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CE 685: Rock Mechanics

The objective of the course is that students become proficient on mechanical properties governing rock behavior, from intact rock to fractured rock masses, laboratory experiments and field tests, and the analytical and empirical approaches for the design and construction of civil engineering structures in rock masses.

    SCHEDULE
    TOPICPERIODS
    1. Introduction3
    2. Strength and Deformation of Intact Rock4
    3. Failure Criteria8
    4. Discontinuities within a Rock Mass3
    5. Slope Stability in Rock Masses8
    6. Foundations on Rock3
    7. Field Tests3
    Toppling of schists.
    Furka-Pass, Switzertland.

    (Courtesy of
    H.H. Einstein, M.I.T.)