ROCK MECHANICS (MI304)-Mining Engineering (III-Semester) | RGPV

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• Syllabus

• Syllabus - ROCK MECHANICS (MI304)

• Status of Rock Mechanics

• Role and status of rock mechanics

• Stress and Strains

• Stresses in two and three dimensions
• Stress tensors, Principal stresses, Stress invariants
• Displacements and strains, Mohr’s circle
• Stress-strain relationships

• Rockmass Classification Systems

• Q-system, RMR, Modified RMR

• Physico-Mechanical Properties of Rocks

• Specific gravity, hardness, porosity, moisture content, permeability, thermal conductivity
• Compressive, tensile and shear strengths
• Modulus of elasticity, Poisson’s ratio and triaxial strength
• Swell index, slake durability, point load index, Protodyakonov index
• Determination of in-situ strength

• Rheological Models and Time Dependent Properties of Rocks

• Theories of Rock Failure
• Types of rock fractures
• Post-failure Behaviour