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Terminated in academic year 2019/2020

Transportation at Mines and Quarries

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 542-0052/01
Abbreviation DDL
Course title Transportation at Mines and Quarries
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Mining Engineering and Safety
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Jan Nečas, Ph.D.

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) Special ground track.
10) Automobile transport.
11) Shipping transport, types, use, elevation, unloading.
12) Transportation using floating belt conveyors, schemes, applications.
13) Hydraulic and pneumatic transport, transport by gravity, chutes, troughs.
14) The combination and comparison of different types of transport systems. Traffic regulations.
15) Ecological and economic aspects of the use of technological transport in quarries and mines.

Literature

KENNEDY, Bruce A. Surface mining. 2nd ed. Littleton, Colo.: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, 1990. ISBN 0873351029.

Advised 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).