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. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
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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Field of Education: | 30303 Mining Engineering | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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