Overview

This unit provides you with an overview of the principles and practical application of rock mechanics to excavation design and design implementation (construction management). This includes; behaviour of intact rock and rock mass, in-situ stress and measurement, rock mass classification schemes, the time-dependent and dynamic behaviour of rock, ground support … For more content click the Read More button below.

Offerings

S1-01-CLAYTON-ON-CAMPUS

Requisites

Contacts

Chief Examiner(s)

Associate Professor Qianbing Zhang

Unit Coordinator(s)

Associate Professor Qianbing Zhang

Teaching approach

Industry-based learning
Active learning

Assessment summary

Continuous assessment: 50%

Final assessment: 50%

This unit contains threshold hurdle requirements that you must achieve to be able to pass the unit. You are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final assessment component. The consequence of not achieving a hurdle requirement is a fail grade (NH) and a maximum mark of 45 for the unit.

Assessment

1 - Weekly quizzes
2 - Assignments
3 - Final assessment

Scheduled and non-scheduled teaching activities

Practical activities
Workshops

Workload requirements

Workload

Learning resources

Technology resources

Availability in areas of study

Minor: Mining engineering