Earth Moving, Mining and Building Machines

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	340-0400/01
Abbreviation	ZTSS
Course title	Earth Moving, Mining and Building Machines
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Machine and Industrial Design
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Jiří Fries, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Educational week
1. Fundamentals of the diggability theory and classification of earth, mining and civil engineering machines
2. Dozers, scrapers, graders, trenchers, rippers, shovel loaders, hydraulic shovel excavators
3. Large-scale earth-moving machines – wheeled, bucket and shovel excavators, draglines
4. Machines for extracting bulk materials and stone extraction machines
5. Landfills machines, compaction machines, reclamation machines
6. Crushers and mills
7. Transportation of cement, its storage and feeding
8. Machines and equipment for the production of concrete mixtures
9. Transport of concrete mixture (primary, secondary transport, pick up containers)
10. Extraction complexes
11. Breaking complexes, drilling machines and kits, drilling theory
12. Loading machines and equipment
13. Reinforcement of mine working
14. Face and belt conveyors

E-learning

It can be applied

Literature

Study literature mainly for English speaking students will be recommended individually depending on the theme of the semestral project. Standards, machine parts catalogues, technical and mechanical tables and corporate literature - depending on the character tasks.

TIBBETT, Mark, ed. Mining in ecologically sensitive landscapes. Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2015. .
PIVNJAK, Hennadij H., ed. Mining of mineral deposits. Boca Raton: CRC Press, c2013. ISBN 978-1-138-00108-4.
ŽŮREK, Petr. Deposit mining. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 2005. ISBN 80-248-0903-6.
GONDEK, Horst, ŠEVČÍK, Arnošt, ed. Mining machinery. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 2004. ISBN 80-248-0820-X.
ŽŮREK, P. Basics of mining: (syllabus). 1st ed. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 2004. ISBN 80-248-0800-5.
HUSTRULID, W. A. a Richard C. BULLOCK, ed. Underground mining methods: engineering fundamentals and international case studies. Littleton: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, c2001. ISBN 0-87335-193-2.
ELMAN, Jiří a Václav MICHALÍČEK. Anglicko-český a česko-anglický hornický slovník. Praha: Sobotáles, 2000. ISBN 80-85920-64-6.
PENG, Syd S. a Han Shing CHIANG. Longwall mining. New York: Wiley, c1984. ISBN 0-471-86881-7.
Surface mining. 2nd ed. Editor Bruce A KENNEDY. Littleton: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, c1990. ISBN 0-87335-102-9.
AZAR, J. J. Drilling engineering [online]. Tulsa, Okla.: PennWell Corp., ©2007 [cit. 2017-11-13]. Dostupné z: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/natl/Doc?id=10201495.
German longwall mining: facts and figures. 1985.
The operation of a longwall coal cutting machine.

Advised literature

Standards, machine parts catalogues, technical and mechanical tables and corporate literature - depending on the character tasks.

ROTTENBERG, Dan (2003). In the Kingdom of Coal; An American Family and the Rock That Changed the World. Routledge. . OCLC 52348860
HOUNSHELL, David A., SMITH, John Kenley. Science and Corporate Strategy. DuPont R&D, 1902–1980, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988,
SPEIGHT, James G. (2008). Synthetic Fuels Handbook: Properties, Process, and Performance. McGraw-Hill Professional. pp. 9–10. .

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