Rock mechanics and engineering. Volume 4: Excavation, spport and monitoring / Механика горных пород и инженерное дело. Часть 4. Разработка, поддержка и мониторинг из прошлого в будущее

Although engineering activities involving rock have been underway for millennia, we can mark the beginning of the modern era from the year 1962 when the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM) was formally established in Salzburg, Austria. Since that time, both rock engineering itself and the associated rock mechanics research have increased in activity by leaps and bounds, so much so that it is difficult for an engineer or researcher to be aware of all the emerging developments, especially since the information is widely spread in reports, magazines, journals, books and the internet. It is appropriate, if not essential, therefore that periodically an easily accessible structured survey should be made of the currently available knowledge. Thus, we are most grateful to Professor Xia-Ting Feng and his team, and to the Taylor & Francis Group, for preparing this extensive 2017 “Rock Mechanics and Engineering” compendium outlining the state of the art—and which is a publication fitting well within the Taylor & Francis portfolio of ground engineering related titles. <...>

Excavation Methods

Excavation

Mechanics of directional drilling

Challenges and issues for CO2 storage in deep coal seams

Support Technology

Drift reinforcement design based on Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) modeling

The needs and technologies for measuring the in situ performance of rock bolts

Non-deformable support system in swelling and squeezing rocks

On-site visualization for advanced safety management in rock engineering

Longer-term performance of grouted bolts in different lithologies in Illinois mines

Tunnel support in South African mines

Design of rockburst support systems for deep hard rock mines

Energy-absorbing rockbolts

Monitoring Technology

Microseismic monitoring technologies for deep mining

Large landslides with seismicity

Seismic monitoring of geological CO2 storage

Observation-based design of geo-engineering projects with emphasis on optimization of tunnel support systems and excavation sequences

Moment tensor evaluation of acoustic emission sources in rock

Fiber-optic monitoring in underground rock engineering

A 3D laser scanning technique and its application to rock mechanics and rock engineering

Review of GPS displacement monitoring in rock engineering

Integrated Engineering Monitoring and Analysis

Multidisciplinary monitoring of progressive failure processes in brittle rock slopes

Particle velocities for rockbursts recorded at seismic stations distributed throughout the Karviná coal mining district

Rockburst induced ground motion

Settlements induced by TBM excavation