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MINING 7072 - Mining Geomechanics

Career: Postgraduate Coursework
Units: 3
Term: 4010
Campus: North Terrace
Contact: up to 4 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: No
Available for Non-Award Study: Yes
Assessment: Quiz, Laboratory Report, Assignments, Final Exam
Syllabus:

This course aims to provide students with the basic knowledge required to undertake geomechanical investigations and design tasks. The course consists of two main modules. 1) Deformable Materials, which covers basics of materials behaviour; stress-strain, failure criteria, stress and strain tensors. 2) Rock Mechanics including rock material and rock mass behaviours, rock mass strength and deformability, strength of discontinuities, basic rock testing, rock mass classification systems, response of rock mass to underground excavation, stress measurement, time dependant and dynamic behaviour of rocks and rock slope stability (optional).

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Units
 EFTSL
Amount
3
 0.125
          
  


Course Outline

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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
4010 Mon 16/03/2020 Thu 26/03/2020 Fri 12/06/2020 Not Available


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
10349 LE01 10 FULL 4 Mar - 8 Apr Wednesday 2pm - 3pm Engineering Nth, N218, Teaching Room
5 Mar - 9 Apr Thursday 11am - 12pm Engineering Nth, N218, Teaching Room
6 Mar - 10 Apr Friday 9am - 10am Engineering Nth, N218, Teaching Room
29 Apr - 10 Jun Wednesday 2pm - 3pm Engineering Nth, N218, Teaching Room
30 Apr - 11 Jun Thursday 11am - 12pm Engineering Nth, N218, Teaching Room
1 May - 12 Jun Friday 9am - 10am Engineering Nth, N218, Teaching Room
Related Class: Laboratory
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
10348 LA01 10 FULL 12 Mar - 9 Apr Thursday 12pm - 2pm Engineering Annex, LG09, Laboratory
30 Apr - 4 Jun Thursday 12pm - 2pm Engineering Annex, LG09, Laboratory
Related Class: Practical
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
10350 PR01 10 FULL 24 Mar - 7 Apr Tuesday 4pm - 6pm Ingkarni Wardli, B15, CAT Suite
28 Apr - 28 Apr Tuesday 4pm - 6pm Ingkarni Wardli, B15, CAT Suite