Rock Mechanics detailed Syllabus for Mining Engineering (Mining), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information do visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.
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Course Learning Objectives:
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Module-1
Introduction to Rock Mechanics: Definition, Scope and importance, development and application of rock mechanics in mining. Discontinuities; Description of discontinuities, Introduction to mapping and hemispherical projection of discontinuities, Barton’s shear strength of joints.
Module-2
Analysis of Stress: Introduction, definition and basic concepts, stress in a plane, (two dimensional stress), Mohr’s Circle of stress, equations of equilibrium, plane stress equations. Simple numerical problems. Analysis of Strain: Introduction, definition and basic concepts, strain in a plane, (two dimensional strain), Mohr’s Circle of strain, equations of compatibility, stress-strain relationship, plain strain equations, elasto plastic behaviour of rocks.
Module-3
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Module-4
Strength and Deformability of Rock Mass: In situ shear tests; Evaluation of shear strength; In situ bearing strength test; In situ deformability tests- Plate Loading Test, Plate Jacking Test and Borehole Jack Tests.
Module-5
Dynamic properties of rock and rockmass: Determination of dynamic strength and elastic constants of rock. Failure criteria for rock and rockmass: Theories of rock failure; Coulomb, Mohr and Griffith criteria; Empirical criteria.
Course Outcomes:
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Question Paper Pattern:
- The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
- Each full question will be for 20 marks.
- There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub- questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub- question covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Text Books:
- Strata Mechanics in Coal Mining, Jeremic, K.L. Jeremic Rotterdam, Balkema 1985
- Mechanics and Engineering, Charles Jaeger, Cambridge University Press, 1979.
Reference Books:
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