, concrete and steel supports; Storage,
preservation and fire proofing of timber; Objectives and limitations of
5. F.J., Pettijohn. Sedimentary Rocks, C.B.S.Publishers & Distributors supports under different conditions; Rigid and yielding types of
6. Turner & Verhoogen, Igneous Petrology, McGraw Hill Inc. supports, Strata bolting; Roof stitching; Recovery of falls; Shotcreting,
cable bolting.
7. Miyashiro. Metamorphic Petrology
Unit – IV
8. Winkler. Metamorphic Petrology, Mcgraw Hill Inc.
Explosives: Classification and comparative properties of explosive;
9. Holmes. Principles of Physical Geology, E.L.B.S. Blasting devices; General application and uses; Blasting theory;
Safety considerations.

Blasting system: Electric and non -electric methods; Delay blasting

techniques; Priming; Charge distribution; Mechanisms of rock blasting;
Blasting with cut and solid blasting, Introduction to SMS, PMS,
Emulsion and Heavy ANFO

Practical
1. Mapping of different mineral resources of (i) Rajasthan (ii) India
and (iii) world.
2. Illustration of Mining Terminology.
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3. Various types of fishing tools used in exploratory boring for MI 216 MINE MACHINERY – I
mineral and oil.
Cr. Hrs. 4 (3 + 1)
4. Bore-hole logging and interpretation of bore hole data and
numerical problems related to it. L T P
5. Working of the Sylvester prop withdrawal system. Credit 3 0 1
Hours 3 0 2
6. Design and use of the friction props.
7. Design and use of the hydraulic props Unit – I
8. Various types of roof bolts, roof stitching and different wooden Compressed Air: Air Compressors; types, construction, installation &
supports & their application in mines. maintenance; Transmission and distribution of compressed air;
Calculations of main parameters; Comparison of compressed air with
9. To feed the bore hole data in computer software and to take results
other forms of power.
related with the formation and quantum of mineral resources.
Wire ropes: Wire ropes used in mines- types and their construction,
10. Selection of various types of blasting accessories used in mines
installation, maintenance and tests; Rope splicing and change of ropes;
and designing of explosive magazines rope capels and process of capping.
11. PMS Plants with various capacities for surface mines.
Unit – II
12. SMS Plants with various capacities for surface mines
13. Charging problem Drills for blasting: Introduction to drilling systems; Mechanics of
percussive, rotary and rotary-percussive drilling; Different types of drills:
14. Study of portable magazine compressed & hydraulic, diesel and electric drills; Selection of drills;
15. Study of exploder Jack hammers, sinkers, stoppers, drill jumbos, wagon drills and other
blast hole drills; Drill accessories and their working; Types of drill steels,
bits and their uses.
Suggested Readings
Unit – III
1. C.P. Chugh, High Technology in Drilling and Exploration.
Pub: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt.Ltd. New Delhi. Machinery for underground mining: Loaders: SDL, LHD, LPDT; Cutter
loaders: SERDS, DERDS, Coal Plough, Continuous miner, Road
2. C.P. Chugh, Diamond Drilling. Pub: Oxford & IBH Publisher. headers. Cable bolting machine
3. Howard, L.Hartman, Introductory Mining Engineering, Unit – IV
Pub: John Willey & Sons Open pit Machinery: Dozers; Front end loaders; Power shovels: Rope
1. Dr.Sushil Bhandari, Engineering Rock Blasting Operations. Pub: and hydraulic, Back hoes, Draglines; Dumpers, Coal haulers; Motor
A.A.Balkema Publisher Old post Road, Brook field, TO5036, USA. graders; Scrappers; Rippers; Bucket wheel excavators; Spreaders; Re-
claimers; Continuous surface miner.
2. R.D. Singh, Principles & Practices of Modern Coal Mining
Pub:-New Age International Pvt.Ltd. New Delhi
Practical
3. Dr. Calvin Konya; “Rock Blasting and Overbreak Control”
Precision Blasting Services, Montville, Ohio 1. Transmission and distribution of compressed air for surface and
underground mines with pressure losses and remedial measures.
2. Anderton drum shearer used in coalmines.
3. DERDS used in coal mines.

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4. Hydraulic, rope and back hoe types of loading machines and SECOND YEAR B.TECH. (IV SEMESTER)
their selection criteria.
5. Dragline application in various deposits.
6. Application of bucket wheel excavators in coal mines. BS 221 (EC, EE, ME, MI) MATHEMATICS – IV
7. Detailed design problem for complete calculation for various
machines for shovel-dumper combination. Cr. Hrs. 3 (3 + 0)

8. Constructional features and working aspects for dragline. L T

9. Constructional features and working aspects for bucket wheel P
excavator. Credit 3 0 0
Hours 3 0 0
10. Design and application of rope capples.
11. Constructional features and working aspects for L.H.D. & S.D.L. Unit-I
12. Hydraulic drills Fourier Series: Fourier series, even and odd functions; Half range series;
Change of interval; Exponential form of Fourier series; Harmonic analysis.
13. Constructional aspect of Jackhammer and its maintenance.
14. Various drill performance parameters and measurement of rate
Unit-II
of penetration in various types of rocks.
Roots of Nonlinear (Algebraic and Transcendental) Equations: Bisection
15. Different types of drill bits used in drilling and their selection criteria.
method, False position method, Newton Raphson method;
Convergence of False position and Newton Raphson method. Complex
roots of polynomials by Bairstow’s method.
Suggested Readings
1. Dr. G.B. Mishra, Surface Mining Pub:Dhanbad Publisher, Unit-III
Dhanbad.
Partial Differential Equations: Classifications of partial differential
2. Amitosh Dey, Heavy Earth Moving Machinery. Available at equations; Method of separation of variables to solve Heat equation,
Geeta book store, Dhanbad. Wave equation and Laplace’s equations.
3. M.A. Ramlu, Mine Hoisting. Pub: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co.
Pvt.Ltd. New Delhi. Unit-IV
4. Karelin, Mine Transport. Pub:- Orient Longmans Ltd. New Delhi. Statistics: Correlation and regression; Principle of least square method
5. M. A. Ramlu; “Mine Hoisting” Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. and curve fitting.
Ltd. New Delhi. Probability Distribution Functions: Random variable; Mathematical
expectations; Moment generating functions; Discrete and continuous
6. C. P. Chug; “High Technology in Drilling and Exploration” distribution functions; Binomial, Poisson and Normal distributions.
Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
7. Cummins & Givens; “SME Mining Engineering Handbook, Vol. I
& II” A.I.M.M. New-York. Text Books/References

8. R..D. Singh, Principles & Practices of Modern Coal Mining 1. J.L. Bansal and H.S. Dhami. Differential Equations (Vols.-II),
Pub:-New Age International Pvt.Ltd. New Delhi Jaipur Publishing House, Jaipur (2005).
2. N.P. Bali and Manish Goyal. A Text book of Engineering
Mathematics (VII Edition), Laxmi Publication Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
3. S.C. Gupta and V.K. Kapoor. Mathematical Statistics, Sultan
Chand & Sons, New Delhi.
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 CE 221 (AE, MI) FLUID MECHANICS Text Books/References
1. Jadish Lal. Hydraulics, Metropolitan Book Co. Pvt. Ltd., Delhi-(1986)
Cr. Hrs. 3 (2 + 1)
2. P.N. Modi and S.M. Seth. Hydraulic and Fluid Mechanics,
L T P
Standard Book House, Delhi-6 (1995)
Credit 2 0 1
3. R.K. Bansal. Fluid Mechanics & Machine.
Hours 2 0 2
Unit-I
Hydrostatics : Fluid Properties, Measurement of liquid pressure. Pascal’s
law fluid pressure on plane and curved stationery surface, Centre of ME 223 (EE, MI) MECHANICAL ENGINEERING – II
pressure, Principal applications ( preliminary ) in simple gales and tanks.
Cr. Hrs. 3 (2 + 1)
Unit-II L T P
Fluid motion: Type and patterns, velocity and acceleration of fluid, Credit 2 0 1
continuity equation, elementary concept of velocity potential. Stream Hours 2 0 2
function and flow nets. Euler’s equation of motion, integration of
Euler’s equation to give Bernoulli’s equation for compressible and Unit-I
incompressible fluids. Euler’s equation of motion. Integration of Euler’s Transmission of Power: Belts, ropes and chains, length of belt, tension
equation to give Bernoulli’s equation for compressible and in belt, centrifugal tension and maximum power transmitted by belts,
incompressible fluids, applications of Bernoulli’s equation. Spur gear nomenclature, involute and cycloidal profiles, helical, bevel
and worm gears. Gear trains.
Unit-III
Impulse momentum equation: Introduction, Force on pipe bends. Brakes and Dynamometers : Band brake, block, band and block brake. Single
Flow through sharp edged orifices, flow through mouth pieces and multiple disc clutches. Transmission and absorption type dynamometers.
(steady flow condition). Unit-II
Discharge measurement in pipes and open channels: Venturimeter, Balancing : Balancing of rotating mass in single multiple and planes.
orificemeter. Nozzle and pitot tube (steady flow condition). Flow over partial primary and secondary balancing of reciprocating masses.
weirs, and notches (steady flow condition). Vibrations : Free, longitudinal, transverse and torsional, Critical speed.
Unit-IV Bearing and Couplings : Main types of bearing and coupling. Antifriction
Flow through pipes: Various types. Velocity distribution. Loss of head due bearings.
to friction. Minor losses, hydraulic gradient, pipes in series and parallel. Lubrication: Laws of friction for dry and lubricated surfaces, Methods of
Open Channel Flow: Various types, flow equations, geometrical lubrication of bearings.
properties of sections, Most economical section. Unit-III
Steam Boilers : High pressure boilers of natural and forced circulation
Practicals
type, LaMont, Benson, Loeffiler, Velox Boilers;
1. Study and use of pressure gauge.
2. Study & use of manometer. Steam Turbine : Expansion of steam through nozzles with and without
3. Determination of CC for orifices. friction. Throat pressure for maximum discharge. Working of impulse and
4. Determination of CV for orifices. reaction turbine. Compounding. Velocity diagrams. Governing of turbines.
5. Determination of Cd for orifices. Emergency governing;
6. Calibration of a Venturimeter. Condensers : Types, classifications and details. Vacuum efficiency. Cooling
7. Calibration of V notch. towers and spray ponds.
8. Calibration of Rectangular notch. Unit-IV
9. Determination of friction for pipe. Gas Turbines : Basic principles, simple gas turbine cycle, application of
10. Velocity distribution in channel cross section. gas turbines.
11. Field visit.
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning : Bell-Colleman refrigerator, vapour
12. Field visit.
compression and absorption refrigerators. Psychrometric chart.
13. Revision. Introduction to comfort air-conditioning.
14. Revision.
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Water Turbine: classification & characteristics of various water turbines, and South India; Middle and late Proterozoics i.e Cuddapah, Vindhyan
governing of turbine, problems of cavitations, selection of turbine for and its equivalents; Gondwana system.
hydropower schemes.
Centrifugal Pumps: Classification, characteristics & selection of various Unit – III
centrifugal pumps. Economic Geology: Definition of ore, gangue, tenore and grade and
classification of mineral deposits; Study of occurrence, shape, form,
size, mineral composition and texture of various process generated
Practicals mineral deposits; Controls of localization of mineral deposits.
Study of gears, brakes and dynamometers. Study of various types of
clutches and antifriction bearings. Study of critical speed of shaft. Study Unit – IV
of air compressors. Study of high pressure boilers and condensors. Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology: Criteria of site selection for
Study of steam and gas turbines. Study and experiments on shaft, incline, tunnels, dams and wells; Introduction to hydrogeology and
refrigeration systems. Study of air conditioner. its impact on mining

