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Rock Mass Classification Short-Course - May 2012

Day 1

8:45 - 9:00 Welcome and coffee

9:00 – 9:15 Introduction

- Rock as an engineering material

9:15 – 9:30 Structural Domains

- Geological controls and properties for design

- Intact rock strength
9:30 – 10:30 Discontinuity Properties

- Joint orientation
- Cusums Analysis
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10:30 – 11:00 Morning break

11:00 – 12:00 Discontinuity Properties

- Joint roughness & planarity

- Slope Stability Application

- New devices in rock classification

- Joint frequency
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 1:45 Discontinuity mapping

- Surface mapping procedures

- Underground mapping procedures
1:45 – 3:15 Rock Mass Classification

- NGI Q and Q’ Systems

- RMR Systems
- Case histories
3:15 – 3:45 Afternoon break
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3:45 – 4:15 Additional Classification Systems

- MRMR Classification
- GSI System
4:15 – 5:00 Classification exercises, case histories and general discussion

Day 2
8:00 – 12:00 Mapping – Surface and perhaps underground

12;00 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 4:30 Mapping – Surface and perhaps undergound

Day 3
8:00– 8:30 Coffee

8:30 – 10:00 Analyse underground data gathered

- Plot stereonets
- Estimate average joint properties
- Estimate Q, RMR, GSI and MRMR
10:00 – 11:00 Rock Classification and Underground Design

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee

11:00 – 12:00 Analyse surface data gathered

- Plot stereonets
- Estimate average joint properties
- Estimate Q, RMR, GSI and MRMR
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 1:30 Rock Classification and Slope Design

1:30 – 2:30 Core Logging for Rock Classification

2:30 – 3:00 Rock Classification and Back Analysis

3:00 – 3:30 Coffee

3:30 – 4:00 Rock Classification and Instrumentation

4:00 – 4:30 Challenges and Flaws with Rock Classification

4:30 – 5:00 General discussion – workshop close