Derek Apel, PhD, PEng

Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept
Directory

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