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Date submitted2023-08-16
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Date accepted2023-10-25
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Date published2023-10-27
250 years in the service of the Fatherland: Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University in facts and figures
In 2023, Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University – the first higher technical educational institution in Russia – turns 250 years. Any significant anniversary is an occasion to look back, analyze and evaluate the way traveled. The article analyzes the main achievements of the Mining University on the basis of statistical material from the moment of the foundation of the Mining School to the present day: educational and pedagogical experience in the education and training of mining specialists, scientific and technical intelligentsia; the outstanding contribution of its scientists, graduates to the establishment and development of the mineral resource complex of Russia, in strengthening the country's defense power, the creation of scientific schools. The first part of the article provides data on the number of graduates for different periods of the history of the university, shows the dynamics of their number growth, the peculiarities of learning. According to the authors, over 250 years, about 99 thousand engineers and mining specialists have been prepared in the university. The second part of the article is devoted to the characteristics of the teaching staff, in which a special place is occupied by his favorites, who have become outstanding scientists, academicians and corresponding members of the Academies of Sciences. Those of them who have devoted more than a dozen years of their lives to teaching within the walls of the university are noted. The final part shows the main scientific achievements of the university: the organization of scientific societies, the development of scientific schools, research institutes, etc. About 200 graduates of the Mining University have been awarded State Prizes for their contribution to the development of science and technology. The work of dissertation councils was noted, in which more than 5 thousand dissertations have been defended since 1943.
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Date submitted2023-04-14
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Date accepted2023-08-02
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Date published2023-08-28
A method of determining the errors of segmented GRID models of open-pit mines constructed with the results of unmanned aerial photogrammetric survey
The methodology of building a digital elevation model based on the results of aerial photogrammetric survey from an unmanned aircraft is proposed, which is based on the division of the initial point cloud into equal segments. This allows, having made an assumption of the linear character of change of height of points in a separate segment, to approximate them by separate planes. RMS errors of the models from the survey data were calculated according to the scattering of the points in relation to the approximating surfaces, which made it possible to reveal the dependence of the model construction error relative to the sizes of their constituent segments, as well as to propose a method for filtering the cells containing outliers with respect to the expected model error. The proposed method was tested on the models of three mining objects – limestone quarry, phosphogypsum dump, and peat cut. The experimental results showed a multiple reduction in model error compared to standard DEM models providing the required accuracy for mining documentation.
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Date submitted2017-11-12
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Date accepted2018-01-23
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Date published2018-04-24
Metallurgists of the Mining university and development of monetary industry. 245 years of history
Monetary industry combines several stages of metallurgical processes, which are continuously improved with the development of technology and the level of knowledge in the field of non-ferrous metals. The graduates of the Mining Institute, metallurgists of several generations, took part in establishment the Mint and development of technology to produce coins. Since January 24, 1718, when Peter the Great signed the decree «on production of small and large coins ...», the history of the monetary system of Russia and the coining of the first silver rubles began, which subsequently formed the basis of money relations. Twenty-four graduates of the mining and metallurgical departments of the Mining University worked as heads and münzmeister of the Mint. Silver rubles and work of Russian münzmeisters provided financial stability in Tsarist Russia from 1718 to 1917 and laid the foundation for further development of the monetary industry, taking into account new knowledge in the field of enrichment, preparation of polymetallic ores and their melting, and also stamping and processing of precious metals. This is the history of Russia and St. Petersburg, it combined the history of the Mining University, which this year will be 245 years old. It is of scientific interest to restore historical justice and update the methodological knowledge in the field of technology of monetary industry and metallurgical processes.
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Date submitted2014-12-17
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Date accepted2015-03-01
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Date published2015-12-25
Freiberg mining academy and russia: 250 years of business cooperation
- Authors:
- V. G. Afanasev
The article is dedicated to the 250th anniversary of Freiberg Mining Academy, the oldest European higher technical education institution with the mining specialization. It is an established fact that the roots of cooperation between Russian and German mining en-gineers go back to the time of Peter the Great, and which was later maintained as exemplified by the Demidovs, the dynasty of leading Russian metallurgical works owners. In terms of science, a signifi-cant contribution was made both by leading mining science experts of Freiberg and by their disciple M.V.Lomonosov, a great Russian scientist. The article focuses on the links between the Mining Academy and St Petersburg Mining School, which was founded a little later and became the first higher technical education institution in Russia. It gives numerous examples of professional de-velopment of Russian mining specialists who had practical training in Freiberg. The conclusion reviews the relations between the two education institutions over the last decades and identifies their prospects.
