MNE527

Mechanical behavior of rock and rock masses; lab testing and intact rock failure criteria; rock discontinuities and rock mass classification; modern rock mass characterization tools; rock mass strength criteria; in-situ stress state; induced stresses due to underground excavations; numerical stress and discontinuity characterization software; rock slope stability; engineering applications including highway and mining slopes, tunnels and underground mining, dam foundations, national monuments. Graduate-level requirements include either a research project or a research paper and a presentation, at the discretion of the instructor.

LAB SCHEDULE: You will be in a Tuesday or Thursday group and will have a lab partner. Each person in the group is required to participate in the preparation and testing of the specimens. Meeting times will include a short lecture concerning the current test.