| Time |
Session |
| 8:45 - 9:00 |
Welcome and breakfast/coffee |
| 9:00 - 9:15 |
Introduction - Rock as an engineering material |
| 9:15 - 9:30 |
Structural Domain
- Geological controls and properties for design
- Intact rock strength
|
| 9:30 - 10:30 |
Discontinuity Properties
- Joint orientation
- Cusums Analysis
|
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning break & coffee |
| 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 & coffee |
| 3:45 - 4:15 |
Additional Classification Systems
- MRMR Classification
- GSI System
|
| 4:15 - 5:00 |
Classification exercises, case histories and general discussion |
| Time |
Session |
| 8:45 - 9:00 |
Breakfast/coffee |
| 9:00 - 10:00 |
Analyse underground data gathered
- Plot stereonets
- Estimate average joint properties
- Estimate Q, RMR, GSI and MRMR
|
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Rock Classification and Underground Design |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning break & 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 |
Afternoon break & 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 |
