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Book SynopsisRock dynamics has become one of the most important topics in the field of rock mechanics and rock engineering. The spectrum of rock dynamics is very wide and it includes the failure of rocks, rock masses and rock engineering structures such as rockbursting, spalling, popping, collapse, toppling, sliding, blasting, non-destructive testing, geophysical explorations, science and engineering of rocks and impacts. The book specifically covers fundamentals of rock dynamics, constitutive models, numerical analysis techniques, dynamic testing procedures, the multi-parameter responses and motions of rocks during fracturing or slippage in laboratory experiments, earthquakes and their strong motion characteristics and their effect on various rock structures such as foundations, underground structures, slopes, dynamic simulation of loading and excavation, blasting and its positive utilization in rock engineering, the phenomenon of rockburst in rock excavations, non-destructive testing of rockbo
Trade Review
"The publication of this book is timely and welcome by the rock mechanics and rock engineering community.
The book is a good reference book for people involved in rock dynamics and earthquake geotechnical engineering. It will enlarge and deepen their knowledge to develop more efficient techniques in rock dynamics. The book is meant to be a reference book given its continued focus on practical solutions rather than basic fundamentals."
Prof. Giovanni Barla, Vice President of ISRM 1995-1999. Reviewed in the February 2018 issue of the Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering Journal.
Table of ContentsIntroduction. Fundamental Equations, Constitutive Laws and Numerical Methods. Tests on Dynamic Responses of Rocks and Rock Masses. Fracturing of Rocks and Associated Strong Motions. Strong Motions Associated with the Rupture of Earth’s Crusts and Some Strong Motion Estimation Procedures. Dynamic Responses and Stability of Rock Foundations. Dynamic Responses and Stability of Underground Excavations in Rock. Dynamic Responses and Stability of Rock Slopes. Dynamic Responses and Stability of Stone Masonry Historical Structures and Monuments. Dynamics of Loading and Excavation. Blasting. Impacts. Nondestructive Testing Using Shock Waves. Conclusions.
