Virtual Mine Design

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Mineral Resources EngineeringVol. 07, No. 03, pp. 233-246 (1998) No AccessVirtual Mine DesignZbigniew J. HladyszZbigniew J. HladyszDepartment of Mining Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA Search for more papers by this author https://doi.org/10.1142/S0950609898000249Cited by:0 PreviousNext AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsRecommend to Library ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail AbstractThe paper specifies requirements necessary to develop a smart mine design system through the application of virtual reality. Virtual mine, presented in this paper, is a hard rock skeletal model developed using Vulcan software. The mine can be viewed and toured interactively. Relevant information about mine entities, including geology, reserves, mine openings and excavations, support systems and equipment, can be accessed at will. It provides new visualization opportunities and new communication tools for the engineers — to see their creations in 3D, students — to learn mine design, corporate managers — to see the effects of their decisions, and the public — to understand what mining is all about. Virtual mine illustrates what is presently available in mine visualization. Virtual design paradigm, presented in the last part of this paper, is a conceptual design model that could guide the engineer in the design process through the integration of various pieces of mining software with harmony with components and systems making up the mine. Its intent is to emulate the way the engineers perform complex design tasks. Its framework is structured as a 4D-fractal flowchart representing the virtual design process. This new design paradigm is an open proposition to re-engineer mine design software to address the future needs of the mining industry. FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Recommended Vol. 07, No. 03 Metrics History PDF download