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Undergraduate Courses in the Department of Geological Engineering JMU 344 Geomechanics Description of soil and soil types, Atterberg limits, gradation analysis, classification of soils, clay minerals, permeability of soils, capillarity, concept of effective stress, compaction of soils, consolidation, shear strength of soils, engineering classification of rocks, index properties of rocks, rock strength and criteria for failure, primary stresses on rocks and their measurement, planes of weakness in rocks, deformability of rocks, rock mechanics applications in underground openings, rock support and reinforcement techniques JMU 446 Engineering Geology Engineering properties of rock materials and rock masses. Stages of geotechnical site investigation. Engineering geological evaluation of dam and reservoir sites and tunnels. Introduction to rock and soil slope stability, methods of kinematical analysis, rock mass classification systems Graduate Courses in the Department of Geological Engineering JMU 646 Dam Geology Site investigations, site exploration, borehole logging, sampling and testing, engineering geological evaluation of dam and reservoir sites JMU 661 Tunnel Geology General approach for tunnelling project, site investigations and ground probing, excavation and support methods for rock tunnelling, rock mass classification systems in tunnelling, RMR rock mass classification system, Q classification system JMU 671 Analysis of Discontinuity Engineering characteristics of discontinuities, discontinuity survey methods, application of basic statistics to discontinuity analysis, structural data collection, the principles of stereographic projection technique JMU 672 Rock Slope Engineering Basic mechanics of slope failure, geological data collection, shear strength of discontinuities, kinematical analysis, plane, wedge and toppling failure analysis
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