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Terminated in academic year 2019/2020

Theory of Rock Deformation and Breaking

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 542-0929/03
Abbreviation TPPH
Course title Theory of Rock Deformation and Breaking
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Mining Engineering and Safety
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jindřich Šancer, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

The difference between total strain and elastic deformation
Reshaping rock at a time
Rock resistance versus time at constant strain
Characteristics of the transformation of the yield strength
Differences between the strength of the excitement and tension of the specimen
Types of rock destruction
Energy characteristics of rocks in the process of loading
Hypotheses limit states

Literature

HUDSON, J.A., HARRISON, J.P.: Engineering Rock Mechanics: an Introduction to the Principles and Applications. Elsevier Science 1997
HOEK, E.:Practical Rock Engineering. 2007 http://www.rocscience.com/hoek/pdf/Practical_Rock_Engineering.pdf

Advised literature

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