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Course description

This course aims to provide students with the basic knowledge required to undertake geomechanical investigations and design tasks. The course consists of several modules to cover the basics of rock-like materials behaviour; stress-strain, failure criteria, stress and strain tensors in rocks, rock mass behaviours, rock mass strength and deformability, strength of discontinuities, basic rock testing, rock mass classification systems, the response of rock mass to underground excavation, stress measurement, time dependant and dynamic behaviour of rocks, and rock slope stability.

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