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Tishk International University

Engineering Faculty
Petroleum & Mining Eng. Department

Rock Mechanics PTR 339

Lecture 2
3rd. Grade- Fall Semester 2021-2022

Instructor: Professor, Dr. Hamed M. Jassim


Mechanical Properties and strength of rocks
1- Uniaxial Compressive strength (UCS or σci)
2- Elastic modulus (E), Poisson’s ratio (ᵞ )
3- Tensile strength (σt)
4- Triaxial strength (σ1 = f(σ3))
5- Rock strength criteria
a- Mohr - Coulomb (M-C)
b- Hoek - Brown (H-B)
6- Rockmass strength
- 90 + 90

- 45

+ 45

Zero

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