303154 (v.4) Mining Geomechanics 331

Area:	WASM Mining Engineering Teaching Area
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	5.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Practical:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	303146 (v.1) WASM Mechanics of Solids 232 or any previous version AND 303179 (v.1) WASM Structural Geology 317 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Provides students with the basic knowledge required to undertake geotechnical investigations. Basics of materials behaviour - stress strain, failure criteria, stress and strain tensors. Basic soil mechanics - phase relationships, soil classification, effective stress, seepage, consolidation, compaction, retaining structures. Basic rock mechanics - rock material behaviour, joints, rock mass strength and deformability. Applications of geomechanics to simple mining problems involving soil and rock.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	030303 Mining Engineering
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Supplemental *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2009	Kalgoorlie Campus	Semester 1	Y

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Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

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