JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Pre-Requisites

Mine Surveying

Course Objectives

To familiarize with the various surveying instruments and methods.

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, students will be able to

• 1. Do the Range and to measure the distance between two points
• 2. Conduct the chain triangulation survey
• 3. Determine the area by using different methods
• 4. Determine the elevation of a given point
• 5. Use the instruments used in the surveying

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS:

• 1. Ranging a line, measuring the distance between two points, pacing
• 2. Chain triangulation, booking, calculation of areas and plotting
• 3. Fly leveling and Reduction of level
• 4. Contouring
• 5. Measurement of Horizontal angle
• 6. Measurement of vertical angle
• 7. Determination of constants k and C by tacheometric surveying
• 8. Tacheometric surveying by stadia method- distance and elevation formulae for staff vertical
• 9. Curve ranging by offsets/ordinates from the long chord
• 10. Curve ranging by Rankine’s method of tangential (or deflection) angle
• 11. Correlation in single shaft by Weisbach triangle method
• 12. Correlation in two shafts by Weiss quadrilateral method
• 13. Reading mine plans and sections
• 14. Measurement of volumes using Total station