Soft Rock Mechanics and Engineering

✍ Scribed by Milton Kanji, Manchao He, Luís Ribeiro e Sousa

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 750
• Edition: 1st ed. 2020
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book offers a practical reference guide to soft rock mechanics for engineers and scientists. Written by recognized experts, it will benefit professionals, contractors, academics, researchers and students working on rock engineering projects in the fields of civil engineering, mining and construction engineering.

Soft Rock Mechanics and Engineering covers a specific subject of great relevance in Rock Mechanics – and one that is directly connected to the design of geotechnical structures under difficult ground conditions. The book addresses practical issues related to the geomechanical properties of these types of rock masses and their characterization, while also discussing advances regarding in situ investigation, safety, and monitoring of geotechnical structures in soft rocks. Lastly, it presents important case histories involving tunnelling, dam foundations, coal and open pit mines and landslides.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-x
Introduction (Milton A. Kanji, Manchao He)....Pages 1-5
Engineering View of Soft Rocks (He Manchao, Sun Xiaoming)....Pages 7-17
The Geology of Soft Rocks (Georg R. Sadowski)....Pages 19-35
Mudrocks as Soft Rocks: Properties and Characteristics (Filipe Telmo Jeremias, Juan Montero Olarte, António B. Pinho, Isabel M. R. Duarte, Haris Saroglou, Mario Camilo Torres Suárez)....Pages 37-107
Sandstones in Dam Foundations and Tunnels (Eraldo L. Pastore)....Pages 109-128
Geomechanical Characterization of Evaporitic Rocks (Mauricio Giambastiani)....Pages 129-161
Site Investigation for Soft Rock Mass (Zhigang Tao, Cuiying Zhou, Luís Ribeiro e Sousa, Zhao Feifei)....Pages 163-186
Evaluation of Geomechanical Properties of Soft Rock Masses by Laboratory and In Situ Testing (Luís Ribeiro e Sousa, Rita Leal e Sousa, Zhou Cuiying, Karim Karam)....Pages 187-234
Interaction Between Water and Soft Rocks (Na Zhang)....Pages 235-249
Weathering of Rocks in Brazil (Eduardo Antonio Gomes Marques, Eurípedes do Amaral Vargas Jr, Marcio Fernandes Leão)....Pages 251-290
Weathering, Erosion, and Susceptibility to Weathering (H. Robert G. K. Hack)....Pages 291-333
Degradation Processes in Civil Engineering Slopes in Soft Rocks (Predrag Miščević, Nataša Štambuk Cvitanović, Goran Vlastelica)....Pages 335-371
Mining Slopes in Weathered and Weak Rocks (Paulo Cella, Luiz Castro, Trevor Carter)....Pages 373-406
Correlation of Soft Rock Properties (Milton Assis Kanji, Marcio Leão)....Pages 407-421
Deformation Mechanism of Soft Rock (He Manchao, Sun Xiaoming)....Pages 423-435
Soft Rock Roadway Reinforcement (He Manchao, Han Jun, Cao Chen)....Pages 437-454
Large Deformation Support for Engineering Soft Rocks (He Manchao, Gao Yubing, Gong Weili)....Pages 455-476
Rock Mass Classification of Chalk Marl in the UK Channel Tunnels Using Q (Nick Barton, Colin Warren)....Pages 477-502
Applications of the GSI System to the Classification of Soft Rocks (Marinos Vassilis)....Pages 503-539
Soft Rocks in Underground Hydroelectric Schemes (Luís Ribeiro e Sousa, Hui Zhou, Rita Leal e Sousa, Chuanqing Zhang)....Pages 541-577
Tunnelling in Weak Rock (Nicholas Vlachopoulos, Bradley Forbes, Ioannis Vazaios)....Pages 579-621
Face Stability of Tunnels in Soft Rocks (Qiujing Pan, Daniel Dias)....Pages 623-661
Characterization of Soft Rocks in Brazilian Coal Beds (Clovis Gonzatti, João Alberto Fiorentini, Luiz Zorzi, Ivone Maria Agostini)....Pages 663-697
Soft Rocks in Dam Foundation and Dam Sites (Ricardo Abrahão)....Pages 699-718
Soft Rock as a Dam Construction Material (Manoel de S. Freitas Jr)....Pages 719-742
Back Matter ....Pages 743-757

✦ Subjects

Earth Sciences; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics; Geophysics and Environmental Physics