Practical:
Text Books/References
1. Structural models under hand specimen.
1. M.L. Mathur and F.S. Mehta. Thermal Engineering, (Vol.I& II, SI
2. Metallic minerals under hand specimen.
Edition), Jain Brothers. New Delhi.
3. Non-metallic economic minerals under hands specimen.
2. R.K. Purohit. Thermal Engineering.
4. Plotting of geological section along given section line in the
3. R.S. Khurmi and J.K.Gupta. Theory of Machines, Eurasia publishing
given geologic map.
House (Pvt.) Ltd. New Delhi.
5. Stereo-net plotting of ore body planes with the help of dip and
4. P.L. Ballaney. Theory of Machines, Khanna Publishers, Delhi.
strike data obtained by borehole drilling.
6. Find the apparent dip in given direction with the help of stereo-net.
7. Find the amount and direction of plunge of the ore body by
given strike-dip data with the help of stereo-net.
MI 224 MINING GEOLOGY – II 8. Construction of Clinometers and Brunton compass.
9. Determination of volumetric joint count.
Cr. Hrs. 4 (3 + 1) 10. T.V.I calculation with the help of given data.
11. Calculation of specific yield of a well.
L T P
12. Calculation of a cone of depression.
Credit 3 0 1
Hours 3 0 2 13. Plotting of dip isogons.
14. Calculation of T/W ratio for dams (T= pressure of reservoir
Unit – I water tends to displace the dam horizontally & W = the weight
Structural Geology: Structural features of rocks, attitude of rocks; of the dam which acts downwards and tends to key the dam in
Folds and faults- definition, mechanism, classification, recognition position, R= resultant forces)
and impact in mining; Joints, definition, classification and impact in 15. Exercise related to problems associated with dams.
mining; Unconformities, outlier and inlier. Stereographic plotting of
geological features.
Unit – II Suggested Readings
Stratigraphy: Introduction, standard stratigraphic scale, principle of
1. Billings M.P, Structural Geology, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd
stratigraphic correlation; Geology of India in brief; Review of major
New Delhi
geological formations of minerals of India. Geology of Rajasthan with
emphasis on economic importance; Precambrian stratigraphy of 2. Krishnan M.S, Geology of India & Burma, C.B.S. Publishers &
Rajasthan, Central India, Bihar, Orrisa, Eastern and Western Ghats, Distributors Delhi.

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3. Ravindra Kumar, Fundamentals of Historical Geology & Practicals
Stratigraphy of India, Wiley Eastern Pvt. Ltd New Delhi. 1. Design a drift taking into consideration different options available
4. Rogers J.J.W, Precambrian Geology of India, Oxford for given set of conditions.
University Press 2. Tunnel boring machine used in India and Abroad & various
5. Lemon R.R. Principles of stratigraphy, Meril publishing Co. application parameters.
London.
3. Ordinary method of shaft sinking.
6. Weller J.M, Stratigraphic principles and Practice, Universal
4. Piling methods of shaft sinking and their applicability
Bookstall Delhi
7 John G. Ramsay, Folding and fracturing of rocks, McGraw Hill 5. Drop shaft methods of shaft sinking and their applicability
Book Co. 6. Designing the Cementation method of shaft sinking.
8 Ragan, Structural geology: An Introduction to the Geometrical 7. Designing the Freezing method of shaft sinking for watery conditions.
Techniques, John Wiley & Son’s. 8. Alimak raise climber and procedure of driving a raise by it.
9. VCR method (drop shaft) of raising in hard rock and fracture zone.
10. Procedure of shaft deepening in a working mine upto 300mts depth.
11. Shaft widening for raising the daily production from 1500 tonnes
to 5000 tonnes in metal mines.
MI 225 MINE DEVELOPMENT 12. Modern tunneling techniques.
Cr. Hrs. 4 (3 + 1) 13. Raise borers
14. Cast iron tubbing - English & German tubbing
L T P 15. Various types of mine structures
Credit 3 0 1
Hours 3 0 2 Text Books/References
Unit–I 1. L. Howard, Hartman. Introductory Mining Engineering, Pub: John
Willey & Sons
Introduction to primary and secondary mine development.
2. Cummins & Givens. SME Mining Engineering Handbook, Vol. I &
Mine Entries: Choice, location and size of mine entries- shafts, inclines, II, Pub: A.I.M.M. New-York
declines and adits; their merits and applicability.
3. Lowrie Ray. “SME Mining Reference Handbook” SME
Mine Structures: Construction and layouts of structures - Shaft insets, Publication 2002
ore and waste bins, skip-pockets, engine chambers, ore passes, chutes, 4. A. William Hustrulid, Bullock Rechard. “Underground Mining
garages, grizzlies and sumps. Methods” SME Publication.

Unit–II
Shaft Sinking: Conventional methods; Preparatory arrangement; Drilling,
blasting, loading and hoisting of muck; Lining, ventilation, drainage and MI 226 MINE-SURVEYING – I
lighting; Sinking through loose, fractured, flowing and water bearing ground;
Widening and deepening of shafts; Shaft boring; staple shaft. Cr. Hrs. 4 (3 + 1)
L T P
Unit–III
Credit 3 0 1
Drifting: Conventional methods, different types of drilling patterns, Hours 3 0 3
blasting, loading, transport of muck, support, ventilation, drainage and
lighting; Drifting through loose, fractured, flowing and water bearing Unit–I
ground; Drifting by road headers and tunnel boring machines. Cross- Theodolite: Various types; Principles of construction; Temporary and
measure drifts and laterals. permanent adjustments; Measurement of horizontal angles; Tubular and
trough compass.
Unit–IV
Stope Development: Conventional methods of raising and winzing; Traversing: Theodolite traversing; Closing error and its adjustment;
Modern methods of Raising - Raise climbers, Long hole raising and Calculation of coordinates; Problems in traverse surveying; Area of
Raise borers; Slot preparation. closed traverse; Omitted measurements and their calculations.
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 Unit–II Text Books/References
Tacheometric Surveying: Principles; Types of tacheometer; Additive and 1. Dr.B.C.Punmia. Surveying Vol. I & II, Pub: Laxmi Publication
multiplying constants; Tangential tacheometry; Anallactic lens; General New-Delhi
procedure for field work; Degree of accuracy. 2. T.P. Kanetkar. Surveying & Levelling, Vol I & II, Geeta book
store Dhanbad.
Unit–III
3. Mc Adam. “Colliery Surveying”
Curve Ranging: Definition; Elements of curves; Degree of curvature;
4. Holland. Surveying Vol. I & II
Different methods of setting out curves (apex accessible and apex
inaccessible); Underground curve laying;
Unit–IV
Levelling: Shaft plumbing and measurement of depth of shaft;
Subsidence survey; Underground levelling and grading, Giving and
maintaining direction & gradient for inclined shaft, slopes, levels and MI 227 MINE COMPUTING LAB– I
tunnels; Maintaining alignment.
Cr. Hrs. 2 (0 + 2)
Contouring: Definitions; Characteristics of contours; Tacheometric L T P
Contouring - Fieldwork, Interpolation of contours; Plotting and Credit 0 0 1
interpretation of contours. Hours 0 0 2

Practicals Practical
1. Constructional details of vernier theodolites & its temporary adjustments. 1. Exercises related to Word processing: MS Word and
2. Measurement of horizontal angle with the help of vernier theodolite Preparation of technical report.
3. Traversing of given area with the help of vernier theodolite and its 2. Exercises related to Word processing: MS Excel
plotting with co-ordinate method.
3. Exercises related to Word processing: Powerpoint
4. Constructional details of microptic theodolites & its temporary
adjustments 4. Exercises related to Acrobat reader
5. Measurement of horizontal angle with the help of microptic theodolite 5. Introduction to software packages related to mining.
6. Traversing of given area with the help of microptic theodolite and 6. Introduction to Datamine software
its plotting with co-ordinate method
7. Introduction to ore body modeling with Datamine software.
7. Determination of tacheometric constants.
Practical based on ‘C’ language:
8. Determine the height of inaccessible points, distance between two
inaccessible points with tacheometer. 8. Programs related to calculate explosive quantity and
9. Exercise on tacheometric contouring and plotting of contour map powder factor
for flat area. 9. Program to determine distances and reduced levels of various
10. Exercise on tacheometric contouring and plotting of contour map points in tacheometry.
for hilly area 10. Program to determine co-ordinates of surface mine survey.
11. To prepare topographic map by co-ordinate plotting of given area
11. Program related to calculation of area of closed traverse.
at a scale of 1:1000, 1:2000 as per mining regulation.
12. G.T. sheet and its application. 12. Program to calculate bucket capacity of a excavator for given
production parameters.
13. Elements of a curve and design a curve for underground
roadways meeting at an angle of 90, 120,150 degree etc. 13. Program based on drill parameters: rate of penetration,
14. Use of theodolite in maintaining the gradient of drivage, laying of drilling rate etc.
drainage system 14. Program related to contouring.
15. Transferring of T. I. points level to B. M. 15. Program related to trignometry.

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 THIRD YEAR B.TECH. (V SEMESTER) Ventilation Survey: Purpose, instruments, procedure, tabulation and
calculation, Preparation and interpretation of ventilation plans.

