| Description |
1 online resource (1560 pages) : illustrations (some color), charts |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Table of contents; Preface; Committees; Keynote Lectures; Shear strength of rock, rock joints and rock masses 7 Problems and some solutions; Rock mass characterization by means of advanced survey methods; Representation of rock discontinuities in safety analysis of large dams; Foundations on rock masses; The impact of brittle behaviour of rocks on tunnel excavation design; Case histories of rock engineering projects in China; 1. Rock properties and testing methods; Experimentally-based relation between dynamic and static elastic moduli of various sandstones and a quartzite |
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Artificial Neural Network (ANN) based model for predicting of overall strength of Volcanic BimrockQuantifying the discrepancy in preloads estimated by acoustic emission and deformation rate analysis; A new rheological hardening model for prediction of creep deformation of rock samples; Energy analyses of uniaxial impact compressive tests for coalmine sandstone after cyclic wetting and drying; A lab-testing based geomechanical characterization of metamorphic rocks focusing on post-failure behavior; A new approach of limit equilibrium models for rock joints |
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Effect of loading rate on fracture behaviour of rock materialsDevelopment of testing methods of Thin Spray-on Liner shear-bond strength; Temperature-confining pressure coupling effects on the permeability of three rock types under triaxial compression; Proposal of a new rock creep model; Correlations between static and dynamic elastic modulus of a calcarenite heated at different temperatures; Dynamic fracture behavior of cubic and core specimens under impact load; Biot's effective stress coefficient of rocks for peak and residual strengths by modified failure envelope method |
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Correlation of direct and indirect tensile tests for use in the Hoek-Brown constant miEffect of infill thickness on shear behaviour of jointed rock under CNS conditions; Textural anisotropies characterization of granitic rocks using P-wave velocities; Deformation behavior and shear wave velocity under confined triaxial extension stress; Estimation of rock mass deformation modulus using a Bayesian approach; Prediction of the mechanical compressive behavior of granite using intelligent tools; The influence of microwave radiation on hard rocks as in microwave assisted rock breakage applications |
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Considerations on the laboratory estimate of the basic friction angle of rock jointsFailure behaviour and acoustic emission pattern of slate and mica schist in uniaxial loading; A detailed look at pre-peak dilatancy in a granite -- determining "plastic" strains from laboratory test data; Experimental evaluation of the fracture toughness on a limestone; The static and dynamic elasticity parameters of laminated silty-clay shales at the simulated depth up to 4 km; Identification of the dependency to water content of the mechanical properties of Channel tunnel chalk |
| Summary |
Rock Engineering and Rock Mechanics: Structures in and on Rock Masses covers the most important topics and state-of-the-art in the area of rock mechanics, with an emphasis on structures in and on rock masses. The 255 contributions (including 6 keynote lectures) from the 2014 ISRM European Rock Mechanics Symposium (EUROCK 2014, Vigo, Spain, 27-29 May 2014) are subdivided under the following 10 headings:- Rock properties and testing methods- Rock mass characterization- Rock mechanics for infrastructures- Mining and quarrying rock mechanics- Design methods and analysis<B |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 26, 2014) |
| Subject |
Rock mechanics.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- General.
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Rock mechanics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Alejano, R., editor
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| ISBN |
9781315749525 |
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1315749521 |
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