ABSTRACT

The Underground Structures Mechanics education course has been included in undergraduate curricula of training and education of engineers in area Underground Construction since 1975 in former Soviet Union. The reason of that was great progress in science concerning rock pressure and underground structures design. Today in Russia that course is offered by many universities for Underground Construction students and Tunnelling ones. There are the text books and completed education equipment such as computer programs and others. The syllabus of undergraduate course of the Underground Structures Mechanics is described in the paper presented.