Rock Mechanics detailed Syllabus for Civil Engineering (CIVIL), R18 regulation has been taken from the JNTUH official website and presented for the students affiliated to JNTUH course structure. For Course Code, Subject Names, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Credits, and other information do visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the universities official website.
For all the other CIVIL 3rd Year 1st Sem Syllabus for B.Tech R18 Regulation JNTUH, visit Civil Engineering 3rd Year 1st Sem R18 Scheme.
For all the (Professional Elective-I) subjects refer to Professional Elective-I Scheme. The detail syllabus for rock mechanics is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course
- Able to determine the required rock properties and classify rock mass
- Determination of bearing capacity of rocks,
- Checking the stability of slopes, and design underground and open excavation.
- The students will be able to predict strength of rock mass with respect to various Civil Engineering applications
Unit I
Engineering Classification of Rocks: Classification of intact rocks, Rock mass classifications, Rock Quality Designation (RQD), Rock Structure Rating (RSR), Rock Mass Rating (RMR), Norwegian Geotechnical Classification (Q-system), Strength and modulus from classifications, Classification based on strength and modulus and strength and fracture strain, Geoengineering classification.
Unit II
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Unit III
Strength, Modulus and Stresses-Strain Responses of Rocks: Factors influencing rock response, Strength criteria for isotropic intact rocks, Modulus of intact rocks, effect of confining pressure, Uniaxial Compressive strength, Strength criteria for intact rocks, Strength due to induced anisotropy in rocks,. Stress Strain Models: Constitutive relationships, Elastic, Elasto-plastic, Visco-elastic, Elasto-viscoplastic stress-strain models.
Unit IV
Introduction to Rock Slopes: Introduction to Rock slopes, Modes of failure, Rotational failure, Plane failure, Design charts, Wedge method of analysis, Buckling failure, Toppling failure, Improvement of slope stability and protection.
Unit V
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Text Books:
- Goodman – Introduction to Rock mechanics, Willey International
- Ramamurthy, T. – Engineering in Rocks for slopes, foundations and tunnels, Prentice Hall of India (2007)
Reference Books:
- Jaeger, J. C. and Cook, N. G. W. – Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics, Chapman and Hall, London. (1979)
- Hoek, E. and Brown, E. T. – Underground Excavation in Rock, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, 1982.
- Brady, B. H. G. and Brown, E. T. – Rock Mechanics for Underground Mining, Chapman and Hall, 1993.
For detail Syllabus of all other subjects of B.Tech 3rd Year 1st Sem Civil Engineering, visit CIVIL 3rd Year 1st Sem Syllabus Subjects.
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