MEM 455/555 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 CEE 646 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
Notes: Students enrolled in MEM 555 will be held to a higher standard than those enrolled in MEM 455.

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