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University of Alberta Calendar 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MIN E 323 - Rock Mechanics


★ 4.5 (fi 8) (first term or Spring/Summer, 3-0-3) Mechanical properties of rock masses, field and laboratory determination; classification and index testing; permeability and flow; stresses around underground openings, elastic prototypes and numerical methods; ground support principles and mechanics of common support systems, loads on supports; hydraulic backfill, earth pressures, consolidation theory and practical consequences in mining; mechanics of subsidence and caving; rockburst mechanics; slope stability, rock mechanics instrumentation. Prerequisite: CIV E 270.