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Mining Services - GMAT2610
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Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

This course provides the fundamental principles and relevance of services provided by Surveyors and Electrical Engineers as part of surface and underground mining operations. Topics on surveying include: Principles of surveying; measurements, calculations, instrument and survey errors; map projection coordinates and calculations; traversing and control surveys; an overview of Spatial Information Systems; GPS positioning; deformation monitoring surveys; and correlation of surface surveys with underground surveys. Topics on electrical engineering include: circuit theory - analysis and design of DC and AC circuits comprising various energy sources and complex impediances, 3-phase circuits; laboratory methods - electrical safety, signal generators, measuring devices, oscilloscopes; transformers and AC machines and induction motors. DC machines and motors.


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