FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS OF ROCK MECHANICS------phi
Rock mechanics is a first course in the field of mining and geotechnical engineering. Over the last decades, the concepts and applications of rock mechanics have evolved tremendously for understanding the stability and safety of structures made of/on the rock masses. This book elaborates the fundamental concepts of rock mechanics for designing and analysis of structures and excavations for a variety of applications. The text includes a fine blend of theory and worked-out examples and applications, and also emphasises the basics of stress and strain analysis, volume–weight relationship, rock mass classification systems, in situ stress measurements, stresses around underground opening, pillar and support design, subsidence, slope stability, rock failure criteria and behaviour of jointed rock mass. Numerical analysis procedures and interaction between rock bolts and rock masses are also introduced emphasising the mechanics and applications in rock engineering.
Besides undergraduate and postgraduate students of civil (including geotechnical), mining and petroleum engineering, the book will also benefit the practicing engineers and researchers, who wish to acquaint themselves with state-of-the-art techniques of rock mechanics and its applications. Overall, this textbook is useful for both elementary as well as advanced learning.
KEY FEATURES
In-depth analysis of rock properties, rock masses, joints for determining strength and deformability.
Includes around 120 worked-out examples and over 160 exercise problems.
Text is illustrated with around 260 well-labelled diagrams supported by over 50 colour images and 40 tables.
Provides advance topics such as rock yielding criteria, numerical analysis procedures and behaviour of rock joints.
Contents:
1. ROCK AS GEO-MATERIAL
2. WEIGHT–VOLUME RELATIONSHIPS OF POROUS MATERIAL
3. ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION
4. ANALYSIS OF STRESSES AND STRAINS
5. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STRESS AND STRAIN
6. MEASUREMENT OF IN SITU STRESSES AND DEFORMATIONS
7. DISTRIBUTION OF STRESSES AROUND UNDERGROUND OPENING
8. NATURAL SUPPORTS
9. ROCK AND ROCK MASS FAILURE MECHANISM
10. JOINTS IN ROCK MASS
11. ARTIFICIAL SUPPORT
12. SUBSIDENCE
13. SLOPE STABILITY
14. NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES IN ROCK ENGINEERING
Appendix A:
Transformation of Displacement, Strain and Stress Tensors in 3D
Appendix B: Closed Form Solution of Kirsch Equation
Appendix C: Plastic Flow
Bibliography • Index
