SHORT COURSE OF APPLICATION OF NUMERICAL
AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN GEOTECHNICS (48 h)
Responsible lecturer: dr eng . Marek CAŁA**
Lectures (12h)
- Geotechnical characterization of the site
- Rocks stress and its measurements
- Rock mass classifications (RMR, Q)
- New Austrian Tunneling Method
- Norwegian Tunneling Method
- Support recommendations (concrete, shotcrete)
- Design of rock bolting in the light of rock mass type
- Outline of Application of Finite Difference Method for geotechnical problems
Computer laboratories (12h)
- Estimation of slope stability with the application of FLAC code (Fast Lagrangian Analysis of Continua)
- Estimation of stability of underground openings with the application of FLAC
- Estimation of stability of longwall with the application of FLAC
- Estimation of tunnels with the application of FLAC
Laboratory experiments (12h)
- Advanced triaxial testing of ground samples (GDS system)
- Testing of soil properties (LA drum, edometric test etc.)
- Testing of rock samples with stiff machine (post-failure investigations – MTS-system)
Practical excursion (12h)
- Visit in underground coal mine
- Visit in open-pit mine
** Dr eng. Marek CAŁA University of Mining and Metallurgy AGH, Cracow, Poland, Faculty of Mining
