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- General
General
Lecturer : AP Mohd For Bin Mohd Amin
Dr. Rini Asnida Binti Abdullah
Semester : every semester
Synopsis :
This course deals with rocks, particularly on how these geological materials react to both geological and construction induced stresses. Construction of structures in or on rock mass (e.g. foundation, slope, tunnel & cavern) depends greatly on the rock mass properties and the interaction between the rock mass and the engineered structures. The term 'rock mechanics' refers to the basic science of mechanics applied to rocks, while the term 'rock engineering' refers to any engineering activities involving rocks. Basic knowledge in geology (particularly rock types, discontinuities in rock and structural geology) is essential for this course.
This work, MKAJ1073 Construction Safety by AP Mohd For Bin Mohd Amin and Dr. Rini Asnida Binti Abdullah is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License - Topic 1
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TOPIC 1 : INTRODUCTION
What is Engineering Rock Mechanics and its role in civil engineering construction activities? Rock Engineering structures: Foundation, slope tunnel & tunnel.
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TOPIC 2 : INHOMOGENEITY IN ROCK
Rocks are inhomogeneous, anisotropic heterogeneous due to discontinuities. Effecy of small scale and large scale discontinuities on rock.
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TOPIC 3 : EFFECT OF DISCONTINUITY ORIENTATION
Presence of discontinuities (joints & bedding planes) may affect stability of excavation in rock (tunnel & slope).
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TOPIC 4 : ROCK QUALITY DESIGNATION
Rock mass classification: Rock Quality Designation (RQD)
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