Comprehensive rock engineering/ 3, Rock Testing and Site Characterization. Principles, Practice and Projects

✍ Scribed by J. A. Hudson (Auth.)

• Publisher: Pergamon Press, , Elsevier Ltd
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 944
• Edition: 1. ed
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
EDITORIAL BOARD, Page ii
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Page ix
Contributors to Volume 3, Pages xi-xiii
Contents of All Volumes, Pages xv-xix
1 - Rock Properties, Testing Methods and Site Characterization, Pages 1-39
2 - The Measurement and Estimation of Basic Rock Strength, Pages 41-66
3 - Uniaxial Strength Testing, Pages 67-85
4 - Triaxial Testing for Rock Strength, Pages 87-104
5 - Hardness Tests for Rock Characterization, Pages 105-117
6 - Time-dependent Behavior of Rocks, Pages 119-149
7 - Characterizing Clay Shales, Pages 151-165
8 - The Collection and Analysis of Discontinuity Orientation Data for Engineering Design, with Examples, Pages 167-192
9 - Modern Developments in Discontinuity Analysis – The Persistence–Connectivity Problem, Pages 193-213
10 - Pattern Analysis and Simulation of Joints for Rock Engineering, Pages 215-239
11 - Construction of Equivalent Discontinuum Models for Fracture Hydrology, Pages 241-295
12 - Stresses in Rock and Rock Masses, Pages 297-327
13 - CSIRO Triaxial Stress Measurement Cell, Pages 329-394
14 - The Hydraulic Fracturing Method of Stress Measurement: Theory and Practice, Pages 395-412
15 - The HTPF and the Integrated Stress Determination Methods, Pages 413-432
16 - Measuring In Situ Rock Stress by Borehole Slotting, Pages 433-443
17 - Rock Stress in the Fennoscandian Shield, Pages 445-459
18 - Rock Stress and Rock Stress Problems in Norway, Pages 461-471
19 - Rock Stresses and Rock Stress Monitoring in Canada, Pages 473-496
20 - Case Studies of Hydraulic Fracture Stress Measurement in Australia, Pages 497-520
22 - Classification of Rock Masses for Engineering: The RMR System and Future Trends, Pages 553-573
23 - A Geomechanical Classification for Slopes: Slope Mass Rating, Pages 575-600
24 - Dynamic Elastic Tests for Rock Engineering, Pages 601-618
25 - Seismic Investigation for Rock Engineering, Pages 619-634
26 - Geophysical Testing for Rock Engineering, Pages 635-650
27 - The Use of Cross Well Seismology to Characterize and Monitor a Steamed Oil Reservoir, Pages 651-669
28 - Borehole Dilatometer Testing for Rock Engineering, Pages 671-682
29 - How Do Some Field Tests Really Work? The Case of the NX-Borehole Jack, Pages 683-692
30 - The Phenomenon and Examples of Rock Creep, Pages 693-708
31 - The Importance of Creep and Time-dependent Dilatancy, as Revealed from Case Records in China, Pages 709-744
32 - Laboratory Experiments: Their Role in the Problem of Rock Burst Prediction, Pages 745-771
33 - Modern Surveying Techniques for Mining and Civil Engineering, Pages 773-809
34 - Case Study of Hydraulic Fracture Experiments at the Multiwell Experiment Site, Piceance Basin, Colorado, USA, Pages 811-837
35 - Rock Mass Investigations in Hydroengineering, Pages 839-861
36 - Rock Mass Response to Thermal Loading and Unloading at the Spent Fuel Test, Pages 864-881
37 - Design, Execution and Analysis of a Large-scale In Situ Thermomechanical Test for Siting High-level Nuclear Waste Repository, Pages 881-913
38 - The Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Underground Research Laboratory: An Overview of Geomechanics Characterization, Pages 915-950
Subject Index, Pages 951-982