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Physical Properties of Rocks

Type of study Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 480-4013/02
Abbreviation FVH
Course title Physical Properties of Rocks
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Physics
Course coordinator RNDr. Josef Poláček, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction - repetition of the structure of substances and basic theories of fabric construction.
2. Physical properties of rocks according to sample size and condition - influence of internal / external factors on rock properties.
3. Mechanical properties - density, elasticity, strength, plasticity and rheological behavior of rock properties.
4. Acoustic properties - dependence of characteristics on internal and external factors.
5. Thermal properties - patterns of heat propagation in rock, thermal expansion of rocks.
6. Electric and magnetic properties of rocks 1 - polarization, permittivity, permeability.
7. Electric and magnetic properties of rocks 2 - electrical conductivity of rocks, magnetism.
8. Electromagnetic radiation and rock 1 - optical properties of rocks, X-ray radiation.
9. Electromagnetic radiation and rock 2 - optical and X-ray radiation and rock.
10. Radioactive radiation and rock 1 - rock radioactivity, decay series.
11. Radioactive radiation and rock 2 - time development of radioactivity in rock, the effect of radioactive radiation on rocks.
12. Multicomponent systems - equilibrium in single and multicomponent systems, metastable states, phase transitions.
13. Mutual relations - influence of rock properties on physical phenomena, classification of rocks according to physical properties.

E-learning

Materials are available at https://lms.vsb.cz/?lang=en.

Literature

Stavrogin, A.N., Tarasov, B.G.: Experimental physics and rock mechanics. Fairhurst, Ch. (ed.), Lisse: A.A. Balkema, 2001, ISBN 90-5809-213-5
Jaeger, J.C., Cook, N.G.W. and Zimmermann, R.W.: Fundamentals of rock mechanics. Malden: Blackwell, 2007, ISBN 978-0-632-05759-7

Advised literature

The komplete ISRM suggested methods for rock characterization, testing and monitoring: 1974 – 2006
Ulusay, R. and Hudson, J.A. (eds.), Ankara: Commission on Testing Methods, International Society for Rock Mechanics, 2007, ISBN 978-975-93675-4-1