Recognition of the importance of mechanical fundamentals when interpreting geological structures, application of mechanical principles to geological structures.

Forces, stresses, strains, stress - strain relationship of rocks, strength of rocks, work and energy, basics of rock fracture mechanics, basics of hydromechanics, numerical models in geomechanics

Participation during the lectures, oral test

Lecture notes for this course are available. W.D. Means: stress and strain. Basic concepts of continuum mechanics for geologists. Springer.1976. B. Bayly: Mechanics in structural geology. Springer. 1992. E.S. Hills: Elements of structural geology. Science paperbacks. 1963. N.J. Price, J.W. Cosgrove: Analysis of geological structures. Cambridge University Press. 1990. R.C. Hibbeler: Mechanics of materials. Prentice Hall. 2004.

Grundlagenwissen in Mechanik und Geologie