11907 (v.3) WASM Stress Analysis 601
| Area: | WASM Mining Engineering Teaching Area |
| Credits: | 12.5 |
| Contact Hours: | 25.0 |
| Lecture: | 5 x 5 Hours Weekly |
| Syllabus: | Matrix algebra and tensors. Stress, permeability and moments of inertia. Stress, strain and displacement. Stress Transformation. Principal stresses and stress invariants. Volumetric strain and deviator strain. Strain compatibility equations. Cylindrical polar coordinates. Analytical methods for mine design. Closed-form solutions. Dimensional analysis. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will be made familiar with the fundamentals of stress and strain as applied to problems in mining engineering. |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
| Unit Texts: | Brady B.H.G. and Brown E.T., (1999), Rock Mechanics for Underground Mining, London, Chapman and Hall. |
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Current as of: February 2, 2004
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