24-MMP-B1 Applied Rock Mechanics
Worked solutions to 2 past sittings (2014–2015), 12 questions. Pick a sitting, or start from a topic below.
Topics across the sittings
Topics that come up in more than one sitting, taken from the headings of our worked solutions. A topic counts once per sitting.
- Triaxial Testing of Intact Granite (2 sittings): December 2015 Q3 · May 2014 Q2
Questions by sitting
December 2015
- Question 1: Circular Tunnel — Boundary Stress and Design
- Question 2: Failure Criteria and Direct Shear Testing
- Question 3: Triaxial Testing of Intact Granite
- Question 4: Plane Failure Slope Stability with Tension Crack
- Question 5: Reinforcement Strategy for a Permanent Excavation
- Question 6: Ground Support Systems
May 2014
- Question 1: Direct Shear Box Test on a Planar Discontinuity
- Question 2: Triaxial Testing of Intact Granite — Mohr-Coulomb and Hoek-Brown Criteria
- Question 3: Plane Failure Analysis of a Jointed Rock Slope
- Question 4: Room-and-Pillar Design for a Uranium Orebody
- Question 5: Rock Bolt Anchor Systems
- Question 6: Surface Support and Circular Excavation Behaviour at Depth