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The roof of the tunnel and sidewalls are especially influenced by the tunnels shape and dimension. Rock engineering mostly concentrates the reasons of these disturbances to decide if they are stress induced or discontinuity governing deformations. In this study, it has been concentrated on two shallow tunnels which are 35-90 meters below the ground surface. They were opened in limestone rock mass containing lamination and cavities as well. Electrical resistivity measurements were used to determine the weakness zon...

Electrical resistivity measurements have been used in engineering for many purposes. In this study, blasting effects on the back of blasted holes at a quarry bench have been put under evaluation. Earth resistivity of bench rock, limestone, was measured before and after blasting by electrical resistivity equipment with the same electrode positions. The resultant resistivity graphs demonstrate the blasting performed in this study influence slightly the rock resistivity of the rock mass situated 4 m from the blasted ...

Mining engineering education includes four years of lecturing and three periods of summer practices. The practices must be performed at three different mining sides, including underground mines, open pit mines and ore dressing plants. Students are officially advised during decision time of company selection for their summer practice to get better educational results. In order to understand the mining engineering role by the students, the practice should be performed in mines directed and organized by mining engine...

Some rock types have been more favorable for dimensional building stone since early ages of civilization. These rocks in general are stable and their properties have been long lasting for the selected locations. Due to availability they have been used in human history not only for building stone alone, but they have also been used for other engineering and artistic projects in cities. In this study; mechanical properties of 5 types of ignimbrite rocks and one basalt rock were tested for their usability for dimensi...

In this study, the water content of the base sediments and rocks under an abandoned small waste water dam in Selcuk University campus in Konya was monitored. This small dam was planned to construct for the beneficiation of the waste water of Selcuk University main campus. After usage of a few mouths, the dam was demolished by campus authorities due to its water leakage through its base sediments. The study presented here contains the work done to determine water localization in the base rocks in front of the dam. ...

Students approaches to “mine engineering job” in Selcuk University, Mining Engineering Department is one of the study area to comprehend departmental educational target. This study was taken place by surveying the mining engineering students at Selcuk University. The survey covered first year (grade) students for their ideas and expectations in future. Second and third year students were surveyed for their lectures and difficulties they come across during their education. Fourth year students in the department...