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Date submitted2014-12-24
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Date accepted2015-02-11
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Date published2015-12-25
Freiberg mining academy and Mining cadet corps: their place and role in Humboldt´s life and activities
- Authors:
- I. G. Rebeshchenkova
The article examines the stages and events of Humboldt s life, associated with the European institutions: Freiberg Mining Academy and the Mining Cadet Corps in St Petersburg. It establishes the fact that his training at the former, in particular, his acquaintance with V.Y.Sojymonov, con-tributed to the beginning of his connection with the Mining Cadet Corps. A notable event in Hum-boldt s life, which helped to establish and further develop those contacts, was his trip to the Urals and Siberia, where he met and worked with alumni and staff of the Mining Cadet Corps – P.P.Anosov, E.K.Hoffman, D.S.Menshenin, and G.P.Gelmersen. A number of Humboldt’s arti-cles, published in a scientific journal of the Corps «The Mining Journal», testify to those meetings. The article provides a conclusion, which is of great current interest, in connection with the anniversaries: 250 th anniversary of Freiberg Mining Academy; 240 th anniversary of the Mining Cadet Corps (nowadays – the National Mineral Resources University «The Mining University»), and 190 th anniversary of «The Mining Journal», - that those two core European educational institu-tions with the mining and geological specialization, in close and productive interaction played a key role in Humboldt’s life and professional activity.
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Date submitted2009-09-20
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Date accepted2009-11-29
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Date published2010-06-25
Some facts of history of training and employment of mining engineers during 20-30th years of 20th century
- Authors:
- V. G. Afanasev
The article is dedicated to the problem of training mining engineers during the most difficult Soviet period. The problem was solved with foundation of new educational institution as well as reorganization of functional ones primarily Mining Institute. Reformation of universities was justified sometimes not. Disadvantage of reformation was repression to highly qualified specialists of mining. Personnel problem was solved that allowed to increase coal and oil extraction.
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Date submitted2009-09-12
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Date accepted2009-11-26
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Date published2010-06-25
Professional communication: speech aspect
- Authors:
- E. U. Barruelo Gonzalez
In the article there is presented the speech aspect of professional communication in daily business and innovation interaction. The priority directions of the work on the components of communicative competence and speech literacy of specialist are determined (planning and the prognostication of speech situations, orienting for the partner, the improvement of communicative and speech culture).
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Date submitted2009-09-24
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Date accepted2009-11-16
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Date published2010-06-25
Innovative approach to professional development programs creation
- Authors:
- O. G. Zgurskaya
- D. A. Shchukina
This article represents one of approaches how to create refresher courses innovative modular programs. Modern higher school must ensure possibility of professional competence widening in new economical conditions. Speech strategic and tactics mastering is a foundation for self-actualization in the sphere of business communication.
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Date submitted2009-09-17
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Date accepted2009-11-07
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Date published2010-06-25
Test as the form of the economics departments students final knowledge checking at studying the discipline «Business russian as the foreign language»
- Authors:
- E. A. Kolesova
The problems, appearing when compiling test materials for the students-foreigners of the economic professions, studying sphere of business communication, are analyzed in this article. The types of mistakes, allowed students in process of the performing the checking tasks, are systematized. It is offered the examples of the exercises, presented in test.
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Date submitted2009-07-17
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Date accepted2009-09-22
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Date published2010-04-22
MINEFRAME is the modern tool for mining maintenance
- Authors:
- L. S. Lomako
- G. G. Korol
Today an automation of the basic technological processes in production is successfully introduced into various sectors of the national economy, including in mining practice. One of the modern software products intended for automated planning, designing and support of works at the mining enterprises, is integrated package – MINEFRAME which is put in industrial operation.
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Date submitted1951-07-15
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Date accepted1951-09-03
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Date published1952-03-26
Comparative analysis of joint and separate adjustment of two points of mine survey triangulation
- Authors:
- V. G. Zdanovich
The article studies the relationship between the errors in the position of two mine triangulation points rigidly inserted into the existing base network, with their separate and joint adjustment. The solution to this problem is of considerable interest to mine surveying practice when replenishing the existing mine triangulation network with new points as mining operations develop. In this case, when inserting new points, the mine surveyor is forced to accept previously determined points as initial ones, due to which sometimes a significant number of stages in constructing the network arises and its accuracy is reduced to a certain extent. The mine surveyor must be able to quantitatively assess the loss of accuracy of network elements caused by separate adjustment of existing and newly determined points, and on this basis decide on the choice of one or another scheme for inserting points and the most appropriate use of the reference network when solving mine surveying and other engineering problems. If the mine network points are determined simultaneously, then preference, of course, should be given to their joint adjustment, since under normal conditions it always increases the weight to a certain extent elements of the network. But even in this case, the results obtained in the article are of interest, since they shed new light on the issue of the relationship between the weights of network elements in separate and joint equalization of the points being determined and allow a more correct assessment of the merits of the latter.
