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Rock and Soil Mechanics

Type of study Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 542-0208/16
Abbreviation MHZ
Course title Rock and Soil Mechanics
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Mining Engineering and Safety
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jindřich Šancer, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction into subject, basic terminology, properties of Rock and Soils.
2. Physical properties of Rocks and Soils - density, porosity, compactness, water content, saturation, grainsize analyzes).
3. Physical properties of Rocks and Soils - technical properties - thermal, electric and water conductivity, etc.
4. Physical properties of Rocks and Soils - chemical reaction - consistency limits, swelling, shrink, etc.
5. Mechanical properties of Rocks - Strength of rocks – compressive, tensile, tangencial, shear, triaxial
6. Mechanical properties of Rocks – stress – strain diagram, poisson ratio, modulus of deformation, rheologic properties.
7. Mechanical properties of Rocks - Strength of rockmass – factors influencing strength of rock mass
8. Technological properties of rocks – abrasivity, friction, hardness etc.
9. Energy properties of rocks.
10. Hypotheses of limit states of rocks and rockmass – Mohr-Coulomb, Hoek-Brown theory.
11. Rheological modeling
12.mathematical modeling – methods and software.
13. Rockmass clasification (RQD,RMR,Q system)

Literature

Petroš,V.: Rock and Soil Mechanics VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Ostrava 2005, ISBN 80-248-0807-2
Ulusay, R., Hudson, J.A.:The Complete ISRM Suggested Methods for Rock characterization, Testing and monitoring: 1974-2006. Ankara Turkey 2007, ISBN 978-975-93675-4-1
DARLING, P.:SME Mining Engineering Handbook. 3rd Edition, SME 2011, ISBN 978-0-87335-341-0 
AADNOY, Bernt Sigve a Reza LOOYEH. Petroleum rock mechanics: drilling operations and well design. Oxford: Elsevier/Gulf Professional Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-0-12-385546-6.

Advised literature

LOOK, Burt. Handbook of geotechnical investigation and design tables. 2nd ed. Leiden: CRC Press, c2014. ISBN 978-1-138-00139-8
WITTKE, Walter. Rock mechanics based on an anisotropic jointed rock model (AJRM). Berlin: Ernst, c2014. ISBN 978-3-433-03079-0.


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