New Challenges in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

New Challenges in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Author: Roberto Tomás

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2024-07-29

Total Pages: 1585

ISBN-13: 1040225756

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New Challenges in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering includes the contributions presented at the ISRM European Rock Mechanics Symposium Eurock 2024 (Alicante, Spain, 15-19 July 2024), and explores cutting-edge advancements in rock mechanics and rock engineering. This comprehensive compilation covers various aspects of rock mechanics and rock engineering, including: rock properties, testing methods, infrastructure and mining rock mechanics, design analysis, stone heritage preservation, geophysics, numerical modeling, monitoring techniques, underground excavation support, risk assessment, and the application of EUROCODE-7 in rock engineering. Furthermore, it addresses areas like geomechanics for the oil and gas industry, applications of artificial intelligence, remote sensing methodologies and geothermal technology. New Challenges in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering covers the latest breakthroughs and tackles the new challenges in rock mechanics and rock engineering, is aimed at scientists and professionals in these fields, and serves as an essential resource for keeping up to date with industry trends and solutions.


Tunnel Design Methods

Tunnel Design Methods

Author: Antonio Bobet

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2023-09-12

Total Pages: 626

ISBN-13: 1000857824

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Tunnel Design Methods covers analytical, numerical, and empirical methods for the design of tunnels in soil and in rock. The material is intended for design engineers looking for detailed methods, for graduate students who are interested in tunnelling, and for researchers working on various aspects of ground-support interaction under static and seismic loading. The book is divided into seven chapters, covering fundamental concepts on ground and support behavior and on ground-excavation-support interaction and provides detailed information on analytical and numerical methods used for the design of tunnels, with applications, and on the latest developments on empirical methods. The principles and formulations included are used, throughout the book, to provide insight into the response of tunnels under both simple and complex loading conditions, thus providing the reader with fundamental understanding of tunnel behavior. Both authors have experience in tunnelling and have worked extensively in practice, designing tunnels both in the United States and abroad, and in research.


On the dissolution, precipitation and transport processes in sulphatic swelling rocks

On the dissolution, precipitation and transport processes in sulphatic swelling rocks

Author: Konstantinos Serafeimidis

Publisher: vdf Hochschulverlag AG

Published: 2014-10-22

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 3728136468

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Sulphatic claystones are among the most problematic rocks in tunnelling due to their distinctive swelling properties. They are known to have caused severe damage, for example, to numerous tunnels excavated in the Gypsum Keuper formation. The repairs were extremely costly and time-consuming, and often provided only a temporary solution. The setbacks experienced in tunnelling through Gypsum Keuper may be attributed, among other things, to our limited knowledge of the macroscopic principles governing the swelling process and the underlying microscopic mechanisms. The issues in question have formed the focal point of long-standing research in the Chair of Underground Construction at ETH Zurich. A series of theoretical and experimental research projects are being conducted to investigate the interactions between chemical reactions, transport processes and the observed macroscopic behaviour. The objective of the investigations is to improve our understanding of swelling processes in order to yield a scientifically established basis for design. This work has achieved important progress towards this objective. It has systematically and comprehensively analysed the thermodynamics and the kinetics of the chemical reactions involved in the swelling process, as well as their interplay with advective and diffusive ion transport. The topic is of great value in terms of further investigation in this area.


