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Fundamentals and Applications of Rock Mechanics

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 Fundamentals and Applications of
Rock Mechanics
DEBASIS DEB • ABHIRAM KUMAR VERMA

THE BOOK
Rock mechanics is a first course in the field of mining and geotechnical
engineering. Over the last decades, the concepts and applications of rock
mechanics have evolved tremendously for understanding the stability and
safety of structures made of/on the rock masses. This book elaborates
the fundamental concepts of rock mechanics for designing and analysis of
structures and excavations for a variety of applications. The text includes
a fine blend of theory and worked-out examples and applications, and
also emphasises the basics of stress and strain analysis, volume–weight
relationship, rock mass classification systems, in situ stress measurements,
stresses around underground opening, pillar and support design, subsidence,
slope stability, rock failure criteria and behaviour of jointed rock mass.
Numerical analysis procedures and interaction between rock bolts and rock
masses are also introduced emphasising the mechanics and applications in
rock engineering.
Besides undergraduate and postgraduate students of civil (including
geotechnical), mining and petroleum engineering, the book will also benefit
the practicing engineers and researchers, who wish to acquaint themselves
with state-of-the-art techniques of rock mechanics and its applications.
Overall, this textbook is useful for both elementary as well as advanced
learning.
KEY FEATURES
• In-depth analysis of rock properties, rock masses, joints for determining
strength and deformability.
• Includes around 120 worked-out examples and over 160 exercise problems.
• Text is illustrated with around 260 well-labelled diagrams supported by
about 50 four colour images and over 40 tables.
• Provides advance topics such as rock yielding criteria, numerical analysis
procedures and behaviour of rock joints.
 THE AUTHORS
DEBASIS DEB, Ph.D. (University of Alabama, USA), is Professor in the Department of
Mining Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Earlier, he worked as
Research Associate at the University of Alabama and Korea Institute of Geoscience
and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), South Korea, and also as visiting Assistant Professor
at the Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA. Dr. Deb received Smt. Bala
Tandon Memorial Award (2008–2009) and National Geoscience Award (2013) for his
outstanding contribution in upgrading the quality of life in mining environment and
mining technology, respectively. He is a lifetime member of ISRM, MGMI and ISTAM.
He has taken several research projects related to development and applications of
FEM, XFEM and SPH procedures in rock mechanics. He has to his credit over 140
research papers, two books and three patents.
ABHIRAM KUMAR VERMA, Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India),
is Assistant Professor in the Department of Mining Engineering at Indian Institute of
Technology Kharagpur. Also, he has worked as Assistant Professor in the Department
of Mining Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University),
Varanasi and Lecturer in the Department of Mining Engineering at Indian Institute of
Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur. Dr. Verma was awarded with IEI Young
Engineers Award (2012). He is a lifetime member of ISRM, MGMI and IE (India). He
has to his credit over 30 technical papers in the field of applied rock mechanics.
His research interest includes the application of rock mechanics principles for design
of rock structures.
CONTENTS
Preface • Acknowledgements
1. ROCK AS GEO-MATERIAL
2. WEIGHT–VOLUME RELATIONSHIPS OF POROUS MATERIAL
3. ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION
4. ANALYSIS OF STRESSES AND STRAINS
5. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STRESS AND STRAIN
6. MEASUREMENT OF IN SITU STRESSES AND DEFORMATIONS
7. DISTRIBUTION OF STRESSES AROUND UNDERGROUND OPENING
8. NATURAL SUPPORTS
9. ROCK AND ROCK MASS FAILURE MECHANISM
10. JOINTS IN ROCK MASS
11. ARTIFICIAL SUPPORT
12. SUBSIDENCE
13. SLOPE STABILITY
14. NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES IN ROCK ENGINEERING
Appendix A: Transformation of Displacement, Strain and Stress Tensors
in 3D
Appendix B: Closed Form Solution of Kirsch Equation
Appendix C: Plastic Flow
Bibliography • Index

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