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ROCK MECHANICS Earth 437 THIS SYNOPSIS IS REQUIRED READING CLASSES AND INFORMATION For the 2010 RM Course, Lectures are in RCH 106. Laboratory Technician: Doug Hirst, Room E3-2141, ×37150 (lab ph. x36391), kdhirst@engmail.uwaterloo.ca Teaching Assistant: To be decided Professor: Maurice Dusseault, Room ESC 357C, phone ×84590 (direct line 519 888 4590) mauriced@uwaterloo.ca SYNOPSIS AND PREREQUISITES Review of design principles in geomaterials; origins and measurement of rock stress; strength and yield, including effects of normal stress, pore pressure, mechanisms of rupture and yield modes; deformability of rock and rock masses including dilation, strain, creep, brittle and ductile mechanisms, thermal and swelling properties; testing and constitutive representation of rock behaviour; testing in the field for yield and deformability behaviour. The last third of the course addresses methods of analysis in rock mechanics using the basic cases of a petroleum reservoir being depleted, a rock slope stability study, and the circular opening (borehole or tunnel) in a rock mass. Prerequisites CivE 253 or GeoE 126 Geology for Engineers, an introductory differential equations course, and a course in statics and dynamics of deformable materials. Earth 438 Engineering Geology, taught by Professor Steve Evans, is strongly recommended as well to students who are interested in the physical and engineering aspects of applied geosciences. COURSE REQUIREMENTS TEXTBOOK AND MATERIALS: There is no formal text, though you may wish to refer to Rock Engineering, 1989, Franklin and Dusseault, McGraw-Hill, New York, or other introductory texts such as Richard Goodman’s text on Rock Mechanics, which is oriented mainly toward Civil Engineering applications. Also, materials handed out in class, posted on the course website, the personal lecture notes that you should take, and the laboratory materials will be of use in your studies. Any material handed out in class or sent to you b