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MIME 520. Stability of Rock Slopes.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Properties of structural discontinuities. Influence of geological structures on slope stability. Kinematic analysis. Limit equilibrium methods. Empirical methods. Numerical modelling. Slope stabilization and monitoring. Case studies.
  • Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
  • This course in the Faculty of Engineering is open only to McGill students.
  • (3-0-6)
  • Prerequisite: Permission of instructor

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