224-0207 – Underground Engineering (PS)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Geotechnics and Underground Engineering
Subject guarantordoc. Ing. Karel Vojtasík, CSc.
Study levelundergraduate or graduate
Subject version
Version codeYear of introductionYear of cancellationCredits
224-0207/01 2002/2003 5
224-0207/02 2015/2016 5

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

The aim of this course is to acquaint students with the basic structure and content of underground construction, its ties to the disciplines of construction completed, the geotechnical and science character.Education will be conducted so that students understand the basic principles of construction of underground works, he could apply those principles into practice and has obtained sufficient experience for employees construction management in a complex natural environment by analyzing the knowledge of that environment.

Teaching methods

Project work

Summary

Underground construction; underground excavation; stope; support; driving; methods of tunneling; new Austrian tunnelling method; machines for tunnel boring, tunelling shields; microtunnelling.

Compulsory literature:

Szechy J.: The Art of Tunelling. Akademia Kiado Budapest Müller G.: Der Felsbau. Springer Verlag

Recommended literature:

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Prerequisities

Subject codeAbbreviationTitleRequirement
224-0203 TP Blasting and Desintegrations of Rocks Recommended
224-0204 EG Environmental Geotechnics Recommended
224-0206 RDD Driving and Supporting of Underground Constructions Recommended
224-0209 GM Geotechnical Monitoring Recommended

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.