Description
Book SynopsisRock Mechanics: Achievements and Ambitions contains the papers accepted for the 2nd ISRM International Young Scholars' Symposium on Rock Mechanics, which was sponsored by the ISRM and held on 1416 October 2011 in Beijing, China, immediately preceding the 12th ISRM Congress on Rock Mechanics.
Highlighting the work of young teachers, researchers and practitioners, the present work provides an important stimulus for the next generation of rock engineers, because in the future there will be more emphasis on the use of the Earth's resources and their sustainability, and more accountability of engineers' decisions. In this context, it is entirely appropriate that the Symposium venue for the young scholars was in China because of the rock mechanics related work that is anticipated in the future. For example, in the Chinese Academy of Sciences report, Energy Science and Technology in China: A Roadmap to 2050, it is predicted that China's total energy demand will reac
Table of Contents
- Field investigation and observation
- Rock constitutive relations and property testing
- Numerical and physical modeling for rock engineering
- Information technology, artificial intelligence and other advanced techniques
- Underground and surface excavation and reinforcement techniques
- Dynamic rock mechanics and blasting
- Predication and prevention of geo-environmental hazard
- Case studies of typical rock engineering
