Comprehensive rock engineering : principles, practice and projects. 5. Surface and underground case histories

✍ Scribed by John A Hudson

• Publisher: Pergamon Press, , Elsevier Ltd
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 982
• 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 5, Pages xi-xiii
Contents of All Volumes, Pages xv-xix
Editor-in-Chief's Note, Page xxi
1 - The Expanding Role of Rock Engineering in Developing National and Local Infrastructures, Pages 1-27
2 - Subsurface Space - An Important Dimension in Swedish Construction, Pages 29-54
3 - Recent Developments in Rock Engineering in Norway: Gas-tight Rock Caverns, Subsea Road Tunnels, Steel-fiber Reinforced Shotcrete, Pages 55-83
4 - Design of Large Powerhouse Caverns in Weak Rock, Pages 85-110
5 - Power Caverns of Mingtan Pumped Storage Project, Taiwan, Pages 111-131
6 - The Agua del Toro Dam, Mendoza, Argentina-A Case of Insufficient Surface Geology Studies Affecting Underground Excavations, Pages 133-146
7 - The Rio Grande Pumped Storage Complex, Cordova Province - A Case Study of Excavations in Contrasting Rock Anisotropy, Pages 147-158
8 - A Case History in Argentina-Rock Mechanics for the Underground Works in the Pumping Storage Development of Rio Grande No 1, Pages 159-192
9 - Rock Instrumentation – Developments and Case Studies from Australia, Pages 193-225
10 - Lessons from Two Large-scale Underground Rock Mechanics Projects: Crestmore and Climax/NTS, Pages 227-245
11 - The Use of Rock Mechanics Principles in Canadian Underground Hard Rock Mine Design, Pages 247-290
12 - Case Study of Rock Mechanics in the Masua Mine, Italy, Pages 291-334
13 - Calculation Methods and Experience of Using Energy Saving Systems for Controlling Local Climate in Mines, Tunnels and Underground Construction, Pages 335-357
14 - Caving Geomechanics, Pages 359-392
15 - The Role of Geological Discontinuities and Tectonic Stresses in Mine Seismicity, Pages 393-410
16 - Experience with the Application of Modern Rock Classifications in Coal Mine Roadways, Pages 411-431
17 - An Overview of Application of Coal Mine Ground Control Techniques in the USA, Pages 433-450
18 - Residual Subsidence Over Abandoned Coal Mines, Pages 451-476
19 - Case Studies in Coal Mines in India, Pages 477-522
20 - Analytical and Numerical Modeling of High Pressure Fluid-Rock Mechanical Interaction in HDR Geothermal Energy Reservoirs, Pages 523-546
21 - Rock Mechanics for Underground Nuclear Waste Disposal in France, Pages 547-563
22 - Rock—Backfill Interaction in Radwaste Repositories, Pages 565-581
23 - Man-made Induced Seismicity, Pages 583-604
24 - The Use of Rock Mechanics in Petroleum Engineering: General Overview, Pages 605-616
25 - Hydraulic Fracturing – The Significance of In Situ Stresses and Rock Mechanics, Pages 617-628
26 - Advances in Shale Mechanics – The Key to Wellbore Stability Predictions, Pages 629-639
27 - Perforation and Stimulation Design for Deviated Wells at the Kuparuk River Field, Alaska, Pages 641-652
28 - Reevaluation of the Stability of Large Concrete Structures on Rock, Pages 653-700
29 - The Use of Rock Engineering to Overcome Adverse Geology at Revelstoke Dam, Pages 701-725
30 - Large Piles in Weak Rock – West Gate Freeway Project, Pages 727-758
31 - Flexural Toppling of Siltstones During a Temporary Excavation for a Bridge Foundation in North Devon, Pages 759-775
32 - Preliminary Analysis of Quarry Slopes in a Weathered Rock Mass Profile, Pages 777-806
33 - Examples of Rock Engineering in Chile, Pages 807-829
Cumulative Subject Index, Pages 831-981