2017/18 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue
SOEE5733M Geomechanics
10 creditsClass Size: 30
Module manager: Dr Geoffrey Lloyd
Email: g.e.lloyd@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2017/18
Module replaces
SOEE5732MThis module is not approved as an Elective
Objectives
On completion of this module, students should be able to:- understand the basics of stress, deformation & brittle failure in the upper crust;
- consider the influence of stress on rock strength & failure under conditions encountered in (un)conventional hydrocarbon reservoirs that impact on oil migration, trapping & production;
-analyse micro-structural rock data and understand micro-scale fault deformation, including introduction to SEM techniques
Syllabus
The course will cover:
- Conditions of deformation, Stress and Strain, Brittle shear failure, fracture mechanics, mechanics of faulting.
- fault rocks at mirco-deformation scale.
- Use of SEM
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Lecture | 11 | 1.00 | 11.00 |
| Practical | 11 | 2.00 | 22.00 |
| Private study hours | 67.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 33.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100.00 | ||
Private study
108 hours:- Pre- and post-class reading and evaluation of prescribed current literature; summarising and completing practical exercises.
- Working on set problems, working up notes, directed reading, extended use of software, revision.
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Feedback through practical classes and coursework.Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| In-course MCQ | Weekly practical-based MCQ via VLE | 20.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 20.00 | |
Each component of coursework assessment has to be passed to ensure that the different, but essential, components of the module are passed.
Exams
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 2 hr 00 mins | 80.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 80.00 | |
Both the Coursework (MCQ) & Exam components of the assessment for this module MUST be passed at the required level of 50% each. Re-sits for this module are in the form of a single examination normally taken in August.
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 06/02/2018
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