GATE MN · 2022 · MN
Question 53: Mining Machinery
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Question 53
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In a surface mine bench, overburden is removed by the shovel-dumper combination. For the dumper:
Time required at the loading station: 3.0 min
Time required at the unloading station: 1.0 min
Distance between loading and unloading stations: 4.5 km
Average speed during loaded travel: 12.0 km/hr
Average speed during empty travel: 18.0 km/hr
Minimum number of dumpers required to avoid idle time of the shovel, is ______. (in integer)
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GATE MN 2022 · Paper 1
Mining Engineering · Original paper archive
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- Mining Engineering
- Question type
- Numerical answer (NAT)
- Marks
- 2 marks
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