MI 311 MINE VENTILATION Practicals

1. Different gases found in coalmines, metal mines and their
Cr. Hrs. 4 (3 + 1) permitted limits as per the mining regulations. Effect of these
gases when found in excess.
L T P 2. Various types of Methanometers used in mines and their
Credit 3 0 1 selection criteria.
Hours 3 0 2 3. Various types of CO-detectors used in mines and their
selection criteria
Unit-I
4. Measurement of relative humidity with the help of various types of
Mine Gases: Occurrence, properties, detection, measurement and hygrometer.
monitoring; Methane layering; Methane drainage. 5. To find the effect of heat, humidity and air velocity with the help of
Heat and Humidity: Sources; Effect and control of heat and humidity in Kata-thermometer.
mines; Conditions of comfort; Cooling power of mine air; Air conditioning. 6. Various air circuits with resistance in series and parallel.
7. Calculation for the installation of main ventilation fan and its
reversal arrangement.
Unit-II
8. Design the evasee of ventilation fan in different working
Air Flow in Mine Workings: Standards of ventilation; Reynold’s number; conditions.
Laminar and turbulent flow; Pressure losses due to friction and shock 9. Designing auxiliary ventilation system and their comparative
resistances; Pressure across the mine; Equivalent orifice of the mine; performance.
Resistances in series and parallel; Air quantity requirements; Leakages; 10. Measurement of air velocity with the help of anemometer,
Homotropal and Antitropal ventilation; Central and boundary ventilation. velometer etc, measurement of temperature, pressure etc.
Network analysis. 11. To prepare complete ventilation plan and indicating air direction
Unit-III and other ventilation devices as per the regulation in various
colour codes.
Natural Ventilation: Mechanism; Estimation and measurement of natural
12. Air conditioning problem.
ventilation pressure; Characteristic curves.
13. Ventilation survey problem.
Mechanical Ventilation: Centrifugal and axial flow fans- Construction, 14. Auxiliary fan problem.
pressure developed, characteristic curves, series and parallel 15. Networking problems
operations; Installation and testing; Forcing and exhaust ventilation; Fan
drifts and evasees; Reversal of air flow.
Auxiliary Ventilation: Longitudinal air curtains and brattices; Forcing, Text Books/References
exhausting and forcing cum exhausting ventilation systems; Dust 1. G.B. Mishra. Mine Environmental Engineering. Pub: Dhanbad
extraction; Auxiliary fans- Types, construction, characteristics, location Publisher, Dhanbad
and installation; Air ducts; Risk of re-circulation. 2. L.C. Kaku. Numerical Problems on Mine Ventilation. Pub: Punam
Publisher
Unit-IV
3. Howard, L.Hartman. Introductory Mining Engineering, Pub: John
Ventilation Devices: Stopping, doors, air locks, air crossings and Willey & Sons
regulators; Regulators and boosters for the regulation of air flow- 4. Mutmansky & Weng. Mine ventilation & Air conditioning. Pub:
Construction, location and installation and their effect on the air flow in John Willey & Sons
the panel and the entire mine; Risk of re-circulation; Controlled re- 5. Prof. S. P. Banerjee. “Mine Ventilation” Lovely Prakashan, Dhanbad
circulation for ventilating extensive mine workings.
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 MI 312 SURFACE MINING Special Mining Situations: Mining over old underground workings;
Placer mining: hydraulicking, dredging, dump leaching; Deep sea
Cr. Hrs. 4 (3 + 1) mining. Steep angle conveyor, high angle conveyor, in pit crushing and
conveying, highwall mining,
L T P
Credit 3 0 1 Lighting: Various lighting arrangements.
Hours 3 0 2
Drainage: Assessment of water make; Drains, sumps and pumping
Unit – I systems; Pre-drainage through diversion channels and boreholes.

Applicability: Applicability and limitations of surface mining.

Practical
Basic Parameters: Size of mine area ; Pit depth; Annual production and 1. Designing an approach road/ramp to open a deposit by
life of mine; Bench height, width and slope, Pit slope; Cut-off grade; surface mining.
Stripping ratio;. 2. Various techniques used in over cast from cost benefit point
of view.
Opening of Benches: Opening of deposits-Trench, Ramp; Width and 3. Designing various layouts for hilly deposits of vein and
slope of entry trenches; Driving of entry and opening trenches; bedded forms.
Formation of benches. 4 Designing various types of layouts for deposits below the
general ground level.
Unit – II 5 Designing of various types of layouts for placer deposits.
6 Designing a deposit by opencast mining, which has been
Overburden Removal: Systems of overburden removal and disposal; partially excavated by underground mining.
Overcasting, haulage and combination methods. 7 Performance and choice of drilling equipment in surface
mine working.
Layouts: Basic layouts for flat, horizontal, inclined and steep deposits; 8 Designing the blast hole charging, taking into consideration
Strip mining layouts; Layout for hilly deposits. Management of layouts various parameters.
(Pushback operation for rearrangement of existing layouts) 9 Measurement of blasting vibrations with Blastmate series III
equipment and its analysis.
10 Prediction of nuisances due to blasting and their controlling
Unit – III measures.
11 Design problem for opencast mine-Coal
Blast hole drilling: Drilling concepts - Operation and performance,
12 Design problem for opencast mine-Lime stone
Selection of Drills; Control of dust;.
13 Blending problem solution for rock phosphate
14 Optimization of shovel dumper combination.
Blasting: Choice of explosive; Blast round design - Hole diameter and
15 Open cast drainage problems.
length; Burden, spacing, sub-grade and stemming length; Column
charge configuration, Mode and points of initiation; Sequence of blasting
and delay interval; Blast hole deviation, Inclined hole blasting; Suggested Readings
Fragmentation monitoring; Blast design for casting; Secondary blasting; 1. Dr. G.B. Mishra, Surface Mining Pub: Dhanbad Publisher,
Blasting hazards - noise, ground vibration, fly rock, dust & air over Dhanbad..
pressure and their remedial measures
2. Howard, L.Hartman, Introductory Mining Engineering, Pub: John
Willey & Sons
Unit – IV
3. Surface Mining Handbook.
Optimization of shovel- dumper combination; Computerized truck 4. Dr. Sushil Bhandari, Engineering Rock Blasting Operations.
dispatch system; Stock piling and blending; Haul road design, Pub: A.A.Balkema Publisher Old post Road, Brook field,
construction and safety measures. VTO5036, USA.
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 MI 313 UNDERGROUND COAL MINING In-situ Gasification: The concept and chemistry; Methods- using
underground excavations, and using vertical or directionally drilled
Cr. Hrs. 4 (3 + 1) boreholes from surface;
Mining of coal under difficult Situations: Steeply inclined seams; Thin
L T P
seams, Thick seams, Contiguous seams, seams prone to outburst and
Credit 3 0 1
bumps; Horizon Mining; Blasting gallery method, Sublevel and integral
Hours 3 0 2
caving method.
Unit – I Mining of seams prone to fire and spontaneous combustion, Mining of
seams in the vicinity of water bodies and structures.
Stratified deposits-their origin and distribution; Characteristic of roofs,
floors and associated rocks.
Factors influencing choice of methods; Classification of mining systems- Practical
their relative merits and application. 1. General outline of Indian coal sector, with location, organization,
production, problem related details.
Global and Indian Status: Global and Indian status of different under
2. Bord and pillar method of mining with caving technique.
ground coal mining methods. Trend of change in technology of mining
3. Bord and pillar method of mining with stowing technique.
coal vis-vis demand.
4. Various layouts of longwall advancing method and its suitability
Filling Arrangements: Fill materials; Methods of filling- Gravity, in Indian conditions
pneumatic, mechanical and hydraulic; Procurement of fill material on 5. Designing longwall retreating method for a coal seam of
surface; Transport to bunker; Transport to face area; Filling installations thickness 2.4m and dipping at 1in 15.
and operations in face area. 6. Application of powered support in longwall mining.
7. Blasting gallery technique for excavation of coal deposits.
Unit – II
8. Various filling materials and their comparative properties and
Division of mine area: District and level system, concept of uni and bi- application.
lateral panels, order of extraction, size of panel. 9. Sand collection techniques at the river sides.
10. U/g Gasification of coal
Bord and Pillar Method: Development - different methods and layout, 11. Exercise on simultaneous development and depillaring.
Cutting, drilling, blasting, loading and transportation; Support, 12. Various depillaring techniques
ventilation, drainage and lighting, manpower; Depillaring - different 13. Problems of Thick seam mining.
methods and layout; Simultaneous development and depillaring; 14. Problems of horizon mining.
Mechanised B&P development and depillaring by continuous miner. 15. Problems of hydraulic mining.
Unit – III
Suggested Readings
Long wall Method: Advancing and retreating methods - Length of face 1.. R.D. Singh, Principles & Practices of Modern Coal Mining Pub:-
and daily advance, Size of panel, Development of panel with multi- New Age International Pvt.Ltd. New Delhi
heading and single heading gates; Extraction of panel.- by drilling, 2. T.N. Singh, Underground winning of coal. Pub: Oxford & IBH,
blasting & loading and by Continuous mining; Support; Ventilation, New-Delhi
drainage, lighting and signaling in extraction. 3. Singh & Dhar, Thick Seam Mining, Pub: : Oxford & IBH, New-Delhi
Room & pillar, Shortwall, comparison amongst B&P, Longwall, R & P 4. Samir Kumar Das, Modern coal mining. Geeta book
and Shortwall mining methods. store, Dhanbad.
5. Prof. J. G. Singh; “Underground Coal Mining Method” Braj-Kalp
Unit – IV Publisher, Varansi
6. William A. Hustrulid, Rechard Bullock; “Underground Mining
Hydraulic Mining: The concept; Layout of workings on district and level Methods” SME Publication
systems; Winning of panels; Pillar methods (square pillars, rectangular 7. MSHA; “Underground Coal Mine Blasting” ISEE Publication
pillars and long pillars); and sublevel stoping; Cleveland, Ohio
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 MI 314 COMPUTER APPLICATION IN MINING Practical
1. Computer programming for mining problem with C++.
Cr. Hrs. 3 (2 + 1) 2. Introduction to different hardware application related to mining.
3. Introduction to Mine planning by DATAMINE
L T P 4. Introduction to Mine planning SURPAC
Credit 2 0 1
5. Introduction to BLASTWARE software.
Hours 2 0 2
6. Calculation of production tonnage of an opencast mine for
contractual billing with Total station & Datamine
Unit - I
Importance of computer application in mining, Different areas of application. 7. Introduction of "VENT" software of simulation of ventilation
Introduction to Computers and hardware for application in mining industry. network of a mine.
Programming with ‘C’ computer language for mining related problems. 8. Introduction to "FRAGLYST 2.0" software.
9. Introduction to "SINET" software of design of U/g mine
Unit - II ventilation system.
Basic Introduction for application of Computers in areas of : 10. Introduction to “PSYCHRO” software.
Exploration- Data generation, collection and analysis through computers 11. Introduction to “AWQEFA” software.
for exploration and reserve estimation 12. Introduction to "FLAC/ FLAC 3D software
Surface Mining- Bench geometry design, Haul road design, Drainage, 13. Introduction to “N-Fold” software.
Waste dump design and monitoring. 14. Introduction to “GALENA” software related to slope stability.
Mine Planning & Design- Introduction of mine planning concept through 15. Introduction to “Solid works” software
mining software. Introduction to numerical methods in Mining.
Suggested Readings
Unit - III
1. Sukumar Bandopadhyay; “Application of the Computers and
Basic Introduction for application of Computers in areas of :
Operation Research in the Mineral Industry” Proceedings of the
Environmental Engineering Basic concept of data generation, collection 30th international Symposium SME Publication 2002
and analysis through computers for environment management. 2. Manuals of different softwares
Relevant software application
Mine Surveying : Introduction to mapping, Estimation of area and
volume, Preparation of plans & sections, Tonnage/ Volume calculation
for contractual billing and relevant software application.
MI 315 MINE SURVEYING – II
Project Monitoring : Systems & tools of monitoring of different mining
operations, data collection, analysis and online monitoring. Inventory Cr. Hrs. 4 (3 + 1)
control and management.
Unit - IV L T P
Mining Software Credit 3 0 1
Mine Planning Software : Basic introduction, salient features, planning Hours 3 0 2
by different mining software like DATAMINE, SURPAC Unit - I
Correlation: Methods of correlation of surface and underground surveys-
Software for various applications : Basic introduction, salient features Through mine openings; Correlation by magnetic needle; Precautions
and application of software like BLASTWARE, FRAGLYST, GALENA, and accuracy.
FLAC, VENTetc. Surveying for tunnels and open pits.
The detailed Syllaby of the subject will be announced at the
beginning of the session every year, in light of the Unit - II
continuous changing nature of the subject and its application Triangulation Surveying: Definition; Reconnaissance; Selection of
in the mining industry. signals and stations; Triangulation system with primary, secondary and

