Rock Mechanics and its applications; Rock rheology; Basic concepts of rock excavation and its utility; Open excavations: dams, reservoirs, canals, outfalls, trenching, cutting, ripping, highways.
Underground excavation: Tunnels, Caverns, Bunkers. Engineering rock properties and its applications and determination; In-situ stress measurement techniques: flat jack, hydro-fracturing, drilling and blasting practices; water-rock interaction - effect on physical properties, stress-distribution in and around openings, stabilization and strengthening of structures.
Soil/rock transportation and erosion, fluid migration through porous media and its effects on time dependent behaviour of rock; Rock dynamics; Rock mechanics aspects of reservoir performance; Fracture mechanics; Damage mechanics and naturally fractured reservoirs; Numerical and physical modelling for rock excavations; earth pressure theories; settlement analysis; liquefaction; rock mass rating for design and construction; health monitoring of various type of structures; rock engineering system.
Text/Reference Books:
- Jaeger, J. and N. G. Cook, R. Zimmerman. Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Bell, F. G., Engineering Geology, Elsevier.
- Waltham, T., Foundations of Engineering Geology, Spon Press.
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