UNSW Handbook Course - Rock and Slope Engineering

Rock and Slope Engineering - CVEN4279


	Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
	School: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
	Contact: Douglas,Kurt John
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 4
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisites: CVEN3223, CVEN4225.
	Offered: Session Two
	Fee Band: 2

Description

Description of rock mass and discontinuities; rock strength and failure criteria.Core logging; field data collection, mapping and fracture surveys; data presentation; hemispherical projections;introductory rock slope stability; foundations on rock; excavation or rock; in-situ stress; stresses about underground openings; classification systems and tunnel support requirements; site investigations for landslides and slope stabilisation techniques; use of slope stability analysis programs. The course includes a compulsory 3 day field trip.

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