Fundamental Principles of Mining. Main categories and types of underground mining
methods. Characteristics and principles of Stoping (breast stopping, room-and-pillar,
sublevel open stopping, AVOCA, long-hole drilling, VCR), Filling (cut-and-fill, drift-
and-fill, bench-and-fill, shrinkage stopping) and Caving methods (sublevel caving,
block caving, logwall mining). Design and dimensioning of room and pillar mining
schemes, stability graph and dilution design, sublevel mining design. Mining method
selection. Cost assessment. Use of SURPAC in the design of mining works.
- Teacher: Ανδρέας Μπενάρδος
ECTS : 4
Language : el
Learning Outcomes : Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to: • understand the basic types of underground excavations • analyze the characteristics of the methods and the conditions for their application in relation to the types of deposits and their mechanical characteristics • evaluate the selection of the optimal method in relation to the deposit to be exploited • carry out the overall design of the underground deposit exploitation (access, development, preparation, stoping) • analyze and select the geometric characteristics of the exploitation faces aiming for maximum safety and greatest recovery • design and organize the work and production phases of underground excavations • analyze and design the support works of the underground exploitation.