Study programme 2015 - 2016
Activité d'apprentissage à la Faculty of Engineering
CodeLecturer(s)Associate Lecturer(s)Subsitute Lecturer(s) et other(s)
I-GMIN-001
  • TSHIBANGU Katshidikaya
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      Language
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      HT(*) HTPE(*) HTPS(*) HR(*) HD(*) Term
      FrançaisFrançais2412000Q1

      Contents

      describing the rock as a porous medium composed of a solid skeleton and fluids; defining stress and strain concepts; building constitutive laws; presentation of different constitutive laws for rocks: linear elasticity, visco-elasticity, poro-elasticity, failure and plasticity; laboratory tests principles; extension of lab measured characteristics to rock masses by their description, in situ tests and determination of quality indexes of rock masses.

      Required Reading

      Required Learning Resources/Tools

      Not applicable

      Recommended Reading

      Recommended Learning Resources/Tools

      Not applicable

      Other Recommended Reading

      Lemaître J., Chaboche J.L: « Mécanique des matériaux solides », Dunod, 1985.<br />Jaeger J.C., Cook N.G.W. : « Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics », Chapman and Hall, 1979.<br />Vutukuri V.S., Lama R.D. : « Handbook on Mechanical properties of rocks », 2 tomes, Trans Tech Publications, 1978.<br />Coussy O. : « Mécanique des milieux poreux », Technip, Paris 1991.

      Mode of delivery

      • Face to face

      Term 1 Assessment - type

      • Oral examination
      • Written examination
      • Quoted exercices

      Term 1 Assessment - comments

      Total weight of the course: 3 credits<br /><br />An interrogation is organised in December concerning the exercises part of the course. Weight : 33.33%.<br />The exam dealing with the theoretical part is weighted 66.66%. It is organised without any documentation and is composed of two parts: a general question to be prepared in form of a written dissertation and an oral discussion. All students prepare the same general question for about one hour. The oral part consists in customised questions that deal with all the content of the course.

      Term 2 Assessment - type

      • N/A

      Term 2 Assessment - comments

      Not applicable

      Term 3 Assessment - type

      • Oral examination
      • Written examination
      • Quoted exercices

      Term 3 Assessment - comments

      Total weight of the course: 3 credits<br /><br />An interrogation is organised in December concerning the exercises part of the course. Weight : 33.33%.<br />The exam dealing with the theoretical part is weighted 66.66%. It is organised without any documentation and is composed of two parts: a general question to be prepared in form of a written dissertation and an oral discussion. All students prepare the same general question for about one hour. The oral part consists in customised questions that deal with all the content of the course.

      Resit Assessment - Term 1 (B1BA1) - type

      • N/A

      Resit Assessment - Term 1 (B1BA1) - Comments

      Not applicable

      Type of Teaching Activity/Activities

      • Cours (cours magistraux; conférences)
      • Exercices dirigés / utilisation de logiciels / démonstrations
      UE : Programme component - AA : Teaching activity
      (*) HT : Hours of theory - HTPE : Hours of in-class exercices - HTPS : hours of practical work - HD : HMiscellaneous time - HR : Hours of remedial classes. - Per. (Period), Y=Year, Q1=1st term et Q2=2nd term