Drilling and elements of mining 1300-OWEGR3CW
The course covers the following topics:
1)Purpose and scope and possibilities of drilling techniques;
2) manual drilling;
3) Hammer drilling;
4) The construction of the borehole;
5) Cementing casing;
6) Drilling fluids
7) Characteristics of drilling methods used in the recognition of deep geological structure:
a. Small diameter drillings
b. Normal diameter drillings;
c. Large diameter drillings.
8) Borehole exploitation.
Type of course
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Learning outcomes
After completing the course the student:
- Knows the scope and possibilities of drilling techniques
- Knows the range of geological and technical assumptions for the project of the borehole
- Can perform geo-technical design of the borehole.
Assessment criteria
Final written tests on practice and lecture. The prerequisite is to obtain two positive marks of practice and lecture. The final mark is the arithmetic mean of two positive marks from practice and lecture. On the exercise allowed the student's absence on two classes.
Practical placement
none
Additional information
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