Mecânica das Rochas

Learning basic concepts related to rock mechanics in the framework of civil and mining engineering interventions, particularly with regard to the study of the state of stress, strength and deformability of intact rocks versus rock masses (RM), the relevance of joints and the characterization methods of such features, both in the field and in the lab; furthermore, aspects related to representativeness of sampling and scale effect problematic in the scope of RM, to the failure criterion and an introduction to modelling issues are also introduce.