Geological and geophysical exploration for structures in rock; properties and behavior of rock masses; rock slope stability; geological engineering of underground openings; evaluation of rock foundations, including dams.
Introduction to analysis of stress and strain and its application to fracture and deformation in rocks of all kinds. Applications in mining and civil engineering involving design of underground openings in competent, layered, and plastic rocks, slopes cut in jointed rock, and foundations on weak or fractured rocks.
Develop understanding of wave propagation and signal processing needed to rationally interpret system transient response and evaluate properties of engineering materials. Topics include waves and vibrations, damping, filters--analog and digital, time vs. frequency domain analysis, spectral estimation--Fourier and Stochastic approaches, system identification.