Mechanics of underground structures

Lecturer:

Jiří Barták

Tutor:

Jiří Barták

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:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue	roomTH:B-581 Barták J. 16:00–17:50 (lecture parallel1) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) B581roomTH:B-581 Barták J. 18:00–18:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.101) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) B581
Fri
Thu
Fri

The course is a part of the following study plans: