Rock Engineering
This online engineering PDH course covers basic theories and practical applications of rock engineering. Human beings have been building structures on, in, and with rocks for centuries, and the principles of rock engineering have been used for a long time, whether they were theorized or not.
Early development of rock engineering started with treating rock as a continuum material so that matured elastic theory could be applied. Those efforts resulted in a discipline known as rock mechanics. Later development involved treating rock mass as both continuum and discrete materials, depending on the scale of the rock mass, to reflect real rock mass that ranges from an intact, continuum single rock block to a conglomerate of discrete rock blocks separated by faults, bedding planes, and joints known as discontinuities. During the past few decades this subject has come together in the discipline which we know today as rock engineering.
This 12 PDH online course is applicable to civil, mining, structural, and geotechnical engineers, as well as design and construction personnel involved with the planning, design, and construction of building structures on, in, and with rocks.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Understanding the history and development of rock engineering
- Learning about the basic theories of rock engineering, including rock mass classifications, rock mass properties, and shear strength of discontinuities
- Familiarizing with the concepts and practical approaches of applying rock engineering theories to design and construction issues, including rock slope stability, underground opening stability, and rockfall prevention
In this professional engineering CEU course, you need to review six notes of "Practical Rock Engineering" that were selected from a free set of notes offered online to public by Dr. Evert Hoek (http://www.rocscience.com/education/hoeks_corner) .
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