Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Preface to the first edition
- Part 1 Introduction to rock mechanics
- Part 2 Rock material and rock masses
- Part 3 Rock mechanics and engineering
- Part 4 Case histories
- References
- Appendix 1 Comments on the bibliography
- Appendix 2 Measurement conversion tables
- Appendix 3 Table of geological formations and earth history
- Appendix 4 Some petrographic properties of rocks
- Author Index
- Index of geographical names, dam sites, reservoirs, tunnels and caverns
- Subject Index
Part 3 - Rock mechanics and engineering
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Preface to the first edition
- Part 1 Introduction to rock mechanics
- Part 2 Rock material and rock masses
- Part 3 Rock mechanics and engineering
- Part 4 Case histories
- References
- Appendix 1 Comments on the bibliography
- Appendix 2 Measurement conversion tables
- Appendix 3 Table of geological formations and earth history
- Appendix 4 Some petrographic properties of rocks
- Author Index
- Index of geographical names, dam sites, reservoirs, tunnels and caverns
- Subject Index
Summary
During the past twenty years engineers and geologists, specializing in rock mechanics and its problems, came to the conclusion that in situ tests would yield progressively more answers to questions on rock stability and strength. More recently, they realized the importance of precise and detailed laboratory research. Difficulty in recognizing the real cause of the Malpasset dam collapse has partly brought about this change in attitude.
Despite the expense, exhaustive in situ tests are vital where there are specific engineering problems. To emphasize the link between civil engineering and rock mechanics, Part Three is devoted to problems of: rock slopes, slope stability; tunnel design, stability of cavities; dam design and foundations.
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- Rock Mechanics and Engineering , pp. 203Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1979