Rock Mechanics and Engineering Volume 1 Principles

Table of Contents

Discontinuities

1 Characterization and modeling of the shear strength, stiffness and hydraulic behavior of rock joints for engineering purposes

N.R. Barton & S.C. Bandis

2 Statistical fracture toughness study for rocks

M.R.M. Aliha & M.R. Ayatollahi

Anisotropic

3 Rock damage mechanics

F.L. Pellet & A.P.S. Selvadurai

4 Experimental and numerical anisotropic rock mechanics

K-B.Min, B. Park, H. Kim, J-W. Cho & L. Jing

5 Characterization of rock masses based on geostatistical joint mapping and rock boring operations

M. Stavropoulou & G. Exadaktylos

Rock Stress

6 Hydraulic fracturing stress measurements

D.R. Schmitt & B. Haimson

7 Hydrofracturing

S.O. Choi

8 Methodology for determination of the complete stress tensor and its variation versus depth based on overcoring rock stress data

D. Ask

9 Measurement of induced stress and estimation of rock mass strength in the near-field around an opening

Y. Obara & K. Sakaguchi

Geophysics

10 Compressive strength–seismic velocity relationship for sedimentary rocks

T. Takahashi & S. Tanaka

11 Elastic waves in fractured isotropic and anisotropic media

L.J. Pyrak-Nolte, S. Shao & B.C. Abell

Strength Criteria

12 On yielding, failure, and softening response of rock

J.F. Labuz, R. Makhnenko, S-T. Dai & L. Biolzi

13 True triaxial testing of rocks and the effect of the intermediate principal stress on failure characteristics

B. Haimson, C. Chang & X. Ma

14 The MSDPu multiaxial criterion for the strength of rocks and rock masses

L. Li, M. Aubertin & R. Simon

15 Unified Strength Theory (UST)

M.-H. Yu

16 Failure criteria for transversely isotropic rock

Y.M. Tien, M.C. Kuo & Y.C. Lu

17 Use of critical state concept in determination of triaxial and polyaxial strength of intact, jointed and anisotropic rocks

M. Singh

18 Practical estimate of rock mass strength and deformation parameters for engineering design

M. Cai

Modeling Rock Deformation and Failure

19 Constitutive modeling of geologic materials, interfaces and joints using the disturbed state concept

C.S. Desai

20 Modeling brittle failure of rock

V. Hajiabdolmajid

21 Pre-peak brittle fracture damage

E. Eberhardt, M.S. Diederichs & M. Rahjoo

22 Numerical rock fracture mechanics

M. Fatehi Marji & A. Abdollahipour

23 Linear elasticity with microstructure and size effects

G. Exadaktylos

24 Rock creep mechanics

F.L. Pellet

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