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tertiary orders;; Measurement of base line and angles; Booking of Suggested Readings
observations; Auxiliary stations; Satellite stations; Computation; 1. Dr. B.C.Punmia, Surveying Vol. I,II & III, Pub: Laxmi Publication
Calculation of coordinates; Errors and their distribution and plotting. New-Delhi.
2. Kanetkar, Surveying & Levelling, Vol I & II, Geeta book
Unit - III store Dhanbad.
Stope and face surveying: Theodolite in stope surveying; Tape
triangulation; Traversing; Radiation and other methods. 3. D.K. Jain, Mine Surveyors Competency Examination,
Geeta book store, Dhanbad.
Plans and Sections: Legal requirements as to mine plans in India and 4. Winiberg, Metalliferous Mine Surveying.
symbols used; Preparation and preservation of plans and section;
Enlargement of plans; Use of ediograph, pantograph and planimeter.

Errors: Sources, classification, propagation and growth; Treatment of non-

systematic errors by the method of least squares; Probable errors; Most MI 316 ROCK MECHANICS – I
probable value; Probable error and weight; Limits of errors in drift surveys.
Cr. Hrs. 4 (3 + 1)
Unit - IV
L T P
Photogrammetry and Aerial Surveying: Terrestrial photogrammetry;
Credit 3 0 1
Photo-theodolite & its construction; Method of field work and plotting
Hours 3 0 2
from horizontal photographs with determination of elevations;
Unit - I
Elementary perspective as applied to aerial photographic surveying.
Status of Rock Mechanics: Role and status of rock mechanics in mining
engineering; Definitions & terms used in Rock Mechanics.
Field Astronomy: Important definitions; Determination of Azimuth by
observation of star.
Stresses and Strains: Stresses in two and three dimensions; Stress
tensors; Principal stresses; Stress invariants; Displacements and
Application of laser in surveying; Electronic distance measuring
strains; Stress- Strain relations; Equilibrium and compatibility equations.
equipment; Total station. GPS.
Unit -II
Geological Investigation of Rock mass: Classification, identification and
Practical
survey of joints; Basic geological description of rock mass; Graphical
1. Various methods of correlation and its practical applicability
representation of joint systems; Geophysical investigation of rock mass;
assuming the underground mining conditions.
Rock mass classification- RQD, RSR, RMR, Q-system
2. Gyroscope and its use in correlation.
3. Measurement of Base-line for triangulation survey in difficult Rock Indices: Specific gravity, hardness, porosity, moisture content,
ground conditions. permeability, swell index, slake durability, thermal conductivity, point load
4. Triangulation of a hilly terrain. strength index, protodyakonov strength index, impact strength index.
5. Various stope surveying methods.
6. Planimeter and calculation of areas with its help. Unit – III
7. Determination of elevation from aerial photographs. Mechanical Properties of Rocks: Compressive, tensile and shear
8. Determination of azimuth by observation star at equal altitude. strengths; Modulus of elasticity; Poisson’s ratio and tri-axial strength;
9. Problems on dip-strike, bore-hole, faults & drifts. Field and laboratory determination.
10. Exercise with the help of EDM, Total station.
11. Exercise with the help of GPS, and other latest instruments Determination of in-situ strength and in situ stresses – methods and
12. Exercise of triangulation in flat & large area. instrumentation.
13. Study and problem with Pentograph. Unit – IV
14. Preparation and preservation of plans Theories of rock failure. Elastic and time dependent properties of rocks,
15. Problems related to errors. Dynamic properties, Post-failure phenomenon;

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Soil Mechanics: Classification of soils; Strength, consolidation and THIRD YEAR B.TECH. (VI SEMESTER)
seepage of soils; Stability of waste dumps, factors affecting, monitoring
and control measures.

Practical MI 321 UNDERGROUND MINE ENVIRONMENT

1. Preparation of core samples as per ISRM standards.
2. Determination of compressive strength and point load index of Cr. Hrs. 4 (3 + 1)
given rock samples.
3. Measurement of Schmidt rebound hardness and its application. L T P
4. Determination of slake durability index of given rock samples.
5. Determination of elastic properties of given rock samples. Credit 3 0 1
6. Determination of tensile strength of given rock samples of Hours 3 0 2
by Brazilian test
7. Determination of shear strength and triaxial properties of rock
8. Measurement of core recovery and RQD from the various Unit – I
data collected.
Fires: Classification of fires; Causes, detection, monitoring and control
9. Determination of RMR of given field data
10. Determination of Protodykonov index of given rocks of surface and underground fires; Preventive measures; Fire fighting
11. Determination of imapct strength index and inertization; Monitoring of atmosphere behind sealed- off areas;
12. Determination of Schmidt hammer rebound number of Reopening of sealed- off areas; Case histories.
various rocks. Spontaneous Heating: Mechanism, causes, detection, monitoring and
13. Determination of moisture contents of various rocks.
control of spontaneous heating in underground mines, on surface and in
14. Measurement of insitu stress with Flatjack
15. Determination of triaxial properties of various compositions of coal stacks and dumps; Incubation period; Preventive measures.
spoil dumps.
Unit – II
Suggested Readings
Explosions: Types, causes and mechanism of firedamp and coal dust
1. Obert & Duall, Rock Mechanics and design of structures in rock. explosions; Preventive measures; Water spraying- Stone dusting, stone-
Pub: John Willey & Sons
dust and water barriers; Investigations after an explosion; Case histories.
2. Railey & Dalley, Experimental stress analysis. Pub: McGraw Hill
Book Company
Unit – III
3. B.S. Verma, Elements of Mechanics of Mining Ground. Pub.
Tuhin & Co., E-1898(MIG) Rajajipuram, Lucknow, U.P. Mine Rescue and Recovery work: Different types of rescue equipment;
4. Vutukuri & lama, Handbook of Mechanical properties of rock Test on rescue apparatus; Rescue stations; Recovery and first-aid
Vol.I&II. Pub: Transtech, Germany appliances; Training of personnel and organization of rescue station;
5. Syd.S.Peng, Coal Mine Ground Control. Pub: John Willey & Sons Rescue and recovery work in connection with mine fire, explosions and
6. J.C. Jeager & NGW Cook, Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics. other conditions. Safety chamber.
Pub: Chapman & hall, Londaon
7. Charles Jaeger, Rock Mechanics & Engineering. Pub: Unit – IV
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge London Mine Inundation: Causes; Precautionary measures; Precautions to be
8. J.Hudson and Harrison, Introduction to rock mechanics, taken while approaching old workings; Burnside boring apparatus;
Pub: Elsevier Science Ltd. Design and construction of water dams; Recovery of flooded mines;
Dewatering of old working; Water blast: dangers and precautions.

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Practical MI 322 DIMENSIONAL STONE TECHNOLOGY
1. Monitoring of sealed off areas and goaf fires.
2. Soda ash fire extinguishers and its application Cr. Hrs. 4 (3 + 1)

3. Co2 snow fire extinguishers and its application L T P

Credit 3 0 1
4. Dry chemical fire extinguishers and its application
Hours 3 0 2
5. Reasons of spontaneous heating, its preventive measures etc
in underground and at surface. Unit – I

6. Designing of stone dust barrier & water barrier in underground Resources of Marble, Granite, Slate, Sandstone and Limestone as
mines Dimensional stones in India vis a vis world, uses, marketing, export.
Geological, mineralogical and physico-mechanical properties of
7. Exercise with self contained breathing apparatus dimensional stones; Criteria for selection of dimensional stone deposit.
Procedure for obtaining mining lease and preparation of project proposal.
8. Exercise with Filter type breathing apparatus
9. Designing of rescue stations for different conditions Unit – II
10. Exercise on resuscitation. Mining: Conventional mining of Sandstone, Limestone, Marble and
Granite; Recent developments- wire saw including blind cut technique,
11. Design of water dams with their locations in mines. chainsaw, belt saw, hydraulic splitting, flame jet cutting, water
12. Burnside boring apparatus and its application. channeling etc; Blasting techniques in dimensional stone mines: various
types of explosives used, controlled blasting for providing horizontal &
13. Mechanism of coal dust explosions vertical cut; Splitting by swelling material.
14. Mechanism of firedamp
Unit -III
15. Water blast: dangers and precautions Insitu splitting technique used in compact limestone (Kota stone) for
utilization of waste as dimensional stone. Various types of loaders
cranes and hydraulic excavator used in dimensional stone mines;
Suggested Readings Quarry layouts. Hole making technique using hole-finder and laser
beam. Application and development of diamond tools, formation of
1. G.B. Mishra, Mine Environmental Engineering. Pub: Dhanbad
stone block and their handling.
Publisher, Dhanbad
2. Donald Mitchell; “Mine Fires, Prevention, Detection fighting” Unit -IV
ISEE Publication Cleveland, Ohio Processing: Dressing- Mono block dresser; Sawing- gang saws, circular
3. Ramlu M. R.; “Mine Fires, Explosion, Recovery & Innundation”, saws; Preparation and mounting of blades/discs and segments; slab
repair by resin Polishing - Manual, Mechanical; Various types of
Dahnbad Publisher, Dhanbad
polishing machines; Abrasives- type, use and selection, shaping; Tile
4. David Stone; “Minefill 2001” Proceedings of the International preparation; Automatic tiling plant, slurry handling and treatment
Symposium on Mining with Backfill” SME Publication 2001 including water supply. Multiwire technology.

