Front Cover -- Engineering rock mechanics: an introduction to the principles -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1 The subject of rock mechanics -- 1.2 Content of this book -- Chapter 2. Geological setting -- 2.1 Rock as an engineering material -- 2.2 Natural rock environments -- 2.3 The influence of geological factors on rocks and rock masses -- Chapter 3. Stress -- 3.1 Why study stress in rock mechanics and rock engineering? -- 3.2 The difference between a scalar, a vector and a tensor -- 3.3 Normal stress components and shear stress components -- 3.4 Stress as a point property -- 3.5 The stress components on a small cube within the rock -- 3.6 The symmetry of the stress matrix -- 3.7 The state of stress at a point has six independent components -- 3.8 The principal stresses -- 3.9 All unsupported excavation surfaces are principal stress planes -- 3.10 Concluding remarks -- Chapter 4. In situ stress -- 4.1 Why determine in situ stress? -- 4.2 Presentation of in situ stress state data -- 4.3 Methods of stress determination -- 4.4 Statistical analysis of stress state data -- 4.5 The representative elemental volume for stress -- 4.6 Predictions of natural in situ stress states based on elasticity theory -- 4.7 Collated worldwide in situ stress data -- 4.8 Reasons for high horizontal stresses -- 4.9 Effect of discontinuities on the proximate state of stress -- 4.10 Glossary of terms related to stress states in rock masses -- Chapter 5. Strain -- 5.1 Finite strain -- 5.2 Examples of homogeneous finite strain -- 5.3 Infinitesimal strain -- 5.4 The strain tensor -- 5.5 The elastic compliance matrix -- 5.6 Implications for in situ stress -- Chapter 6. Intact rock -- 6.1 The background to intact rock testing -- 6.2 The complete stress-strain curve in uniaxial compression.

6.3 Soft, stiff and servo-controlled testing machines -- 6.4 Specimen geometry, loading conditions and environmental effects -- 6.5 Failure criteria -- 6.6 Concluding remarks -- Chapter 7. Discontinuities -- 7.1 The occurrence of discontinuities -- 7.2 Geometrical properties of discontinuities -- 7.3 Mechanical properties -- 7.4 Discussion -- Chapter 8. Rock masses -- 8.1 Deformability -- 8.2 Strength -- 8.3 Post-peak strength behaviour -- Chapter 9. Permeability -- 9.1 Fundamental definitions -- 9.2 Primary and secondary permeability -- 9.3 Flow through discontinuities -- 9.4 Flow through discontinuity networks -- 9.5 Scale effect -- 9.6 A note on effective stresses -- 9.7 Some practical aspects: grouting and blasting -- Chapter 10. Anisotropy and inhomogeneity -- 10.1 Definitions -- 10.2 Anisotropy -- 10.3 Inhomogeneity -- 10.4 Ramifications for analysis -- Chapter 11. Testing techniques -- 11.1 Access to the rock -- 11.2 Tailoring testing to engineering requirements -- 11.3 Tests on intact rock -- 11.4 Tests on discontinuities -- 11.5 Tests on rock masses -- 11.6 Standardized tests -- Chapter 12. Rock mass classification -- 12.1 Rock Mass Rating (RMR) system -- 12.2 Q-system -- 12.3 Applications of rock mass classification systems -- 12.4 Links between the classification systems and rock properties -- 12.5 Discussion -- 12.6 Extensions to rock mass classification techniques -- 12.7 Concluding remarks -- Chapter 13. Rock dynamics and time-dependent aspects -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Stress waves -- 13.3 Time-dependency -- 13.4 Time-dependency in rock engineering -- Chapter 14. Rock mechanics interactions and rock engineering systems (RES) -- 14.1 Introduction to the subject -- 14.2 Interaction matrices -- 14.3 Interaction matrices in rock mechanics -- 14.4 Symmetry of interaction matrices.

14.5 A rock mechanics-rock engineering interaction matrix -- 14.6 Further examples of rock mechanics interaction matrices -- 14.7 Concluding remarks -- Chapter 15. Excavation principles -- 15.1 The excavation process -- 15.2 Rock blasting -- 15.3 Specialized blasting techniques -- 15.4 Mechanical excavation -- 15.5 Vibrations due to excavation -- Chapter 16. Stabilization principles -- 16.1 The effect of excavation on the rock mass environment -- 16.2 The stabilization strategy -- 16.3 Rock reinforcement -- 16.4 Rock support -- 16.5 Stabilization of 'transitional' rock masses -- 16.6 Further comments on rock stabilization methods -- Chapter 17. Surface excavation instability mechanisms -- 17.1 Slope instability -- 17.2 Foundation instability -- Chapter 18. Design and analysis of surface excavations -- 18.1 Kinematic analysis of slope instability mechanisms -- 18.2 Combined kinematic analysis of complete excavations -- 18.3 Foundations: stress distributions beneath variably loaded areas -- 18.4 Techniques for incorporating variations in rock and site factors into the analyses -- Chapter 19. Underground excavation instability mechanisms -- 19.1 Structurally-controlled instability mechanisms -- 19.2 Stress-controlled instability mechanisms -- 19.3 A note on time-dependency and weathering -- Chapter 20. Design and analysis of underground excavations -- 20.1 Design against structurally-controlled instability -- 20.2 Design against stress-controlled instability -- 20.3 Integrated design procedures -- References -- Appendix A: Stress and strain analysis -- Appendix B: Hemispherical projection -- Index.