Organisation : Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC)
Exam Name : TNPSC Mining Engineering Examination
Standard : UG Standard
Subject Code : 347
Announcement : TNPSC Mining Engineering Exam Syllabus
Website : https://www.tnpsc.gov.in/English/new_syllabus.html
TNPSC Mining Engineering Syllabus
TNPSC Mining Engineering Exam Syllabus are given below,
UNIT – I: Geology, Mine Development, Drilling And Blasting
Geology: Earth structure & Composition, weathering, ground water, Geological time scale, types of rocks and their modes of occurrence, mineral resources, their distribution in different types of rocks of different ages, classification and properties of minerals, Geological structures like folds, faults, etc., their classification and their significance in the mineral exploration & mapping, ore reserve estimation including their shape.
UNIT – II: Mine Environment
Mine gasses – occurrence, properties, detection, physiological effects and permissible limits, Mine climate and control, Heat and humidity, Natural Ventilation, Distribution of air current in mines, Resistance of mine roadways, Mine fans and their characteristics, testing, use of multiple fans.
UNIT – III: Mining Machinery
Different types of motive power used in mines, Rope haulages, Wire ropes, safety devices, different types of locomotives, safety devices, free steered vehicles; Hydraulic, pneumatic and gravity transport, Mine pumps, different types, characteristics and fields of application, design of pumping systems, Rope haulage, locomotives and pumping calculations. Distribution of electrical power in mines, Electrical layouts, Mine cables, Flame-proof and intrinsically safe apparatus, Mine communication, man riding systems, different types of pumps, their characteristics and fields of applications.
UNIT – IV: Surface Mining
Suitability of surface mining and limitations, Cut-off grades, Pit limits, Stripping ratios, Design of pit slope, haul roads, benches box cuts, Opencast mine development – different methods, Earth moving machinery – shovels, draglines, continuous surface miners, bucket wheel excavators, dumpers, rippers, scrapers, rock breakers etc., Productivity and maintenance of Heavy Earth Moving Machinery. Types of slope failures, Slope stability analysis and stabilization including dumps, In-pit-crushing and conveying, Continuous surface mining.
UNIT – V: Underground Mining (Coal & Metal)
Coal Mining: Importance of coal as a source of energy, current status of coal mining world over, grading of coal, Choice of mining methods and classification, Bord and pillar method – design of panels, pillar extraction by caving and stowing, partial extraction, supports, Longwall method – advance and retreat, mechanized longwall, latest trends, Design of longwall workings, salvaging and relocation of equipment, punched longwall.
Metal Mining: Classification of mining methods, Metal mining layouts, Methods of development -shafts, raises, winzes, drifts, bins, tunnels etc., Stope preparation, Stoping methods – supported and unsupported, their selection – longwall, room and pillar, shrinkage, sub-level, cut and fill, block caving and combined, backfilling, etc., Techno- economic analysis of mining systems, Extraction of remnant pillars, shaft pillars, Mining at great depths.
UNIT – VI: Rock Mechanics & Ground Control
Stress analysis, Numerical problems, Application of rock mechanics in mining, Physico- mechanical properties of rocks and rock indices, elastic constants – laboratory and in situ testing, Rock mass classification, Post-failure behaviour of rocks, Dynamic wave velocities and elastic constants, Time dependent properties of rocks, Non-Destructive testing, Rheological modeling, Theories of failure of rocks, Rock mechanics and ground control instrumentation, in situstress measurement.
UNIT – VII: Mine Surveying & Mineral Processing
Principles of mine surveying, Underground surveying methods, methods of leveling, contouring, curve setting, traversing, Triangulation and Correlation, Errors and adjustments, Preparation of mine plans and sections, Numerical problems, Modern surveying techniques, Photogrammetry and remote sensing applications, EDM, Total station, GPS, GPR, GIS Astronomical survey, stope surveying, subsidence survey.
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