Constitutive Modeling of Geomaterials

Constitutive Modeling of Geomaterials

Author: Qiang Yang

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-08-22

Total Pages: 779

ISBN-13: 3642328148

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The Second International Symposium on Constitutive Modeling of Geomaterials: Advances and New Applications (IS-Model 2012), is to be held in Beijing, China, during October 15-16, 2012. The symposium is organized by Tsinghua University, the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), the Committee of Numerical and Physical Modeling of Rock Mass, Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering, and the Committee of Constitutive Relations and Strength Theory, China Institution of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, China Civil Engineering Society. This Symposium follows the first successful International Workshop on Constitutive Modeling held in Hong Kong, which was organized by Prof. JH Yin in 2007. Constitutive modeling of geomaterials has been an active research area for a long period of time. Different approaches have been used in the development of various constitutive models. A number of models have been implemented in the numerical analyses of geotechnical structures. The objective of the symposium is to provide a forum for researchers and engineers working or interested in the area of constitutive modeling to meet together and share new ideas, achievements and experiences through presentations and discussions. Emphasis is placed on recent advances of constitutive modeling and its applications in both theoretic and experimental aspects. Six famous scholars have been invited for the plenary speeches of the symposiums. Some prominent scholars have been invited to organize four specialized workshops on hot topics, including “Time-dependent stress-strain behavior of geomaterials”, “Constitutive modeling within critical state soil mechanics”, “Multiscale and multiphysics in geomaterials”, and “Damage to failure in rock structures”. A total of 49 papers are included in the above topics. In addition, 51 papers are grouped under three topics covering “Behaviour of geomaterials”, “Constitutive model”, and “Applications”. The editors expect that the book can be helpful as a reference to all those in the field of constitutive modeling of geomaterials.


Geomechanics from Micro to Macro

Geomechanics from Micro to Macro

Author: Kenichi Soga

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2014-08-26

Total Pages: 1668

ISBN-13: 1315737329

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Geomechanics from Micro to Macro contains 268 papers presented at the International Symposium on Geomechanics from Micro and Macro (IS-Cambridge, UK, 1-3 September 2014). The symposium created a forum for the dissemination of new advances in the micro-macro relations of geomaterial behaviour and its modelling. The papers on experimental investigati


Advances in Unsaturated Soils

Advances in Unsaturated Soils

Author: Bernardo Caicedo

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2013-01-17

Total Pages: 610

ISBN-13: 0203771079

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New theories and testing techniques related with Unsaturated Soil Mechanics have proven to be valuable tools to study a broad spectrum of geo-materials which includes rocks, rock fills, frozen soils and domiciliary solid wastes. These new theories and testing techniques have permitted the analysis of several traditional problems from a new perspect


Physical Properties of Rocks

Physical Properties of Rocks

Author: Jürgen Schön

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2011-08-02

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 0444537961

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A symbiosis of a brief description of physical fundamentals of the rock properties (based on typical experimental results and relevant theories and models) with a guide for practical use of different theoretical concepts.


Geochemistry

Geochemistry

Author: Miloš René

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2021-03-10

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 1839628502

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Geochemistry includes new contributions to the field of granite rocks geochemistry, mineralogy, petrology and microstructure studies, geochemistry of radioactive isotopes, and geochronology. It contains detailed geochemical, mineralogical, petrological, sedimentological and geostructural studies from Europa, Asia, Africa, South America and Australia Chapters present geochemical exploration methods, isotopic studies, and macro- and microstructural analyses.


Understanding Oil and Gas Shows and Seals in the Search for Hydrocarbons

Understanding Oil and Gas Shows and Seals in the Search for Hydrocarbons

Author: John Dolson

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-06-15

Total Pages: 498

ISBN-13: 3319297104

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This book explains in detail how to use oil and gas show information to find hydrocarbons. It covers the basics of exploration methodologies, drilling and mud systems, cuttings and mud gas show evaluation, fundamental log analysis, the pitfalls of log-calculated water saturations, and a complete overview of the use of pressures to understand traps and migration, hydrodynamics, and seal and reservoir quantification using capillary pressure. Also included are techniques for quickly generating pseudo-capillary pressure curves from simple porosity/permeability data, with examples of how to build spreadsheets in Excel, and a complete treatment of fluid inclusion analysis and fluid inclusion stratigraphy to map migration pathways. In addition, petroleum systems modeling and fundamental source rock geochemistry are discussed in depth, particularly in the context of unconventional source rock evaluation and screening tools for entering new plays. The book is heavily illustrated with numerous examples and case histories from the author’s 37 years of exploration experience. The topics covered in this book will give any young geoscientist a quick start on a successful career and serve as a refresher for the more experienced explorer.