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Terminated in academic year 1999/2000

Rock and Soil Mechanics

Type of study -
Language of instruction Czech
Code 542-0940/00
Abbreviation MHaZ
Course title Rock and Soil Mechanics
Coordinating department Department of Mining Engineering and Safety
Course coordinator Fiktivní Uživatel

Course aims

The main goal of the course is to acquaint students with the properties of rocks and soils, which are necessary for tasks solved in mining geomechanics, geotechnics and similarly focused subjects in mining. The student will practically learn to measure and determine most of the discussed properties according to applicable standards and methods.

Literature

AYDAN, Ömer. Rock mechanics and rock engineering. Volume 2, Applications of rock mechanics - rock engineering. Leiden, The Netherlands: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2020]. ISBN 978-0-367-42165-6 .
WITTKE, Walter. Rock mechanics based on an anisotropic jointed rock model (AJRM). Berlin: Ernst, c2014. ISBN 978-3-433-03079-0.
Petroš,V.: Rock and Soil Mechanics VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Ostrava 2005, ISBN 80-248-0807-2

Advised literature

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
LOOK, Burt. Handbook of geotechnical investigation and design tables. 2nd ed. Leiden: CRC Press, c2014. ISBN 978-1-138-00139-8.