The second edition of Mechanical Excavation in Mining and Civil Industries integrates expertise in mechanized excavation for mining and construction, covering site investigation, rock-cutting theories, tool wear, tunnel boring machines (TBMs), roadheaders, and emerging technologies, supported by numerical examples. New additions include rock mass classification systems, TBM performance prediction models, EPB-TBM parameters, advancements in raise boring, and tunnel transport efficiency. Updated sections explore green TBMs, robotic disc changers, and innovations in shaft and raise-boring technologies.

• Provides a comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of mechanical excavation, combining theoretical concepts with practical applications.
• Covers a broader range of applications, cutting mechanics, stochastic modelling, and emerging technologies.
• Reviews ground control principles and ground deformation.
• Offers detailed coverage of rock-cutting theory, machine types, performance models, and numerical examples.
• Discusses tunnel transport systems, belt conveyors, locomotives, and selection criteria.

This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in mining and civil engineering, geologists, and industry professionals.

Nuh Bilgin graduated from the Mining Engineering Department of Istanbul Technical University (ITU). Later he accomplished his PhD studies in the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK in 1977 on “Mechanical Cutting Characteristics of Some Medium and High Strength Rocks.” He joined the Mining Engineering Department of ITU in 1978. He was appointed as a full time professor in 1989. He spent one year in the Colorado School of Mines, USA, and one year in Witwatersrand University, SA as a visiting professor. He has published more than a hundred papers on mechanized mining and tunneling technologies. He is currently working in ITU and is chairman of the Turkish Tunnelling Society.

Hanifi Copur graduated from the Mining Engineering Department of ITU. He completed his PhD on rock-cutting mechanics/mechanical excavation of mines and tunnels in the Colorado School of Mines in 1999. He worked as a research engineer in the Excavation Engineering and Earth Mechanics Institute of the Colorado School of Mines between 1995 and 1999. He has been working as an academician in the Mining Engineering Department of ITU since 1999 and currently works as a professor in the same department. He has many national and international scientific and industrial research reports and publications on mechanical mining and tunneling. He is a board member of Turkish Tunnelling Society.

Cemal Balci graduated from the Mining Engineering Department of ITU. In 2004, he received his PhD after completing his thesis on “Comparison of Small and Full Scale Rock Cutting Test to Select Mechanized Excavation Machines” at the Mining Engineering Department of ITU, Mine Mechanization and Technology Division. He joined the research group in Earth Mechanics Institute, Colorado School of Mines in 2001 and remained until 2004 as a researcher. He has published numerous papers on mechanized mining and tunneling technologies and worked in many national and international implementation and research projects. He is currently working in ITU and is a board member of the Turkish Tunnelling Society.