Mineral transport systems. Review of speaking skills, organization and time management abilities, and use of audio-visual aids. Lecture, two hours per week. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits. Consent of department chairperson and the instructor.
Course consists of reserve engineering, presystems modeling and interfacing systems to reserves.
Course may not be used to satisfy degree requirements in electrical engineering if credit is earned in EE 538. Design and construction under normal conditions. Organization and management of construction operations. Topics include concepts for characterizing production systems, approaches to structuring simulation models, instruction in a simulation language, and techniques for comparing alternative system designs and control strategies. Applications are made in modeling mine face operations, conveyor networks, and discrete vehicle transport systems.