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2017-2018 SDSM&T Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MEM 755 Rock Slope Engineering II

Credits: (3-0) 3

Advanced topics in rock slope engineering including limiting equilibrium analysis of plane shear, rotational shear, and wedge-type failure; 2-D and 3-D numerical methods; analysis of rockfall; and laboratory and field methods including measurement of structural orientation, determination of strength properties using the direct shear, and instrumentation.

Prerequisites: MEM 304/304L  or CEE 346/346L  or equivalent, and MEM 450/550  or equivalent, or permission of instructor.


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