CEE 7410 - [Rock Engineering]

Fall. 3 credits.

Prerequisite: CEE 3410 or permission of instructor. Recommended prerequisite: introductory geology. Offered on demand.

T. D. O’Rourke.

Geological and engineering classifications of intact rock, discontinuities, and rock masses. Includes laboratory and field evaluation of properties. Covers stress states and stress analysis; design of foundations on, and openings in, rock masses; analysis of the stability of rock slopes; and rock blasting.