JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objectives

To familiarize the student with computer application in mining in

various areas like exploration, open-pit design, underground mine design, operational simulation in mining aspects, simulation languages, GPSS and SLAM for different mining activities etc.

Course Outcomes

The course enable the student to understand various computer

applications in mining such as ore body modeling and reserve estimation of mining deposits based on exploration data, open pit designing, underground designing, operational simulation, empirical method, Logical flow diagram for different mining activities.

UNIT - I

Introduction to structure terminology and peripherals, algorithms, flow charts, programs, dedicated systems. Application in mining, Exploration, rock topographic models, bore hole compositing, ore reserve calculation, interpolation and geo-statistical models.

UNIT - II

Open pit design, Ultimate pit design, introductory process control, underground mine design, production scheduling.

UNIT - III

Operational Simulation, Introduction, Simulation overview, objective, understand the role of modeling, Understanding the basic concept in simulation. Example of simulation in mining aspects, Simulation of machine repair problems, concepts of variability and prediction, example with dumping time problem, fitting distribution with chi- square test.

UNIT - IV

Random number generation, properties of random number, pseudorandom number, random variants generation, Methods of random variates generation, inverse transformed method, acceptance rejection method, composition method, empirical method and rectangular approximation.

UNIT - V

Simulation languages, GPSS and SLAM, Logical flow diagram of different mining activities. Coding with GPSS and SLAM of different mining problems, Computer control, Remote Control, automatic Control, application, and limitations of control.

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. T.C. Bartee - Digital Computer Fundamentals, B.TECH. MINING ENGG.
• 2. P. Malvino and D.P. Leach - Digital Principles and applications

REFERENCE BOOK:

• 1. R.V. Ramani - Application of Computer Methods in the Mineral Industry.
• 2. Sukumar Bandopadhyay - Application of the Computers and Operation Research in the Mineral Industry, Proceedings of the 30th international Symposium SME Publication 2002 B.TECH. MINING ENGG.