Engineered Rock Structures in Mining and Civil Construction [Paperback]

The book collates and sifts a vast amount of literature on the design of structures in the mining and construction industries to synthesize a comprehensive text on the subject area. The focus is on the application of theory to practice and the book is richly illustrated with worked out examples.  The presentation is lucid and based on the extensive professional, teaching and research experience of the authors. The text seeks to address the key issues of design of 'engineered' structures in or on rock. The book will serve as a standard text for undergraduate courses in mining, civil engineering and engineering geology.

1. Rock Characterisation for Rock Mechanics Design

2. Uniaxial Testing of Rock in Compression

3. Tensile, Triaxial and Shear Strength of Rock

4. Time-dependent Behaviour of Rocks

5. Index Properties of Rocks

6. Large-scale in situ Testing of Rock Mass

7. Evaluation of Rock Mass Parameters by Borehole Testing

8. Measurement of Stress in Rock

9. Design of Structures in Rock

10. Stability of Underground Openings by Mathematical Modelling

11. Design and Stability of Pillars and Associated Structures

12. Design and Stability of Rib Pillars and Chain Pillars in Longwall Mining

13. Structural Stability of Excavations in Jointed Rock

14. Supports in Mining and Tunnelling

15. Mining Subsidence

16. Stability Analysis ofl.