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Terminated in academic year 2019/2020

Tunnelling Machines and Systems

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 340-0912/04
Abbreviation RSaK
Course title Tunnelling Machines and Systems
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Machine and Industrial Design
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jiří Fries, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Technical properties of rocks - evaluation of drilling capacity
2. Breakdown of drilling operations
3. Basic ways of breaking the rocks during drilling
4. Drilling machines - distribution, design solution
5. Comparison of individual types of drives
6. Air consumption of drilling machines
7. Power transfer to drilling crown for hammer drilling
8. Divorces and shooting of drill hammers
9. Drilling tools - basic division
10. Drilling vehicles - distribution, design solution
11. Drilling units - requirements, solutions
12. Loading machines - partitioning
13. Conditions for loading of loaders
14. Shovel loaders
15. Shovel loaders with lateral unloading
16. Skid loaders
17. Container loaders
18. Digging machines - partitioning
19. Disconnecting bodies of digging machines
20. Loading bodies of digging machines
21. Chassis of the digging machines
22. Tunneling machines - a conceptual solution
23. Tunneling Machines Movement

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.

Advised literature

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