Environmental impacts of mining and processing of dimensional

stones; Secondary use of quarried land and waste of the industry;
Land reclamation.

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Practical MI 323 UNDERGROUND METALLIFEROUS MINING
1. Marble & Granite deposits, types and potentials: Indian and
Global scenario Cr. Hrs. 4 (3 + 1)
2. Flowsheet of marble processing plant.
3. Determination of physico-mechanical properties of various L T P
marbles and granites. Credit 3 0 1
4. Wire saw, Chain saw & and Belt saw its operational observation
Hours 3 0 2
at nearby mines.
5. Various methods of splitting of rock and its application.
6. Gang saw and its operations for determination of rate of cutting Unit-I
for various dimensional stone.
Metalliferous Mining in India and World - Historical development; Trend of
7. Various types of cranes used in dimensional stone mining and
mining non-coal deposit in India during the last ten years; Geographical
processing & their applicability
distribution of important economic non-coal mineral in India.
8. Various abrasives used in dimensional stone processing and
their application. Overview of various stoping Methods: Factors influencing selection of
9. Jet flame technique for granite mining & observation in stoping methods; Classification of different stoping methods. Stope
nearby industry. layouts and stope preparation work for different stoping methods.
10. Blind cut and its comparison to other method.
11. Design a mechanised marble quarry in hilly terrain for Unit-II
200m X 200m lease area. Open stoping methods: Stull mining; Breast stoping; Room and Pillar;
12. Design a mechanized granite quarry for flat terrain deposit in a Sub-level; Shrinkage; Blast hole; VCR stoping and their variations.
9 hectares lease area.
13. Design a mechanized flaggy lime stone (Kota stone) quarry for Unit-III
flat deposit of 150m X 150m lease area.
Supported stoping methods: Post pillar; Cut and fill and their variations;
14. Impact of various types of diamond beads in wire saw operation
Square set; Different types of support used.
15. Impact of various types of diamond segment in gang
saw operation
Unit-IV
Suggested Readings Caving stoping methods: Top slicing; Sub-level caving; Block caving
1. Rathore S. S., Bhardwaj G. S., Jain S. C; “Dimensional Stone and their variations.
Technology” Himanshu Publication New Delhi
Stoping of superimposed veins and parallel ore bodies; Combined
2. Rathore S. S., Laxminarayana V.; “Safety and Technology in methods; Extraction of underground pillar.
Marble Mining and Processing in New Millennium” Proc. of
National Workshop held march 10-11 200 Udaipur. Special method of mining for deep deposit and difficult mining
3. Rathore S. S., Gupta Y. C., Parmar R. L.; “Recent Development conditions. Ore mining by Leaching.
in Machinery and Equipment for Dimensional Stone Mining”
held Dec. 13-14, 2003 at Udaipur. Practicals
4. India Stones, Business Magazine on Indian Stone Industry, 1. Various terms, factors influencing selection of method of work and
Pub. ICONZ Communications, 203, Mahaveer Residency, 15
classification of underground methods.
Main J. P. Nagar, 5th phase, Bangalore.
2. Designing sub-level stoping for a ore body width varying 10-15 mts.

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open stoping.
Cr. Hrs. 4 (3 + 1)
4. Cut and fill methods used in different Indian deposits.
5. Application of Vertical crater retreat method of mining in moderate L T P
strength of wall rocks. Credit 3 0 1
6. Sub-level caving and block caving methods for deeper deposits. Hours 3 0 2
7. Square-set stoping for excavation of manganese ore deposit. Unit–I
8. Application of leaching technique in ore mining. Winding: Winding system-Drum & friction winding; Mechanical and
9. Stoping techniques used in excavation of gold deposit at deeper depth. electrical braking; Ward Leonard control; Automatic winding; Winding
drums- types, their construction and duty cycles; Detaching hooks,
10. Designing an under ground metalliferous mine on given geological
cages, skips, suspension gear, rigid and rope guides; Methods of
physico-mechanical properties of rock. counterbalancing loads; Multi rope winding, Winding from different
11. Design of Post pillar method horizons. Shaft fittings and head gear design;
12. Design of Shrinkage method.
Unit-II
13. Problem for mining for greater depth. Design calculation for different types of winding systems; Safety
14. Design of block caving. devices- depth indicators, over speed and overwind preventors, keps,
15. Design Sub level top slicing slow banking and other safety devices.

Rope Haulage: Different types- their construction, operation,

Text Books/References maintenance and design calculations. Slushers, scrapers etc.
1. Howard, L.Hartman. Introductory Mining Engineering, Pub: John
Willey & Sons. Unit-III
2. Cummins & Givens. SME Mining Engineering Handbook, Transport: Track and trackless; Mine cars; Haulage track-its laying and
maintenance; Gauge selection; Mine tubs and cars-their constructional
Vol. I & II, Pub: A.I.M.M. New-York. details and attachment. Low profile dumpers and shuttle cars, their
3. Ramlu et al, Computer in mineral industry. Pub: Oxford & IBH, construction, operation and maintenance
New-Delhi. Mine Locomotives: Diesel, battery and electric trolley wire types- their
4. W.A. Hustrulid. Underground mining methods handbook, construction, operation and application; Calculations for locomotive
haulage; Man riding systems in underground mines; Mono rails;
Pub: Society of mining engineers of the American Institute of
Underground loco shed layout.
Mining Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, Inc. New-York.
Unit-IV
Conveyor Haulage: different types, their construction, installation,
maintenance and design calculations; Steep angle belt conveyor,
Armoured face conveyor
Aerial Ropeway - different types, their construction, installation,
operation and maintenance, their layouts including rope tensioning
arrangement; Loading, unloading and angle stations.

Practicals
1. Process of changing of winding rope and its requirement as
per regulation.
2. Designing direct rope haulage system in moderately dipping
coal seam.
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4. Application of Mono cable and Bi-cable rope way & its Sampling and reserves estimation: Definition of sampling, methods and
designing parameters. importance in mining; Mine sample reduction; Quality control; Total
5. Diesel locomotives and comparative application. Quality. Definition of reserve, classification and estimation by
6. Battery locomotives and comparative application. conventional and geo-statistical techniques.
7. Trolley wire locomotives and comparative application. Role of geological parameters for physical scale and mathematical
8. Suspension gear arrangement of the shaft. modeling for maintaining the slope.
9. Different types of winding system and their comparative application.
10. Application of various types of detaching hooks. Unit-III
11. Various types of guides in winding. Prospecting and Exploration: Definition, kind and degree of exploration;
Geological, geophysical, geo-chemical and remote sensing methods.
12. Belt conveyors with their design parameters used in mines.
Geological factors consider for excavation viz rock related factors,
13. Scraper chain conveyors with their design parameters used
structures, seismicity, special effects of faults i.e fault act as a ground
in mines.
water barrier, ground water conduit, sub surface drains and influence of
14. Shaker conveyors with their design parameters used in mines.
ground water flow systems on rock excavations.
15. Exhaust conditioner
Unit-IV
Text Books/References Study of important metallic, nonmetallic and fuel minerals of India. Their
geographical distribution, mode of occurrence, economic importance
1. M.A. Ramlu. Mine Hoisting. Pub: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. giving emphasis on occurrences in Rajasthan. Metallic minerals i.e. Lead,
Pvt.Ltd. New Delhi.
Zinc, Copper, Iron, Nickel, Gold, Aluminum, Manganese, Tungsten,
2. Kerelin. Mine Transport. Pub:- Orient Longmans Ltd. New Delhi. Uranium; Non-Metallic minerals i.e. Limestone, Talc, Rock-Phosphate,
Gypsum, Kyanite, Marble, Granite, Sandstone, Garnet, Corundum,
Diamond, Fluorite, Quartz, Feldspar, Calcite, Topaz, Kyanite, Olivine;
Fuel minerals i.e. Coal, lignite and Petroleum. Definition, composition,
properties, origin, theories of migration of petroleum, structural features of
MI 325 MINING GEOLOGY – III
coal seams; Fuel mineral resources of Rajasthan.

Cr. Hrs. 4 (3 + 1)
Practicals
L T P 1. Find the width of ore body with the help of outcrop observations in
Credit 3 0 1 the following topographic conditions:
Hours 3 0 2
a. On horizontal ground
Unit-I b. Slope of ground opposite to the dip of the ore body.
Geological Mapping: Definition of map, scale of map, types, map symbols; c. Ground slopping in the same direction as dip of the ore body.
Surface and underground geological mapping. Computer based geological 2. Find out inclination and slope of ore body with the help of three-
data plotting and preparation of map. point method.
3. Determination of apparent dip of ore body from true-dip with the
Assaying: Wet and dry methods, spectro-photometry, flame photometry help of stereo-net.
and atomic absorption spectro-photometry. 4. Ore body outcrop complition in given geologic map.
5. Minerals under microscope.