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Date submitted1951-07-01
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Date accepted1951-09-29
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Date published1952-03-26
Notes on the derivation of formulas for determining the direction error from the eccentricity of the theodolite or signals
- Authors:
- Z. D. Nizguretskii
For assessing the impact of a design error on the accuracy of transmitting directions to a mine, existing mine surveying guidelines usually recommend formula (1) (see article). Using the same reasoning, a well-known formula is usually derived for assessing the accuracy of measuring angles in polygons depending on the impact of signal and instrument eccentricity. The above conclusion does not answer the question: what kind of error should be understood by the value of ex, which in existing guidelines is usually called the "average linear error" [1] or simply "linear error" [2]. Clarification of the meaning of the error ex is absolutely necessary when making practical calculations, since several characteristics of position accuracy are used in error theory, among which the most commonly used are the average linear error of position and the average linear error in direction.
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Date submitted1951-07-15
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Date accepted1951-09-08
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Date published1952-03-26
Taking into account the influence of errors of initial points when assessing the accuracy of mine survey triangulation networks
- Authors:
- V. G. Zdanovich
When using formulas of the theory of errors and the method of least squares for assessing the accuracy of triangulation networks, it is necessary to strive for the most complete consideration of all sources of errors that affect the accuracy of determining the elements of the network. This applies primarily to the influence of errors in the initial data, the issue of taking into account which has repeatedly attracted the attention of geodesists and mine surveyors. In the existing works devoted to this issue, the most detailed solution is based on the direct application of the main formula of the theory of errors to the function of interest to us, which is preliminarily expressed through directly measured quantities (see article). The strict formulas given in the mentioned works, however, are difficult to apply to the analysis of the accuracy of mine survey triangulations, which are usually rigid networks of the lowest construction queues and have a significant amount of initial data. The use of these formulas is associated with the production of very cumbersome calculations that do not have sufficient clarity and hide from the calculator the mechanism of accumulation of errors in the network, thereby complicating the transition to approximate methods of assessing accuracy. To solve some specific problems of assessing the accuracy of network elements encountered in mine surveying practice, it is possible to derive special formulas that solve these problems much more simply and clearly.
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Date submitted1950-07-27
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Date accepted1950-09-05
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Date published1951-04-30
An Approximate Estimation of the Accuracy of the Sides of a Solid Filling Triangulation Network
- Authors:
- V. G. Zdanovich
State triangulations developed in the form of continuous networks based on first-class series extend a single coordinate system over the territory of a mining basin and serve as a basis for developing reference mine survey networks. Using the sides of the state triangulation network as initial ones, the mine surveyor must naturally be able to at least approximately estimate their accuracy. This applies mainly to filling networks of the second class, which still have to be used as a basis for developing mine networks and which in some cases can only with difficulty provide the required accuracy. In this case, the mine surveyor is primarily interested in the errors in the lengths of the sides of the base network involved in scaling the mine triangulation. To perform an accuracy analysis, the mine surveyor usually has only the coordinates of the points and a diagram of the base network. This makes it very laborious to use strict formulas of the least squares method for assessing the accuracy and pushes the mine surveyor to use approximate methods for calculating errors, often not tested in practice. In this article, we study the mechanism of accumulation of errors of the sides and, on this basis, provide an analysis and further development of approximate methods for estimating the accuracy of the sides of a continuous filling network. In this case, we limited ourselves to considering only the errors of the network sides that depend on the influence of errors in the measured values involved in the adjustment of the network, and did not touch on the issues of the influence of errors in the initial data.
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Date submitted1948-07-05
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Date accepted1948-09-09
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Date published1949-11-04
On the issue of calculating the weights of unknowns when solving normal equations using the Gauss method
- Authors:
- V. L. Romanov
It is known from the theory of accuracy analysis of mediocre measurements that the solution of a system of normal equations by the Gauss method simultaneously yields the weight of the last unknown by order of elimination, which is equal to the coefficient of this unknown in the last equation. It is also known that the weight of the penultimate unknown is easily determined by the weight of the latter. To determine the weights of the remaining unknowns, it is necessary to make more or less significant additional calculations, the difficulty of which increases with the increase in the number of unknowns to be determined. Back in the early 30s of the last century, the astronomer Encke recommended, for example, to determine the weights of unknowns by performing repeated solutions of normal equations by rearranging not only the equations, but also the unknowns themselves, and the number of re-solutions of normal equations (according to Encke) is half the number of normal equations. It is easy to see that Encke's method is based only on theorems on the weights of the last and penultimate unknowns. A more advanced method for calculating the weights of unknowns is the method of undetermined factors (weight coefficients), which was proposed in the first half of the last century and has since become established in astronomical and geodetic practice.