Program Overview

University Programs

The university offers a range of programs in the field of earth sciences, including:

• BS Applied Geophysics
• M.Sc.
  • M.Sc. (APPLIED GEOLOGY)
  • M. Sc. (APPLIED GEOPHYSICS)
• M. TECH
  • M. TECH (GEOEXPLORATION)
  • M. TECH (PETROLEUM GEOSCIENCES)
• Ph. D

Course Details

GS 674: Applied Rock Mechanics for River Valley Projects

This course covers the principles of rock mechanics and its applications in river valley projects. The syllabus includes:

• Rock Mechanics, its applications, rock rheology, basic concepts of rock excavation and its utility
• Open excavations: dams, reservoirs, canals, outfalls, trenching, cutting, ripping, highways
• Underground excavation: Tunnels, Caverns, Bunkers
• Engineering rock properties and its applications and determination, in-situ stress measurement techniques, flat jack, hydrofracturing, drilling and blasting practices, water-rock interaction effect on physical properties, stress-distribution in and around openings, stabilization and strengthening of structures
• Soil/rock transportation and erosion, fluid migration through porous media and its effects on time dependent behaviour of rock, rock dynamics, rock mechanics aspects of reservoir performance, fracture mechanics, damage mechanics and naturally fractured reservoirs, numerical and physical modeling for rock excavations, earth pressure theories, settlement analysis, liquefaction, rock mass rating for design and construction, health monitoring of various type of structures, rock engineering system

Texts/References

The following texts are recommended for the course:

• Brown, E.T. and Brady, D.D. Underground Excavation, The Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, London, 1978
• Goodman, R.E. Engineering Geology, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1994
• Hudson, J.A. and Harison, Engineering Rock Mechanics, J.P. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1989
• Phillips, O.M. Flow and Reactions in Permeable Rock, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 2000
• Anderson, T.L. Fracture Mechanics: Fundamental and Application, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1998