Rock Mechanics detailed syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil) for 2019 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Civil students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Civil Engineering 8th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Civil 8th Sem 2019 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VI scheme and its subjects refer to Civil Professional Elective-VI syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of rock mechanics is as follows.
Course Objective:
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Unit I
Classification and Index Properties of Rocks
Geological classification – Index properties of rock systems – Classification of rock masses for engineering purpose – Rock Mass Rating and Q System.
Unit II
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Unit III
Initial Stresses and Their Measurements
Estimation of initial stresses in rocks – influence of joints and their orientation in distribution of stresses – measurements of in-situ stresses – Hydraulic fracturing – Flat jack method – Over coring method.
Unit IV
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Unit V
Rock Stabilisation
Introduction – Rock support and Rock reinforcement – Principles – Support reaction curves -Shotcreting.
Course Outcome:
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Text Books:
- Goodman, P.E. “Introduction to Rock Mechanics”, John Wiley and Sons, 1999.
- Ramamurthy. T., “Engineering in Rocks for Slopes, Foundation and Tunnels: (Third Edition), PHI Learning Private Limited, New Delhi, 2014.
References:
- Brown, E.T. “Rock Characterization Testing and Monitoring”. Pergaman Press 1991.
- Arogyaswamy, R.N.P., Geotechnical Application in Civil Engineering”, Oxford and IBH, 1991.
- Hook E.and Bray J., Rock slope Engineering, Institute of Mining and Metallurgy”, U.K. 2004.
- Brady, B.H.G. and Brown, E.T., Rock mechanics for underground mining (Third Edition), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2006.
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