:             Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

Recognize the importance of Rock Mechanics from theoretical, technical and practical points of view in civil, mining, and geological engineering (Student outcomes in Criterion 3: a, b, e, h) Choose the suitable failure criteria for the determination of stability of both surface and underground structures. (Student outcomes in Criterion 3: a, c, e) Calculate the in situ stress and stress concentrations around underground opening (Student outcomes in Criterion 3: a, b, e) Integrate  the 2D numerical solutions in Tunnelling and Rock Engineering (Student outcomes in Criterion 3: a, c, e) Judge  the differences between the  behavior of elastic and plastic rock mass and rock material properties (Student outcomes in Criterion 3: c, e)