Rock mechanics and engineering. Laboratory and field testing Volume 2, ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Laboratory and field testing
• Further Information: Note: Editor, Xia-Ting Feng.
• Editors: Feng, Xiating
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Triaxial or True-triaxial Tests under Condition of Loading and Unloading; 1 Introductory longer review for rock mechanics testing methods; 2 Progress and applications of rock true triaxial testing systems; 3 Rockburst concept and mechanism; 4 Laboratory acoustic emission study review; 5 Damage of rock joints using acoustic emissions; Joint Tests; 6 Morphological parameters of both surfaces of coupled joints; 7 Rock joints shearing testing system; Dynamic and Creep Tests; 8 Coupled static and dynamic test 9 Dynamic behavior10 Dynamic rock failure and its containment; 11 Tests on creep characteristics of rocks; Physical Modeling Tests; 12 Physical, empirical and numerical modeling of jointed rock mass strength; 13 Some recent progress in physical modeling of rock stability of tunnels or underground caverns in China; Field Testing and URLs; 14 Underground research laboratories; 15 The Mont Terri rock laboratory; 16 Thermal properties and experiment at Äspö HRL; 17 Excavation response studies at AECL's underground research laboratory-1982 to 2010; 18 URL and rock mechanics in Finland
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (646 p.), illustrations
• Subjects: 624.15132; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Soil & Rock; Rock mechanics; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781315319070; 1315319071
• Related ISBNs: 9781138027602; 113802760X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.