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Teaching GuideTerm Higher Technical University College of Civil Engineering |
| Mestrado Universitario en Enxeñería de Camiños, Canais e Portos |
 Subjects |
| Rock Mechanics |
| Contents |
| Identifying Data | 2020/21 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Rock Mechanics | Code | 632514033 | |||||||||||
| Study programme |
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Official Master's Degree | 1st four-month period |
First | Optional | 4.5 | ||||||||||
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| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Tema 1. In situ stresses | 1.1. Origin 1.2. Measurement and characterization 1.3. Application fields |
| Tema 2. Rock massif description | 2.1 key concepts: Matrix and Massif 2.2 ISRM recommendations |
| Tema 3. Rock mass classifications | 3.1 History and background 3.2 RMR and derivatives 3.3 The Q system |
| Tema 4. Experimental rock mechanics: Testing | 4.1 Characterization tests 4.2 Strength tests 4.3 In situ tests 4.4 Basics of petrophysics |
| Tema 5. Strength and deformability in rocks | 5.1 Joint tenso-deformational behavior 5.2 Rock matrix tenso-deformational behavior 5.3 Rock massif tenso-deformational behavior |
| Tema 6. Rock instability | 6.1 Kinematic criteria for instability 6.2 Plane failure 6.3 Wedge failure 6.4 Toppling |
| Tema 7. Reinforcement and stabilization | 7.1 Geometrical corrections 7.2 Drainage 7.3 Walls, foundation underpinning, shotcrete 7.4 Anclajes |
| Tema 8. Water flow in rock massifs | 8.1 Flow in fractured media 8.2 Experimental measurement of permeability in rocks |
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