Area: | WASM Mining Engineering Teaching Area |
Credits: | 12.5 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 305568 (v.1) WASM Structural Geology 203 or any previous version
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Syllabus: | Introduction to soil and rock mechanics. Nature of soils. Flow of water in soils. Shear stress. Types of foundations. Rock as an engineering material. Intact rock, discontinuities and rock mass structure. Failure mechanism. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On completion of this unit students will have - Understood the engineering nature of soils. Understood rock as an engineering material. Performed basic stress analysis. Understood the origin and measurement of insitu stress and strain. Analysed rock massstructure and failure mechanisms. Understood stress around underground openings. |
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: | Department of Mining Engineering and Mine Surveying, Geomechanics 332 Suggested methods for Rock Testing. |
Unit Texts: | Brady B.H.G. and Brown E.T., (1999), Rock Mechanics for Underground Mining, 2nd ed, Chapman and Hall. Nikraz H., (2000), WASM Geomechanics 332 - Soil Mechanics Module, Curtin University. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Continuous assessment 50%, Examination 50%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 10703 Geology | 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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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Kalgoorlie Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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