Overview
of rock engineering problems, Index properties of rock system,
Engineering classification of rocks, define
the characteristics and classification of rock masses,
the mechanical properties
(strength and failure criteria) of rock discontinuities,
Modes of rock failure, Common laboratory strength test for characterizing
criteria, Stress-strain behavior in compression, moher-Coulomb failure
criterion, The effect of water, deformation
behavior of rock masses, The influence of the principal stress ratio on failure, Stress in
a rock mass, Initial stresses in rock and their measurement, normal and shear
stresses on a plane, problem-solving
assignments, Exalt sheet.