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7. Exercises related to ore reserve estimation. Deformation and related instrumentation: Measurement of rock
movements and interpretation of data; Load cells, convergence
8. Preparation of assay plan.
recorders, bore hole extensometers and borehole cameras.
9. Determination of resistivity of ground/ sub surface rocks with the help
of resistivity meter. Insitu and induced stresses and their measurement. Basics of numerical
10. Determination of magnetism of ground/ sub surface rocks with the methods in geomechanics with applications.
help of magnetometer.
Unit – III
11. Interpretation of Ariel photographs with the help of stereoscope.
Subsidence: Mechanics of surface subsidence; Factors affecting
12. Plotting of geologic sections with the help of surface geological subsidence; Sub-critical, critical and super-critical widths of extraction;
plan of the area. Discontinuous and continuous subsidence; monitoring, prediction,
13. Interpretation of the satellite imagery. control and management of subsidence.
14. Analysis of major oxide percentage with spectro-photometric.
Rock Bursts: Rock bursts and bumps; Mechanism of occurrence,
15. Plotting of symbols in geologic map. prediction and control.
Design of shaft pillar, Tunnels and Caverns.
Text Books/References
1. T. Bolton. Geological Maps, their solution and Interpretations, Unit – IV
Cambrige Uni.Press Caving: Mechanics of caving; Cavability of rocks; Caving height
2. S. Sinha Roy. Geology of Rajasthan, Geological Society of Slopes: Types of slope failure; Analysis of slope failure; Factors
India, Bangalore. affecting slope stability; Drainage and reinforcement of slopes;
3. Krishnaswamy. Indias mineral resources, Oxford Pub. Monitoring of slopes, Slope stability radar.
4. Dobrin Geophysical exploration.
5. Mckinstry. Mining geology, Prentice Hall. Practical
1. Bore hole extensometer and measurement of displacement with
its help.
2. Measurement of strain by tape extensometer.
3. Load cell and measurement of convergence.
MI 326 ROCK MECHANICS – II 4. Flat jack method and measurement of insitu stress.
5. Determination of ground vibrations with seismograph, and its
Cr. Hrs. 4 (3 + 1) effect on designing slopes.
6. Factors influencing the stability of slope. Design for maintaining
L T P of slope in adverse conditions.
Credit 3 0 1 7. Mechanics of caving in metalliferous mine.
Hours 3 0 2 8. Mechanism of subsidence and factors influencing it.
9. Mechanism of rock burst and bumps and factors influencing it
Unit – I 10. Design of shaft pillar in hard and soft strata conditions.
Stress State: Stress distribution around narrow and wide openings 11. Shotcreting method of support - principle, application etc.
(single and multiple).
12. Design of support system.
Rock reinforcement: Introduction to local and mass support system, 13. Application of cable bolting
Design of support systems in shafts, systematic supports in headings,
14. Application of numerical methods in geomechanics
junctions, depillaring areas, gates, long wall faces and stopes; bolting;
Shot-creating & guniting. Cable bolting, filling & pillar as mass support 15. Study of Slope Stability Radar
system, pressure on supports.
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Suggested Readings FOURTH YEAR B.TECH. (VII SEMESTER)
1. Obert & Duall, Rock Mechanics and design of structures in rock.
Pub: John Willey & Sons
2. Railey & Dalley, Experimental stress analysis. Pub: McGraw Hill MI 411 MINE LEGISLATION AND SAFETY
Book Company
3. B.S. Verma, Elements of Mechanics of Mining Ground. Pub. Cr. Hrs. 3 (3 + 0)
Tuhin & Co., E-1898(MIG) Rajajipuram, Lucknow, U.P.
4. Vutukuri & lama, Handbook of Mechanical properties of rock L T P
Vol.I&II. Pub: Transtech, Germany Credit 3 0 0
Hours 3 0 0
5. S.S.Peng, Coal Mine Ground Control. Pub: John Willey & Sons
6. J.C. Jeager & NGW Cook, Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics. Unit–I
Pub: Chapman & hall, London
General Principles of Mining Laws. Post Independence trend of changes.
7. Charles Jaeger, Rock Mechanics & Engineering. Pub:
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge London Principal provisions of Mines and Minerals (Development and
8. B. Singh, Mine Subsidence. Regulation ) Act & Mineral Concession and Development Rules.
9. Z.T. Bieniawski, Rock Mechanics Design in Mining and
Tunneling, Pub: A.A. Balkema, P.O. Box 1675, 3000 BR Unit–II
Rotterdam, Netherlands. Mines Act 1952 with upto date amendments
10. Hoek E. and Brown, E.T. Underground excavations in Rock, Mines Rules 1955 with upto date amendments
Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, London Coal Mines Regulation 1957 with upto date amendments
11. Brown, E.T., Rock characterization, testing and monitoring – Metalliferous Mines Regulations 1961 with upto date amendments
ISRM suggested method, Pergamon Press, Oxford.
Unit–III
12. William A. Hustrulid (Editor), Slope Stability in Surface Mining
Principal provisions of rescue rules, pit head and bath rules, creche
13. Hoek and Bray, Rock slope Engineering, Taylor & Francis rules , mine vocational training rules, explosive rules(related to mines);
Electricity rules applicable to mines and oil fields.

Principal provisions of industrial dispute act, workmen's compensation

act, trade union act, payment of wages act and minimum wages act.
Important technical circulars issued by DGMS.
Unit–IV
Accident, Health and Safety: Classification of accidents- statistics
causes and prevention of accidents; Costs of accidents; Major accidents
enquiry reports; Health of workmen Comfort conditions; Occupational
diseases-their causes,nature and prevention.

Rescue rules; Legal requirements.

Text Books/References
1. P. Seshagiri Rao. Law of Mines & Minerals. Pub: Asia Law
House, Hyderabad.
2. Rakesh & Prasad. Legislation in Indian Mines Vol. I & II. Pub: Mrs.
Asha Lata Varanasi
3. Classified Mine Circulars Issued by DGMS (Compiled)
4. Relevant Act. Rules and Regulations, Published by Govt. of India
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Cr. Hrs. 3 (3 + 0) Cr. Hrs. 4 (3 + 1)

L T P L T P
Credit 3 0 0 Credit 3 0 1
Hours 3 0 0 Hours 3 0 2
Unit – I
Management: Principles of Scientific Management; Organization, Unit – I
Planning and control. Forms of Business Organization: Private and Pumps and Pumping: Principal types, construction, operation and
public enterprises with special reference to mining of minerals. Basic characteristics; Calculation of size and efficiency; Installation, operation
Principles of Trade unionism, Trade union activities w.r.t. mining in care and maintenance; Frictional resistance; Installation in shafts and
India, Major trade union bodies roadways; Damage due to corrosion and abrasion, and precaution;
Disputes: Types of disputes between contractors and owners, between Cleaning and replacement of pipes; location and design of mine sumps.
workers and owners; Methods of avoiding and resolving disputes.
Unit – II
Unit – II Mineral Handling: Layouts of pit-top and pit-bottom; Details of banking;
Network Analysis: CPM, PERT and Work scheduling. Mineral handling and screening equipment; Creepers; Tipplers; Layouts
Work Study: Time and motion study; Methods of improving productivity; of railway siding of mines; Storage bunker. Pit bottom installations and
Improving productivity; Improving working environment, welfare circuit with cage and skip systems.
measures, incentives and penalties.
Unit – III
Unit – III Maintenance: Preventative and predictive maintenance; Condition
Inventory: Systems of inventory control; Methods of minimizing inventory. monitoring; Workshops.
Purchasing and Tendering: Purchase procedures in public sector;
Preparation of tender documents; Tender completion formalities; Automation and remote control of mining equipment.
Consideration of bids and finalization of purchase order.
Project Monitoring: Monitoring techniques; Management Information Signaling: Safety regulations and different signaling systems in mines.
Systems (MIS).
Unit – IV Unit – IV
Introduction to system concept: System design; System analysis; Planning Mine Illumination system: Flame safety lamps and electric lamps;
sub systems; Production sub-systems; Decision making process; Mining Construction, examination, testing and maintenance; Underground
system and sub system; Perspective planning for a mineral community; lighting from mains; Illumination survey; Conventional and photographic
Salvaging and transfer of equipment; Reallocation of manpower. methods. Recent advances in Mining cap lamp

Suggested Readings Practical

1. Banga & Sharma: Engineering Economics and Industrial 1. Turbine pump with constructional details and characteristic curves.
Organisation. Pub: Khana Publishers, New-Delhi 2. Design of mine pump with its installation, care and maintenance.
2. V.L. Mote, Samuel Paul and G.S. Gupta. Managerial 3. Types of signaling systems used in mines for modern system
Economics, Concepts and Cases, of hoisting.
3. Memoria & Agarwal, Industrial Organisation, Pub: M/S Jain
Brothers, Delhi. 4. Pit-top layout with shaft for handling 3000 tonnes production
4 Khana, O.P., A text book of Work Study. Pub: M/S Dhanpatrai & per day.
Sons, Delhi. 5. Pit-top layout with direct rope haulage.
5. Jain, S.P. Industrial & Labour laws. Pub: M/S M/S Dhanpatrai & 6. Designing of various pit-bottom layouts.
Sons, Delhi 7. Application of creeper and tippler in mineral handling.
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8. Design of mine sumps and their selection of site in mines. Unit-III
9. Planning and scheduling of maintenance of machinery used in mines. Electrical Methods of Concentration: Electrostatic and magnetic methods,
10. Layout of muck movement through ore passes bunkers, u/g their principles of operation, fields of application and limitations.
crusher and shaft. Dewatering and drying: Thickening, filtration and drying.
11. Railway siding layout. Coal washing: coal washability, crushing, sizing and cleaning of coal.
12. Automation in mineral handling.
13. Exercise on Illumination survey. Unit-IV
14. Study of flame safety lamp and Testing of methane Sampling: Importance and methods used in ore-dressing.
15. Design of lamp room layout for a mine of 5000 tonnes production Simplified Flow Sheets: Beneficiation of coal and simple ores of copper,
per day. lead, zinc, Iron and manganese with reference to Indian deposits.
Suggested Readings
1. Rakesh & Lele, Water problem in mines. Pub: Dhanbad Publisher. Practicals
2. Rakesh & Lele, Selection, Installation and Maintenance of mine 1. Jaw crushers and their comparison.
pumps. Pub: Dhanbad Publisher 2. Roll crushers and their comparison.
3 M.A. Ramlu, Mine Hoisting. Pub: Oxford & IBH Publishing
3. Gyratory crushers and their comparison.
Co. Pvt.Ltd. New Delhi
4. The ball mill and its application.
5. Various types of classifiers.
6. Determination of various sized product with sieve shaker.
MI 414 MINERAL PROCESSING 7. Concept and apparatus of froth flotation.
8. Process of thickening & filtration.
Cr. Hrs. 4 (3 + 1) 9. Wilfrey table
L T P 10. Filter press
Credit 3 0 1 11. Laboratory jig.
Hours 3 0 2
12. Flowsheet of lead-zinc ore (Zawar).
Unit-I
13. Flowsheet of copper ore (Khetri).
Scope, object and limitations of Mineral Dressing; Role of
14. Flowsheet of Gold, Iron ore, Mangnese ore,
microscopic study.
Communition and Liberation: Theory and practice of crushing 15. Flowsheet of coal washing.
& grinding; Conventional units used-their fields of application
and limitation.
Text Books/References
Sizing and Classification: Laws of setting of solids in fluid; Laboratory
methods of sizing and interpretation of sizing data; Industrial sizing by 1. M.A. Gaudin. Mineral Dressing.
screens; Types of classifiers; Classification as means of sizing by screens. 2. S.K. Jain. Mineral Dressing.
Unit-II 3. Rao. Mineral Dressing.
4. H.G. Vijendra. Hand book on mineral dressing. Pub:
Gravity concentration Methods- Jigging, Flowing film concentration like
spirals and shaking table, Heavy Media separation; Theory, applications Vikas Publishing House, 576, Masjid Road, Jangpura
and limitations of each method; Introductory Froth Flotation, physico- New-Delhi 110014
chemical, principles underlying flotation-reagents, flotation machines;
Flotation of sulphides, oxides and non-metals.

