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• basics of petropraphy
• rocks and rock mass classification
• rock pressure
• genity and tropy
• stress-strain-behaviour
• shear strength, compressive strength and tensile strength of compact and jointed rock
• shear resistance of discontinuities
• basics and methods to determine compressibility parameters for rocks and rock mass
• in situ and laboratory testing
• circular tunnels in isotrope and biaxial primary stress fields (elastic)
• circular tunnels in elastoplastic ground
• elliptical cross sections
• shaft problem

Students of the courses Civil Engineering MSc (particularly with Study Focus V), Engineering Structures MSc (particularly with Profiles 1 and 4) and Applied Geosciences (Elective Courses)

The students understand the essential strength and deformation properties of rock and can deduce the behavior of the discontinuum. They apply the basic analytical methods to solve boundary value problems of surface and underground rock excavation.