GED 254 — Rock Mechanics
BSc BSc Geological Engineering · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Introduction to rock mechanics, definitions of basic terms; Mechanical properties of rocks – Types of samples for testing; Stress and strain analyses – Stress analysis, fractures in rocks, strain analysis, stress-strain relations (elastic behaviour); Elastic properties of rocks – modulus of elasticity and Poisson’s ratio in rocks and rock mass; Theories of failure-Coulomb-Nervier theory, tensile strain criterion, Mohr’s theory; Strain measurement; Griffith’s theory of brittle fracture.
- Credits
- 0
- Level
- Year Two
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- CE 251 — Strength of Materials
- CE 255 — Theory of Structures
- CE 256 — Fluid Mechanics
- CE 257 — Computer Programming
- CE 260 — Soil and Rock Mechanics
- GE 282 — Large Scale Surveying
- GED 251 — Mineralogy
- GED 252 — Stratigraphy
- GED 253 — Physical Geology
- GED 255 — Photogeology
- MATH 251 — Differential Equations
- MATH 252 — Calculus with Several Variables
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