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 MI 415 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN SURFACE MINES 9. Measurement of vibrations produced in mines by seismograph.
10. Measurement of pH value of water samples collected from mine
Cr. Hrs. 4 (3 + 1) discharge and analyzing its adverse effects.
L T P 11. Gravimetric dust sampler
Credit 3 0 1 12. Preparation of EIA
Hours 3 0 2 13. Sound level measurement
Unit-I 14. Problem for Acid mine drainage
Man and Mine Environment: Changes of social environment caused by 15. Case study of reclamation and valley filling.
mining; Socio-economic factors; Occupational health hazards due to mine
dust, poor lighting and ventilation, noise and vibration, trace elements,
Text Books/References
radioactive emission, Impact of surface subsidence.
1. Dr. B.B. Dhar. Environmental Management of Mining Operations. Pub
Unit-II 2. Proceeding of the National & International Seminars/Symposium
Air and Water pollution: Sources, ill effects, measurement and organized in concern with mine environment
monitoring, standards; Preventive and mitigating measures. 3. Rekha Ghosh, D. S. Chatterjee. “Environmental Geology” Capital
Publishing Co. New Delhi
Dust in mines: Dangers, formation, prevention and suppression; Dust 4. David Stone. “Minefill 2001” Proceedings of the International
sampling apparatus, their construction and applications. Symposium on Mining with Backfill” SME Publication 2001.
Noise and Vibration: Sources, ill effect, measurement and monitoring,
standards; Preventive and mitigating measures.
Unit-III MI 416 MINE COMPUTING LAB – II
Acid Mine Drainage: Sources, mechanism of formation and ill effects;
Preventive and mitigating measures. Cr. Hrs. 1 (0 + 1)
L T P
Land Reclamation: Re-vegetation and restoration methodologies; Plant Credit 0 0 1
species selection; Case studies of coal and metalliferous mine
Hours 0 0 2
dumps/spoils.
Unit-IV 1. Programs related with strain and stress analysis of rocks.
Environmental Management: Factors to be considered, EIA, EMP 2. Slope stability analysis and simulation.
preparation , Mine Closure Planning.
3. Pillar design problem for underground mines.
Environmental laws and acts; Main provisions of Environmental 4. Design of mine opening.
Protection Act 1986, EIA notification 2006 and Circulars issued by
MoEF, Forest Conservation Act 1980 and Forest Conservation Rules 5. Subsidence prediction of underground coal mines.
1981 related with the Mining. 6. Detailed planning by Datamine/ Surpac software of massive deposit
7. Detailed planning by Datamine/ Surpac software of vein type deposit
Practicals 8. Computer analysis of data collected during survey camp.
1. Occupational health hazards and their remedial measures. 9. Design a optimum blast for lime stone quarry.
2. Standards for water, air, noise, dust etc. and their impact when 10. Design of a pumping system for a u/g mine.
found in excess. 11. Design of support system in U/G mining.
3. Measurement of dust contents with the help of dust sampler. 12. Design of stope with various field condition.
4. Measurement of dust by instruments used in mines. 13. To prepare a program for designing a drift for metalliferous mining.
5. Sound level meter and measurement of noise level produced by
various mining machineries. 14. Optimization of Shovel-Dumper operation.
6. Measurement of vibration with the help of Blastmate series III 15. Design of mine ventilation system
seismograph. (a) Calculation of air quantity
7. Reclamation of dumps for mechanized opencast mines. (b) Equivalent resistance of mines.
8. Preparation of EMP of mines, collection of various fields data and (c) Calculation of relative humidity etc
their evaluation.
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 FOURTH YEAR B.TECH. (VIII SEMESTER) Capital-its importance, various forms, formation and processes of
formation; Raising capital.
Mine accountancy and book keeping
MI 421 MINE ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
International investment and trade in mineral materials and products.
Cr. Hrs. 3 (3 + 0)
L T P
Credit 3 0 0 Suggested Readings
Hours 3 0 0 1. Park , A text book of Mine Valuation..
2. W.A. Hustrulid, Underground Mining Methods Handbook.
Unit – I
3. Rendu, An Introduction to Geostatical Methods of Mineral Evaluation.
Introduction: Economic importance of the mining industry; mining 4. R.T. Deshmukh, Mine Economics.
economy; risky nature of the mining industry; the state and the mining
industry; Marketing and export of minerals; National mineral policy;
Loss of mineral in Mining: Classification and incorporation of losses,
MI 422 MINE PLANNING AND DESIGN
coefficient of recovery of mineral extraction; Dilution and recovery.
Unit – II
Cr. Hrs. 4 (3 + 1)
Mine examination and Valuation: Examination and report on mines/mineral
properties; valuation of mines/mineral properties; present value and its L T P
computation; ore value and profitability of mining; recoverable value. Credit 3 0 1
Hours 3 0 2
Cost of Mining: Capital and operating cost, factor affecting operating
cost, method of estimating future costs; computation of cost of Unit – I
development and stoping operation. Feasibility study: Its function and preparation of feasibility report for
metallic and non-metallic minerals.
Unit – III
Financial Management: Finance function and objectives of a firm. Minerals inventory and ore reserves;
Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP); Scope of financial
Unit – II
management.
Different types of underground mining methods as per the organizational
Financial Statements: Nature and limitations of financial statements. and technical parameters;
Interpretation of financial statements. Uni-variate and multivariate ratio Determination of size of mine, life of mine and production rates.
analysis. Limitation of ratio analysis.
Design for mining the mineral deposits by open-pit mining, under ground
Cost analysis: Various cost concept; Cost-Volume-Profit analysis; mining and the combination of both; The ultimate open pit profile based
Break-even analysis; Cost indifference point. Decision making with the on physical and economical parameters; Optimum pit design.
cost data. Cost and budgetary control.
Unit – III
Unit – IV Division of underground mine into parts, levels and panels;
Determination of level interval; Size of long wall faces.
Financial Analysis: Revenue and mining costs; Taxes and royalties; Net Stope design-the basic concepts,
Present Value (NPV); Internal Rate of Return (IRR); Effect of inflation on
NPV of a project; Sensitivity analysis. Different planning stages- micro and macro planning, Project scheduling.

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Computer applications; Information systems; Information technology

Design for mining mineral deposits by underground mining. MI 423 (a) ROCK FRAGMENTATION

Production planning: Selection of machines; Haul road design; Optimum Cr. Hrs. 3 (3 + 0)
load haul system; Optimum blast design.
L T P
Credit 3 0 0
Practical Hours 3 0 0
Each practical is computer based.
1. Estimation of ore reserve based on bore hole data of lime Unit – I
stone deposit. Present status of drilling and blasting practices in India and abroad:
2. Estimation of ore reserve based on bore hole data of Iron Methods of drilling; Different types of machines; Hydraulic drills; Long
ore deposit hole drilling; Novel methods of drilling; Choice of drills.
3. Estimation of ore reserve based on bore hole data of
Bauxite deposit Unit – II
4. Estimation of ore reserve based on bore hole data of Lead
zinc deposit Variables in drilling; Machines of drilling; Drillability of rocks.
5. Design of drive in a lead zinc mine.
6. Design of Raise/ winge in a lead zinc mine. Study of bit life, cost of drilling, hole diameter, pull down weight, joints
7. Design of shaft in a lead zinc mine. etc. in relation to BHD and rock characteristic; Trouble shooting;
8. Design of box cut in an o/c mine. Diagnosis of problems in drilling.
9. Design of haul road.
10. Problem related to ultimate slope in o/c mine. Unit - III
11. Problem for shovel dumper combination. Emerging trends in explosives, initiating system and blasting
12. Design of length of long wall face. techniques; Mechanics of blasting, Blast round design & influence of
13. Problem related to scheduling controllable and non controllable parameters on blasting, Fragmentation
14. Optimum blast design for o/c mine. assessment and monitoring, Instrumentation and software application
15. Optimum blast design for u/g mine. for design of blast round, monitoring and assessment of rock
fragmentation. Deep hole blasting, Hot hole blasting, Stemming plug.
Suggested Readings
1. W.Hustrulid & Kuchta, Open Pit Mine Planning and Design Vol Unit – IV
& I. Pub: A.A. Balkema Blasting damages – Micro and macro level damages due to blasting;
2. W.A. Hustrulid, Underground Mining Methods Handbook Ground vibrations, flyrock and air over pressure; Wall control,
3. Cummins and Gievens; SME Handbook.Pub: Society of Mining Blast casting; Demolition blasting, Nuclear blasting; Destress blasting;
Engineers of the American Institute of Mining , Metallurgical, Safety during blasting,
and Petroleum Engineers, Inc New York
4. Bhattacharya, A., Principles of Mine Planning, Allied Publishers. Suggested Readings
1. Dr. Sushil Bhandari, Engineering Rock Blasting Operations. Pub:
A.A.Balkema Publisher Old post Road, Brook field, VTO5036, USA.
2. C.P. Chugh, High Technology in Drilling and Exploration, Pub:
Oxford & IBH, New Delhi.

