Course Name: Rock Engineering

Course abstract

This course is the basic course in the area of Rock Mechanics. This will provide the knowledge of overall behavior of rocks and rock masses. This course will enable the students to acquire basics of analysis and design of tunnels, caverns, slopes, and foundations on rocks.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Priti Maheshwari

Dr. Priti Maheshwari, Professor in Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee, has her research interests in Soil-Structure Interaction, Ground Engineering: Modeling and Analysis, Statistical / Probabilistic Approaches to Strength Criteria for Rocks and Rock Masses. She has been teaching various UG/PG/PhD courses pertaining to Geotechnical Engineering for more than last 15 years and well appreciated by the students for her systematic approach towards teaching. She has supervised 04 Doctoral and 20 Masters Theses. She has one chapter in book titled Geotechnical Engineering Handbook, 49 research publications in National and International refereed journals to her credit.
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 Course Duration : Jan-Apr 2021
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 Syllabus
 Enrollment : 18-Nov-2020 to 25-Jan-2021
 Exam registration : 15-Jan-2021 to 12-Mar-2021
 Exam Date : 25-Apr-2021

Enrolled

814

Registered

87

Certificate Eligible

30

Certified Category Count

Gold

0

Silver

6

Elite

10

Successfully completed

14

Participation

6

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold




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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 8 out of 12 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Rock Engineering - Toppers list

AVIK KUMAR MANDAL 87%

LEA Associates South Asia Pvt. Ltd.; B-1, E-27, Mohan Co-operative Industrial Estate, Mathura Road, New Delhi-110044, India

K PURUSHOTHAM 86%

Government Polytechnic

SAILESH S 86%

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 814

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 87

Assignment Statistics



Assignment

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Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.