Syllabus
Character of Rock Material and Rock Mass - description, differencies
Physical and Mechanical Characteristics - methods of determination
Evoluation of Discontinuities - ISRM approach
Stereographic projections and Joint Surveys
Stresses in Rock Mass - methods of determination
Field Testing - deformability and shearing in situ tests
Stress Distribution around Underground Openings, Support and lining Systems
Rock Mass Classifications, Tunnelling Classifications
Rock Slope Stability Analysis, wedge and key blocks concept
Rock Mass Reinforcement - Bolting, Auchoring, Grouting, Drainage
Influence of Water in Rock Mass
Instrumentation and Monitoring
Rock Mass as Bedrock for foundation of Dams, Bridges, Heavy Structures
Engineering Seismology, Rock Mass under Dynamic Stresses, Blasting Methods
Rocks mass as a technical category, is a part of our natural cuveronment which is used as a base for dams, bridges and other different structure constructions, in which tunnels and underground caverns are excavated, which is subjected to gravitational forces that can cause instability, e.g. in natural or artificially extcavated slopes. In the subject of rock mechanics the student will be acquainted with the behaviour of rock masses under static and/ or dynamic stresses.
Annotation
Rocks mass as a technical category, is a part of our natural cuveronment which is used as a base for dams, bridges and other different structure constructions, in which tunnels and underground caverns are excavated, which is subjected to gravitational forces that can cause instability, e.g. in natural or artificially extcavated slopes. In the subject of rock mechanics the student will be acquainted with the behaviour of rock masses under static and/ or dynamic stresses.