542-0052/02 – Transportation at Mines and Quarries (DDL)
| Gurantor department | Department of Mining Engineering and Safety | Credits | 3 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Jan Nečas, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Jan Nečas, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory type B |
| Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor, Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The subject introduces students to the process of technological transportation in the quarry and mining (underground) operations. The course aims at tackling the issues of technology and calculation for rail, belt, wheeled and shipping transport and other special modes of transporting raw materials, and for surface and underground deposit extractions.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Decree No. 26/1989 Coll. Of the Czech Mining Office on Occupational Safety and Health at Mining and Mining Activities
Decree 64/1987 Coll. About the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR).
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Participation in the exercises and elaboration of assigned programs.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1) Division of transport in mines and quarries, basic concepts and an introduction to the issue.
2) Influence of physico-mechanical properties of the extracted raw materials on their technological transportation.
3) The requirements of major mining processes on transport. The theory of force transmission by friction. Equation of motion.
4) The basic method for determining traction force. Traction elements used in transport. Vertical transport.
5) Belt conveyors, main parts. Rope-belt conveyor, scraper conveyor, chain conveyor, vibrating conveyor.
6) Transportation in the pipeline. Gravity transportation.
7) Rail transport – rail track, rolling stock.
8) Rope transport. Aerial ropeway. Suspension transport.
9) Automobile transport.
10) Shipping transport, types, use, elevation, unloading.
11) Transportation using floating belt conveyors, schemes, applications.
12) Hydraulic and pneumatic transport, transport by gravity, chutes, troughs.
13) The combination and comparison of different types of transport systems. Traffic regulations.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction