Rock mechanics in civil and environmental engineering / Механика горных пород в гражданском строительстве и охране окружающей среды

The Proceedings of EUROCK 2010 is a collection of 6 keynotes and 193 technical papers accepted by the symposium. As an annual European regional event of the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM), EUROCK has been a major exchange and discussion platform for the international rock mechanics community. Rock mechanics in Europe has been undergoing some major transformation during the last two decades. The reduction of mining activities in Europe affects heavily on rock mechanics teaching and research at universities and institutes. At the same time, new merging activities, notably, underground infrastructure construction, geothermal energy development, radioactive waste and CO2 repository, and natural hazard management, are creating new opportunities of research and engineering. Rock mechanics today is closely associated with, and indeed part of, construction, energy, and environmental engineering.

The scheme of EUROCK 2010 is chosen to be “Rock Mechanics in Civil and Environmental Engineering”, to reflect the belief of the symposium organiser on the future of rock mechanics. This is responded positively and overwhelmingly. The symposium received altogether over 340 abstracts, of which 193 papers are finally published in this proceedings volume. The papers in the proceedings are organised in 5 parts: keynote papers, fundamental rock mechanics, tunnels and underground structures, rock slopes and landslides, resources and environment. Each part is further divided to include papers of closely related topics. Year 2010 also marks the 75th anniversary of the Laboratory for Rock Mechanics (LMR) at the Ecole Polytechnique Fйdйrale de Lausanne (EPFL, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne). EPFL started its Geotechnical Laboratory in 1935 by Professor Alfred STUCKY, and succeeded by Professor Daniel BONNARD in 1947. In 1972, Professor Franзois DESCOEUDRES became the professor of rock mechanics and one year later was joined by Dr Peter EGGER. In 1979, Geotechnical Laboratory was divided into Laboratory for Rock Mechanics (LMR) and Laboratory for Soil Mechanics (LMS). Professors Descoeudres and Egger developed EPFL’s LMR to a well recognised centre of scientific research and technological service in Europe, until their retirement in 2002 and 2003 respectively. LMR has always played an active role in the international rock mechanics community, including the organisation of the ISRM Congress in 1979 in Montreux Switzerland. This proceedings is therefore a tribute to their dedicated and remarkable contribution to the development of modern rock mechanics and tunnelling in Switzerland and Europe.

EUROCK 2010 is organised by the Laboratory for Rock Mechanics (LMR) of EPFL and the Swiss Society for Soil and Rock Mechanics (ISRM National Group of Switzerland), with an organising committee consisting of Christophe BONNARD, Markus CAPREZ, Jean-Paul DUDT, Vincent LABIOUSE, Lyesse LALOUI, Jean-Franзois MATHIER, Erich PIMENTEL, Federica SANDRONE, Franзois VUILLEUMIER, Laurent VULLIET and Jian ZHAO, supported by many LMR staff including Jacopo Maria ABBRUZZESE, Laurent GASTALDO, Tohid KAZERANI, Rafael ROJAS FUENTES, Claire SAUTHIER, Liang SUN, Barbara TINGUELY,AkosTOTH, RosaAnaTURIELLE, Li-JunYIN, ShuangYOU, Gao-Feng ZHAO, and Jian-Bo ZHU. The symposium has also the logistic assistance from EPFL Planning and Logistics Unit, particularly Valйrie JACOT-DESCOMBES (PL DII-I). The publication of this proceedings is supported by Lйon BIJNSDORP and Lukas GOOSEN of Taylor & Francis Group. <...>