Short description:

This work is intended to be a fundamental resource for younger generations and newcomers and a reference for experts specialized in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering and associated with the fields of mining, civil and petroleum engineering, engineering geology, geophysics or concerned with earthquake science and engineering.

Long description:

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering is concerned with the application of the principles of mechanics to physical, chemical and electro-magnetic processes in the upper-most layers of the earth and the design and construction of the rock structures associated with civil engineering and exploitation or extraction of natural resources in mining and petroleum engineering.

Rock mechanics requires profound knowledge of rock-constituting elements, discontinuities and their behavior under various physical and chemical actions in nature. The governing equations together with constitutive laws and experimental techniques and the solution techniques are explained and some examples of applications are given. The applications of rock mechanics to engineering structures in/on rock, rock excavation techniques and in-situ monitoring techniques are explained and some specific examples are given. The dynamic aspects associated with the science of earthquakes and their effect on rock structures, and the characteristics of vibrations induced by machinery, blasting and impacts as well as measuring techniques are described. Furthermore, the degradation and maintenance processes in rock engineering are explained. Some chapters are devoted to possible new directions in rock mechanics.

This two-volume set is intended to be a fundamental resource for younger generations and newcomers and a reference work for experts specialized in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering and associated with the fields of mining, civil and petroleum engineering, engineering geology, and/or specialized in Geophysics and concerned with earthquake science and engineering.

Table of Contents:

Introduction and History of Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. Minerals, Rocks, Discontinuities and Rock Mass. Fundamental Definitions and Measurement Techniques. Fundamental Governing Equations. Constitutive Laws. Laboratory and In-situ Tests. Rock Mass Classifications and Their Engineering Utilization. In-situ Stress Estimation, Measurement and Inference Methods. Analytical Methods. Numerical Methods. Model Testing and Photo-elasticity in Rock Mechanics. Excavation techniques, Applications to Surface Rock Engineering Structures. Applications to Underground Structures. Vibrations and Vibration Measurement Techniques, Earthquake Science and Earthquake Engineering. Assessment Methods of Degradation and Maintenance of Rock Structures. Monitoring of Rock Engineering Structures. Ice Mechanics and Flow of Glaciers and Ice Sheets. Extraterrestrial Rock Mechanics.