Derek Apel, PhD, PEng
Spring Term 2026 (1950)
MIN E 323A - Rock Mechanics
0 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 (30195)
2026-05-04 - 2026-06-30
TR 09:30 - 10:50
Summer Term 2026 (1960)
MIN E 323B - Rock Mechanics
4.5 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 (40125)
2026-07-01 - 2026-07-31
TR 09:30 - 10:50
LAB D21 (40126)
2026-07-01 - 2026-07-31
T 14:00 - 16:50