Course content

Lecture series on selected topics representing a supplement and expansion of the basic course, such as: Engineering geological investigation, planning and specification, special problems related to subsea tunnels, tunnels in soil and young rock formations, stability and support of tunnels, water inflow and leakage prevention, waste disposal in rock caverns, numerical modelling, storage of oil and gas in rock caverns, engineering geology of dam sites etc. Colloquiums.

Learning outcome

Ingress:
- The course will give the students in-depth understanding of geological engineering investigation, planning and stability analysis related to projects on and in bedrock.

Knowledge:
- The students will have in-depth knowledge of methodology related to investigation and planning of all kinds of projects on and in rock, and of the main principles for stability analysis and rock support design.

Skills:
- Students will be able to perform geological investigation, classification and design of tunnels and other types of underground projects as well as rock slopes and cuts, and to perform stability analyzes and evaluate rock support requirement.

General:
- Students will develop the ability of independent evaluation and analysis of engineering geological challenges, and the ability to cooperate for multidiciplinary solution of such challenges.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, colloquiums, literature survey and excursions. The excursions are compulsory. Paper to be submitted based on the literature survey will count for 1/4 of the final grade and are compulsory. If there is a re-sit examination, the exam form may be changed from written to oral. The course will be taught in Norwegian. For international students we recommend TGB5110 Geology and tunnelling and TGB5100 Rock Engineering AC.

Compulsory assignments

• Exercises

Required previous knowledge

Exam passed for TGB4185 Engineering Geology, basic course, or equivalent engineering geology course. Basic knowledge of general geology.

Course materials

Nilsen og Palmstrøm: Engineering Geology and Rock Engineering Handbook, Norsk Bergmekanikkgruppe 2000. Selected papers and lecture notes. International text for colloquium.

Credit reductions