Rock Mechanics

The business environment is a fundamental subject in any Business Studies degree course. This new, student-friendly book divides the subject into the internal and external environment and, where relevant, discusses the interface between the two. It is written with the outward-looking student in mind..

"Papers and special lectures of the 3rd. International Workshop on Volcanic Rocks, Rock Mechanics and Geo-Engineering in Volcanic Environments, wich was held within the framework on the Congress "Cities on Volcanoes6-Tenerife 2010" (Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain, 31 May - 4 June 2010)."..

Rock Blasting and Explosives Engineering explores the practical engineering aspects of many different kinds of rock blasting. It provides an overview of the underlying science of rock mass and material strength and covers a range of topics, including thermal decomposition, burning, shock initiation,..

This dictionary contains 1980 terms, 325 symbols, 77 acronyms, abbreviations and shortened forms, 221 references, 32 figures, 57 formulae, and 28 tables. In addition to short definitions a quantification of some terms is included, and their relationship to other parameters in blasting is highlighted..

The book is a collection of scientific and technical papers presented at RocDyn-3. The papers reflect the recent developments in experiment, theory and engineering applications of in rock dynamics. The topics in the book are, among others, dynamic theories, numerical simulation, dynamic tests of roc..

Rock Engineering in Difficult Ground Conditions: Soft Rocks and Karst contains the proceedings of the Regional Symposium of the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM) held in October 2009. The book is composed of 129 papers in geological and hydrogeological properties of karst regions, rock..

The stability of underground and surface geotechnical structures during and after excavation is of great concern as any kind of instability may result in damage to the environment as well as time-consuming high cost repair work. The forms of instability, their mechanisms and the conditions associate..

This work discusses the state of the art in the field of rock scour assessment due to falling high-velocity jets. It covers topics such as: physical modelling; prototype observations; and numerical modelling and protection measures...

_x000D_ Rock Slope Engineering covers the investigation, design, excavation and remediation of man-made rock cuts and natural slopes, primarily for civil engineering. It has been heavily updated and now covers weathered rock, remote sensing, seismic design, and numerical analysis using FLAC and UDEC..

This publication contains three special lectures, six keynote addresses and sixty-eight technical papers presented at the symposium. The wide variety of topics covered are grouped in the proceedings according to subject...

The text broadly covers recent developments in ground control techniques, and their at operating mines, worldwide. Specific topics include: design and analysis of support and re-inforcement in metalliferous mines, mesh, shotcrete and membrane supp.....

The major properties of rock joints and methods of laboratory testing, as well as sheer strength assessment under various loading conditions, are discussed in this volume. A new sheer strength model developed by the authors is also highlighted...