EARTH 338Rock Mechanics
- Faculty
- Science
- Offered
- Winter
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1983–84
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1979–80 to 1983–84 (before that, 1965–66 to 1969–70 used the number for Geophysics and Igneous and Metamorphic The principles and theories of igneous and metamorphic rock genesis.); the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Review of stress and strain. Mohr's circle, strength theories, laboratory tests, classification of rocks. Rock mechanics considerations in the construction of shafts, drifts, tunnels, foundations and rock slopes. Laboratory exercises will deal with uniaxial, triaxial, flexure, hardness and tensile testing of rock. Problem sets will be assigned.
As printed in the 1979–80 to 1983–84 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: A course in Statics and Mechanics of deformable materials, or consent of instructor
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In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1965–66 to 1983–84, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1979–80 to 1983–84 5 calendars
Review of stress and strain. Mohr's circle, strength theories, laboratory tests, classification of rocks. Rock mechanics considerations in the construction of shafts, drifts, tunnels, foundations and rock slopes. Laboratory exercises will deal with uniaxial, triaxial, flexure, hardness and tensile testing of rock. Problem sets will be assigned.
Prereq: A course in Statics and Mechanics of deformable materials, or consent of instructor
Offered Winter · 2 class, 3 lab hours a week · 0.5 credit
Not in the 1970–71 to 1978–79 calendars.
1969–70 1 calendar
Another title: Igneous and Metamorphic The principles and theories of igneous and metamorphic rock genesis., probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
Department of Earth Sciences 181
matic series and igneous provinces. Controls of metamorphic crystallization; metamorphic facies concepts and series. Laboratory study of rocks and rock suites.
2 lectures. 2 hours laboratory.
Prerequisite: Earth Sciences 230.
1967–68 to 1968–69 2 calendars
Another title: Geophysics, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
(Same as Physics 338). Selected introductory topics on the physics of the Earth. Seismology and the Earth’s interior. Thermal history of the Earth. Gravity and isostasy. Origin of continents and oceans. Terrestrial magnetism. Meteorology. Oceanography.
2 lectures.
1965–66 to 1966–67 2 calendars
Another title: Geophysics, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
An introductory course on the physics of the earth. Origin, heat and tefnperature of the earth, study of earthquakes and the earth’s interior through earthquake waves; gravity and isostasy; terrestrial magnetism; effects of heat, temperature, and strain on rocks; origin of continents, mountain ranges; the ocean floors; meteorology; geophysical techniques.
2 lectures.