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Cr. Hrs. 3 (3 + 0) Cr. Hrs. 3 (3 + 0)

L T P L T P
Credit 3 0 0 Credit 3 0 0
Hours 3 0 0 Hours 3 0 0

Unit-I Unit-I
Slope design: Basics mechanics of rock and spoil slope failures; Computer Graphics: Display devices- Refresh Cathode- Ray tubes,
Parameters for stability analysis; Design of slopes; Reinforcement of Random-Scan and Raster scan monitors, color CRT monitors, three
rock slopes and monitoring of slopes. dimensional monitors; hard copy devices; interactive input devices;
display processors; graphic software.
Unit-II
Unit-II
Design of mine excavations like drifts, shafts and stopes; Pillar design;
Theories of roof failures of small and large excavations; Cavability of ore Output primitives: Points and lines; DDA and Bresenham’s line
and stratified deposit. algorothems; Antialiasing lines; Line command; Fill areas; Bresenham’s
algorithm for drawing circle and ecclipse; other curves; Different attributes
Mining subsidence, bumps and rock burst, destressing to control to output primitives; Interactive picture-construction techniques.
rock bursts.
Unit-III
Unit-III
Drillability of rocks; Mechanics of rotary and percussive drilling; Design
of drills; Drill bits for optimum penetration; Parameters affecting rate of Two dimensional transformation: Translation, scaling and rotation;
penetration; Effect of flushing medium on drill performance. Matrix representation; Composite transformation; Concatenation
properties; Mirroring, reflection, windowing and clipping; viewport.
Unit-IV
Rock reinforcement; Estimation of support requirements of underground Unit-IV
excavation. Optimization of location of Mining facilities. Application of O & M.
techniques in mining: Mathematical programming: Queing theory,
Mechanics of rock breakage in blasting; Influence of rock properties; Repalcement theory, Optimal production planning and scheduling,
Controlling damage. Optimization of mine field, mine capacity and other mining parameters.

Text Books/References
Text Books/References
1. Dr. Sushil Bhandari. Engineering Rock Blasting Operations.
Pub: A.A. Balkema Publisher Old post Road, Brook field, 1. W. Hustrulid & Kuchta. Open pit Mine Planning and Design
VTO5036, USA. Vol. I & II, Pub. : A.A. Balkema.
2. Obert & Duall. Rock Mechanics and design of structures in rock. 2. Banga and Sharma. Engineering Economics and Industrial
Pub: John Willey & Sons. Organisation. Pub. : Khanna Publisher, New Delhi.
3. Railey & Dalley. Experimental stress analysis. Pub: McGraw Hill 3. Sukumar Bandopadhyay. Application of computers and
th
Book Company. operation Research in Mineral Industry. Proceeding of 30
International Symposium, 2002.

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Cr. Hrs. 3 (3 + 0) Cr. Hrs. 3 (3 + 0)

L T P L T P
Credit 3 0 0 Credit 3 0 0
Hours 3 0 0 Hours 3 0 0

Unit-I
Unit-I Introduction: General objectives, Functions; Organization and
Advanced treatment of Air flow in Mines; Thermodynamics administration of maintenance systems; Requirements, Concepts and
structure of suitable organizations for maintenance systems.
considerations; Instrumentation and monitoring in mine ventilation and
air conditioning. Failure Analysis: Analysis for source identification, classification land
selectivity of failure; Statistical and reliability concepts and models for
Unit-II failure analysis.
Unit-II
Planning and design of mine ventilation systems, network theory and Classification of maintenance systems; Basis and models for various
analysis by digital computer, heat flow from rocks. Mine heat load maintenance systems.
calculation. Design of refrigeration and air conditioning systems in Cost management for maintenance: cost estimates- recording,
mines. Degasification of coal mines. summarizing and distributing cost data, maintenance budget.
Unit-III
Unit-III Decision models for maintenance planning; Operation and control,
optimum level of maintenance; replacement aspects of breakdown and
Leakage, re-circulation and reversal of air flow. Methane drainage- control preventive types, group and individual types, obsolete facility,
and case studies, Network analysis- controlled flow models by CPM. deteriorating and completely failing facilities, replacement vs.
reconditioning, economics of overhaul, addition replacement model-
additive damage case, zero memory case, partially observed situation,
Unit-IV
planning horizon procedure. Spare planning and control: static spares,
Natural splitting problems by Hardy-Cross and other techniques, insurance spares with and without salvage value, low moving spares;
man power planning-crew size , allocation etc. stand by machines;
Environmental monitoring and automatic control systems. economical and operational aspects; scheduling planning of activities,
monitoring and updating, resource allocation, Assigning priorities.
Unit-IV
Text Books/References Other relevant topics: work measurement for maintenance, maintenance
control indices, maintenance service contract, preventive maintenance
1. G.B. Mishra. Mine Environmental Engineering. Pub: Dhanbad management-guidelines, procedure, general management of lubrication
system, organizing preventive maintenance program using vibration
Publisher, Dhanbad.
signature analysis-some basic ideas, management of records for
2. L.C. Kaku. Numerical Problems on Mine Ventilation. maintenance, computerization of maintenance activities, major plant
shut-down procedures.
Pub: Punam Publisher.
3. Mutmansky & Weng. Mine ventilation & Air conditioning.
Pub: John Willey & Sons. Text Books/References
1. L.T. Higging, L.C. Morrow. Maintenance Engineering Handbook,
McGraw Hill (1977).
2. B.T. Newbrought. Effective maintenance management, McGraw
Hill (1967).

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MI 424 (a) EXPERIMENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS Cr. Hrs. 3 (3 + 0)

Cr. Hrs. 3 (3 + 0) L T P
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L T P
Credit 3 0 0 Hours 3 0 0
Hours 3 0 0

Unit-I Unit-I
Importance of experimental methods, similitude laws and design of Introduction to Elastic Rock Models: Fundamentals; Elastic,
experiments, some simple measuring instruments,
homogenous isotropic, non linear elastic and elasto-plastic models.

Unit-II Unit-II
Bagg’s deformeter. Strain gauges-principles and applications: Finite Element Method- the concept, formation of mesh elements and finite
Mechanical, optical and electrical strain gauges; semi-conductor strain difference patterns solution; Discretization and element configuration;
guages; strain recording instruments.
Element stiffness, assemblage and solution.
Unit-III Unit-III
Photo-elasticity-two dimensional stress analysis, principles and
applications, Moirs techniques, three dimensional stress analysis. Boundary element method: The concept, discretization, different
methods of solution for isotropic and infinite media.
Unit-IV
Non-destructive testing, Brittle coatings. Some application of Unit-IV
experimental stress analysis and research, design and field problems.
Practical application of above methods.

Text Books/References
1. Obert & Duall. Rock Mechanics and design of structures in rock. Text Books/References
Pub: John Willey & Sons.
1. Charles Jeager. Rock Mechanics & Engineering, Pub. : Cambridge
2. Railey & Dalley. Experimental stress analysis. Pub: McGraw
Hill Book Company. Univ. Press, London.
3. Vutukuri & lama. Handbook of Mechanical properties of rock 2. Railey & Dalley. Experimental Stress Analysis, Pub. : McGraw Hills
Vol.I&II. Pub: Transtech, Germany. Book Company.
4. Syd.S.Peng. Coal Mine Ground Control. Pub: John Willey & Sons.
5. J.C. Jeager & NGW Cook. Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics. 3. Z.T. Bieniawski. Rock Mechanics Design in Mining & Tunneling.
Pub: Chapman & hall, Londaon. Pub. : A.A. Balkema.
6. Charles Jaeger. Rock Mechanics & Engineering. Pub: Cambridge
4. L.U. Hy. Numerical Modeling of Rock fracture process under
University Press, Cambridge London.
Mechanics Loading, Lulea Uni. of Technology.
7. Manual on Rock Mechanics, Prepared by Central Soil & Materials
Research Station, New Delhi, Add: Central Board of Irrigation and
power Malcha Marg, Chanakyapuri, New-Delhi- 110021.

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Cr. Hrs. 3 (3 + 0) Cr. Hrs. 3 (3 + 0)

L T P
Credit 3 0 0 L T P
Hours 3 0 0 Credit 3 0 0
Hours 3 0 0
Unit-I Unit-I
Basic Principles of Remote Sensing,, Remote Sensing Platforms, Fluid -particle mechanics, Terminal settling velocity, Equal settling
Sensors and Space Program. particle, Hindared settling, Types of classifiers: hydraulic, mechanical
etc. and their performance characteristics, Classifiers efficiency,
Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) and their characteristics with Selectivity index, Dense medium separation: no material used for
relevance to remote sensing, satellite orbits and Measurement suspensions, Separatory vessels and their relative merits and demerits.
strategies, atmospheric effects in remote sensing data sets, spectral Hydrocyclone ; mechanism of separation, concepts of DSO.
reflectance properties of earth’s surface features.
Unit-II
Unit-II Flocculation and thickening. Design features of thickners, flowing-flow
Aerial remote sensing: Cameras, films and their characteristics, multi- concentration, wilfley and other types of tabling operation, Vannars and
band photography and its advantages. Principles of photo processing, their application. Jigging: mechanism, cycle, variables in operation etc.
Elements of photogrammetry, Elements of GIS and GPS Baum, Harz and other types of Jigs.

Unit-III Unit-III
Digital Image Processing, statistical techniques adopted on remotely Dewatering and drying. Filteration: pressure and suction filters, their
sensed data, Analysis, Image classification relative merits and demerits, filter and filteration cycle, rate of
Application of GPR in Mining: Various types, antennas types, softwares drying,. Compartment, rotary and other types of dryer and their
used for GPR data interpretation. operational features.

Unit-IV Unit-IV
Digital Elevation Modeling, Resources mapping and monitoring, Data Magnetic separation, Paramegnetic and diamagnetic substances.
integrity and spatial up scaling for process studies, Land use, Drainage Industrial magnetic
analysis, Rock identification, Terrain interpretation, Mineral exploration, separators and their performance criteria. Electrical separation of
Geo-environmental application Forestry. minerals; Electrostatic and electrodynamic methods, Plate and roll type
separators. Factor affecting the design of high tension roll separators.
Text Books/References Electrostatic precipitation. Single and two stage separations.
1. T.S. Chouhan and K.M. Joshi. Applied Remote sensing and photo Operational features of ESMS such as cottrell precipitator.
interpretation, Vigyan Prakashan Jodhpur. (1996)
2. T.M. Lillesand and K.W. Kiefer. Remote sensing and image Text Books/References
interpretation, John Wiley and Sons, 1992. 1. M.A. Gaudin. Mineral Dressing.
3. F.F. Sabbins. Remote sensing-Principles and Interpretation, W.H. 2. H.G. Vijendra. Handbook on Mineral Dressing.
Freeman & Co., San Fransico, USA (1987) Pub: Vikas Publishing house New-Delhi.
3. S.K. Jain. Mineral Dressing.
4. Rao. Mineral Dressing.
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