Engineering rock mechanics : an introduction to the principles /

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Engineering rock mechanics is the discipline used to design structures built in rock. These structures encompass building foundations, dams, slopes, shafts, tunnels, caverns, hydroelectric schemes, mines, radioactive waste repositories and geothermal energy projects: in short, any structure built on...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hudson, John (John A.)
Other Authors: Harrison, John P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tarrytown, N.Y. : Pergamon, 2005, 1997.
Edition:3rd impression.
Subjects:
Rock mechanics.
M�ecanique des roches.
Rock mechanics
Mec�anica de rochas.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Geological Setting
  • Stress
  • In situ Stress
  • Strain
  • Intact Rock
  • Discontinuities
  • Rock Masses
  • Permeability
  • Anisotropy and Inhomogeneity
  • Testing Techniques
  • Rock Mass Classification
  • Rock Dynamics and Time Dependent Aspects
  • Rock Mechanics Interactions and Rock Engineering Systems (RES)
  • Excavation Principles
  • Stabilization Principles
  • Surface Excavation Instability Mechanisms
  • Design and Snalysis of Surface Excavations Underground Excavation Instability Mechanisms Design and Analysis of Underground Excavations References
  • Appendices
  • Index.

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