Mechanics of Underground Structures

Lecturer:

Jiří Barták (gar.)

Tutor:

Jiří Barták (gar.)

Supervisor:

Department of Geotechnics

Synopsis:

Advanced design of underground structures, technology of tunelling methods. Constitutive models of rock mass behaviour. Mathematical methods of solution - FEM, Distinct Element Method, validity of solutions. Summary of PC geotechnical software for modelling of underground structures. Case histories of selected geotechnical problems.

Requirements:

135YPZU or 135YVPZ

Syllabus of lectures:

Advanced design of underground structures, technology of tunelling methods. Constitutive models of rock mass behaviour. Mathematical methods of solution - FEM, Distinct Element Method, validity of solutions. Summary of PC geotechnical software for modelling of underground structures. Case histories of selected geotechnical problems.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Understanding the technology and design of underground structures in soils and rocks.

Study materials:

Aldorf J.: Mechanika podzemních konstrukcí, VŠB-TU Ostrava 1999

Kolymbas D.: Geotechnik - Tunnelbau und Tunnelmechanik, Springer, 1998

Mahtab M., Grasso P.: Geomechanics Principles in the Design of Tunnels and Caverns in Rocks, Elsevier, 1992

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

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The course is a part of the following study plans: