Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Objectives The student is expected to acquire knowledge, make critical observations, apply the acquired knowledge and develop skills related to the analysis and design of tunnels, foundations, road and rail cuttings in jointed rock masses. Through written and oral presentations the students should enhance their written and oral communication skills. The student should gain an appreciation of the relevance of engineering knowledge to engineering practice and develop confidence to tackle new engineering problems, particularly in the design environment.
Synopsis Classification systems; intact rock testing; properties and failure criteria; engineering properties of rock masses; behaviour of rock joints; mapping and stereoplotting; stress measurements; excavations; design of slopes; foundations and underground openings.
Assessment Examination (3 hours): 25% + Assignments and interview: 75% + This subject is conducted using problem-based learning
Course material Hypertext documents are freely available on the computer network. Lecture notes and sets of problems and solutions are available at a fee.