Rock mechanics and engineering. Volume 3: Analysis, modeling & design/ Механика горных пород и инженерное дело. Часть 3. Анализ, моделирование и проектирование

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 ngineer 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.<...>

Numerical Modeling Methods

1 Coupled THMC modeling for safety assessment of geological disposal of radioactive wastes: The DECOVALEX project (1992–2015)

2 Dynamic relaxation applied to continuum and discontinuum numerical models in geomechanics

3 The numerical Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (DDA) method: Benchmark tests

4 Continuum–discontinuum element method

5 Discrete element modeling: Principle and application in weak cemented particulate materials

6 Practical equivalent continuum analyses of jointed rockmass: Experiments, numerical modeling, validation and field case studies

Back Analysis

7 Back analysis in rock engineering practice

8 Back-analysis of rock landslides to infer rheological parameters

9 Multi-approach back analysis in mining

Risk Analysis

10 Groundwater and underground excavations: From theory to practice

11 Reliability assessment of ultimate and serviceability limit states of underground rock caverns

12 Risk assessment of CO2 injection processes and storage

Design and Stability Analysis: Overviews

13 Empirical design methods in underground mining 

14 20 years of intelligent rock mechanics 

15 Rock Engineering Systems (RES): An update 

Design and Stability Analysis: Coupling Process Analysis

16 Multiphysics of coal-gas interactions

17 Geomechanical stability and integrity of nuclear waste disposal mines in salt structures

18 Rock engineering in underground compressed air energy storage

Design and Stability Analysis: Blast Analysis and Design

19 Blast-induced damage

20 Blasting propagation velocity

21 Statistical estimation of blast fragmentation

22 Blasting parameters

Rock Slope Stability Analysis and Design

23 Application of fracture mechanics to rock slopes

24 Development and application of numerical limit analysis for geotechnical materials

25 Open pit slope design

Analysis and Design of Tunnels, Caverns and Stopes 

26 Q-system: An illustrated guide for tunneling

27 TBM performance, prognosis and risk reduction 

28 Design guidelines for open stope support