Derek Apel, PhD, PEng
Spring Term 2025 (1910)
MIN E 323A - Rock Mechanics
1.5 units (fi 8)(1 TRM S/S, 3-0-3)
Mechanical properties of rock masses, field and laboratory determination; classification and index testing; permeability and flow; stresses around underground openings, elastic prototypes and numerical methods; ground support principles and mechanics of common support systems, loads on supports; hydraulic backfill, earth pressures, consolidation theory and practical consequences in mining; mechanics of subsidence and caving; rockburst mechanics; slope stability, rock mechanics instrumentation. Prerequisite: CIV E 270.
LECTURE C1 (30232)
2025-05-05 - 2025-06-30
TR 09:30 - 10:50
LAB D21 (30233)
2025-05-05 - 2025-06-30
T 14:00 - 16:50
Summer Term 2025 (1920)
MIN E 323B - Rock Mechanics
1.5 units (fi 8)(1 TRM S/S, 3-0-3)
Mechanical properties of rock masses, field and laboratory determination; classification and index testing; permeability and flow; stresses around underground openings, elastic prototypes and numerical methods; ground support principles and mechanics of common support systems, loads on supports; hydraulic backfill, earth pressures, consolidation theory and practical consequences in mining; mechanics of subsidence and caving; rockburst mechanics; slope stability, rock mechanics instrumentation. Prerequisite: CIV E 270.
LECTURE C1 (40135)
2025-07-01 - 2025-08-01
TR 09:30 - 10:50
LAB D21 (40136)
2025-07-01 - 2025-08-01
T 14:00 - 16:50