- Introduction to rock mechanics: definition, objectivea and scope
- Physical and mechanical properties of intact rocks and rock masses
- Rock and rock mass classifications
- Strength and deformability
- Stress-strain relationships in rock
- Failure criteria of rocks and rock masses
- Lab and in situ testings for rock and rock mass characterisation
-hints of Instability in rocky slopesMain topic: Hydrogeology of fissured media
- Fundamental elements (porosity, primary and secondary discontinuities, and their relationship with permeability)
- Main parameters of the fissured network (orientation, degree of fracturing, persistence, interconnection, opening, roughness, filling)
- Hydraulic characterization of the fissured media
- In situ permeability test
- Flow direction in fissured media and conceptual model
- Introduction to the hydrogeology of the karst systems
Geophysical tecniques to investigated rock masses