Engineering Rock Mechanics
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Engineering Rock Mechanics

An Introduction to the Principles

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Engineering Rock Mechanics

An Introduction to the Principles

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Engineering rock mechanics is the discipline used to design structures built in rock. These structures encompass building foundations, dams, slopes, shafts, tunnels, caverns, hydroelectric schemes, mines, radioactive waste repositories and geothermal energy projects: in short, any structure built on or in a rock mass. Despite the variety of projects that use rock engineering, the principles remain the same. Engineering Rock Mechanics clearly and systematically explains the key principles behind rock engineering. The book covers the basic rock mechanics principles; how to study the interactions between these principles and a discussion on the fundamentals of excavation and support and the application of these in the design of surface and underground structures. Engineering Rock Mechanics is recommended as an across-the-board source of information for the benefit of anyone involved in rock mechanics and rock engineering.

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Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2000
ISBN
9780080530963
Topic
Technology & Engineering
Subtopic
Civil Engineering
Index
Technology & Engineering

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Engineering rock mechanics: an introduction to the principles
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Chapter 1. Introduction
  7. Chapter 2. Geological setting
  8. Chapter 3. Stress
  9. Chapter 4. In situ stress
  10. Chapter 5. Strain
  11. Chapter 6. Intact rock
  12. Chapter 7. Discontinuities
  13. Chapter 8. Rock masses
  14. Chapter 9. Permeability
  15. Chapter 10. Anisotropy and inhomogeneity
  16. Chapter 11. Testing techniques
  17. Chapter 12. Rock mass classification
  18. Chapter 13. Rock dynamics and time-dependent aspects
  19. Chapter 14. Rock mechanics interactions and rock engineering systems (RES)
  20. Chapter 15. Excavation principles
  21. Chapter 16. Stabilization principles
  22. Chapter 17. Surface excavation instability mechanisms
  23. Chapter 18. Design and analysis of surface excavations
  24. Chapter 19. Underground excavation instability mechanisms
  25. Chapter 20. Design and analysis of underground excavations
  26. References
  27. Appendix A: Stress and strain analysis
  28. Appendix B: Hemispherical projection
  29. Index