224-0914 – Underground Engineering (PS)

Gurantor department	Department of Geotechnics and Underground Engineering
Subject guarantor	doc. Ing. Karel Vojtasík, CSc.
Study level	postgraduate

Subject version
Version code	Year of introduction	Year of cancellation	Credits
224-0914/00	1997/1998	1997/1998
224-0914/01	2004/2005	2012/2013	5
224-0914/02	2010/2011		10
224-0914/03	2013/2014	2016/2017	5
224-0914/04	2010/2011		10

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Define, describe and explain the nature of the problems of underground construction and understand the laws in relation to the basic disciplines of geotechnical

Teaching methods

Individual consultations
Other activities

Summary

The course provides a comprehensive overview of the basic working methods and structures for underground construction and mining. Their base are issues of engineering geology, engineering mechanics, rock cutting, mechanics, underground construction, construction materials and other engineering disciplines.

Compulsory literature:

Kolymbas, D.,[i] Tunnelling and Tunnel Mechanics: A Rational Approach to Tunnelling [/i]. Berlin: Springer, c2005, xv, 437 s. ISBN 35-402-5196-0.

Recommended literature:

R. R. Tatiya. Surface and Underground Excavations – Methods, Techniques and Equipment. A.A. BALKEMA PUBLISHERS LEIDEN. ISBN 90 5809 627 0

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.