Engineering Rock Mechanics
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The official GTU curriculum for Engineering Rock Mechanics (subject code ME01076041) as prescribed for GE · Semester 1 divides the course into 5 units, covering 27 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (ME01076041)Unit 1 Rock formation
- Rock formation and its genesis
- rock and rock mass classification
- physical and mechanical properties
- defects in rock mass
- Elastic constants of rock
- Insitu stresses in rock
Unit 2 Rock exploration
- Objective of rock exploration
- methods of rock exploration
- by direct penetration
- by geophysical processing
- in- situ and laboratory tests
Unit 3 Strength Behaviour
- Tension and Shear
- Stress-Strain relationships
- Rheological behavior
Unit 4 Strength and Failure of rocks
- Theories of rock failure
- Mohr Coulomb
- Griffith theory
- Hoek and Brown
- strength and other strength criteria
- discontinuities of rock masses
- effect of discontinuities on strength of rock
- Absolute stress measurement in Rocks
- single opening in massive elastic rock - Design criteria and stress distribution in various shapes of openings
Unit 5 Application of rock mechanics
- Rock tunneling
- rock slope stability
- grouting and rock foundation design
- Modern modelling techniques & analyses in rocks
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