Name: Mechanics of Jointed and Faulted Rock
ISBN: 9780203747810

Book

ABSTRACT

Topics covered in this text include: geology and structural geology; mechanics; dynamics of jointed and faulted rock; physical modelling and testing; constitutive modelling; seismicity and tectonics; instrumentation; hydraulics; and applications.

part 1|74 pages

Plenary lectures

chapter 1|8 pages

Mining below 3000m and challenges for the South African gold mining industry

chapter 2|9 pages

Fractures: Flow and geometry

chapter 3|7 pages

Strain-induced damage of rocks

chapter 4|10 pages

Seismic wave propagation in fractured rock

chapter 5|8 pages

Poroelasticity applications

chapter 6|11 pages

The contribution of Historical Earthquake Research to the analysis of seismic hazard and the tectonic stress field

chapter 7|9 pages

Quantitative tectonofractography – An appraisal

chapter 8|6 pages

Catastrophic sliding over a fault caused by accumulation of dilation zones

part 2|56 pages

Geology

chapter 9|6 pages

Mapping concealed faults in 3-D along the Wasatch Fault zone

chapter 10|6 pages

Stress perturbation near two fault zones in Himalayas-field measurements and numerical simulation

chapter 11|6 pages

On interaction of arbitrary oriented faults systems

chapter 12|6 pages

Morphotectonic indications for the opening of Davis Strait

chapter 13|6 pages

Neotectonic synthesis of the mediterranean Languedoc region, Southern France

chapter 14|6 pages

Lithological and structural models of the Gideå Study Site, Ångermanland Province, Sweden

chapter 15|6 pages

Controls of range-bounding faults adjacent to the Yellowstone hotspot, USA

chapter 16|5 pages

Recent tectonic stress field research in Shanxi graben system

chapter 17|6 pages

History of folding in the Magura nappe, Outer Carpathians, Poland

part 3|26 pages

Faults

chapter 18|6 pages

Extensional joints and faults: A 3D mechanical model for quantifying their ratio – Part 1: Theory

chapter 19|6 pages

Extensional joints and faults: A 3D mechanical model for quantifying their ratio – Part 2: Applications

chapter 20|5 pages

From joint and fault quantification to simulation of 3-D conceptual fracture models

chapter 21|6 pages

Influence of density, pressure and mean grain diameter on shear band localization in granular materials

part 4|83 pages

Joints

chapter 22|6 pages

Mechanical behaviour of Dionysos marble smooth joints: I. Experiments

chapter 23|6 pages

Mechanical behaviour of Dionysos marble smooth joints under cyclic loading: II. Constitutive modeling

chapter 24|7 pages

A static fatigue constitutive law for joints in weak rock

chapter 25|5 pages

A constitutive model for the mechanical behaviour of bolted rock joint

chapter 26|5 pages

3-D-laser measurements and representation of roughness of rock fractures

chapter 27|7 pages

What’s ‘rough’? Modelling the vague meaning of joint roughness classifiers by means of empirical fuzzy sets

chapter 28|6 pages

Some remarks about an in situ shear vane technique for claystone

chapter 29|6 pages

Description of a fracture morphology in regard of its behaviour during shearing

chapter 30|6 pages

Four joint genetic groups and their distinct characteristics

chapter 31|6 pages

Mechanical behaviour of natural joints of granodiorite under high normal stress

chapter 32|6 pages

The effect of shear displacement on the void geometry of aperture distribution of a rock fracture

chapter 33|6 pages

Development of Shear Testing Equipment to Investigate the Creep of Discontinuities in Hard Rock

chapter 34|5 pages

A Formulation of Shear Strength for Rock Joints Included Two or Three Different Asperities

part 5|42 pages

Dynamics

chapter 35|6 pages

Velocity amplification considered as a phenomenon of elastic energy release due to softening

chapter 36|6 pages

Rayleigh Pulse-Induced Fault Slip: Model and Application

chapter 37|6 pages

Modeling of Characteristics of Waves Propagating in Arbitrary Anisotropic Media

chapter 38|4 pages

Time-Dependent Elastic Properties in the Earth and Their Causes

chapter 39|6 pages

Electrical Resistivity of Jointed Rock and its Correlation to Elastic Wave Velocity

chapter 40|6 pages

Mechanical Anisotropy of Granites: Evidence from Comparative Experimental Study and Fabric Analysis

chapter 41|6 pages

Dynamic Modelling of a Fault and Dyke in the Vicinity of Mining

part 6|40 pages

3D Modelling

chapter 42|6 pages

Three Dimensional Modelling of Seismicity In Deep Level Mines

chapter 43|8 pages

An Energy-Based Damage Model of Jointed Rockmass

chapter 44|6 pages

3D Behaviour of Bolted Rock Joints: Experimental And Numerical Study

chapter 45|5 pages

Development of A 3-D Block-Spring Model For Jointed Rocks

chapter 46|6 pages

Principles of Numerical Modelling of Jointed Rock Mass

chapter 47|6 pages

Implementation of The Barton-Bandis Criterion in A Three-Dimensional Numerical Model

part 7|31 pages

Fractures

chapter 48|6 pages

Mechanics of rock fracturing around boreholes

chapter 49|7 pages

Drilling-induced tensile fractures: Formation and constraints on the full stress tensor

chapter 50|6 pages

Fractures In Porous Biot Medium

chapter 51|3 pages

Two technologies of rock samples cutting: Their effect on samples strength properties

chapter 52|5 pages

Study of scale effects on the deformability modulus of rock by means of a discontinuous model

part 8|67 pages

Testing

chapter 53|6 pages

Crack initiation at a heterogeneity in a rock sample subjected to the Brazilian test

chapter 54|4 pages

Laboratory tests to investigate the effect of presence of discontinuities on rock cutting parameters

chapter 55|7 pages

Analysis of rock failure after triaxial testing

chapter 56|6 pages

Acoustic emission of jointed and intact granite during triaxial compression test

chapter 57|5 pages

Numerical simulation of the Kaiser effect under triaxial stress state

chapter 58|6 pages

Acoustic emission preceding macro crack formation in samples containing a stress concentrator

chapter 59|7 pages

Effects of discrete memory during rock deformation

chapter 60|3 pages

Fracture analysis of loaded rocks by means of acoustic emission

chapter 61|6 pages

Crack detection in salt rock and implications for the geomechanical situation

chapter 62|5 pages

Geomechanical behavior of a heated 3m block of fractured tuff

chapter 63|6 pages

Laboratory equipment for the strength and deformability studies of the rock materials under m ultiaxial stress state

part 9|98 pages

Mining and underground construction

chapter 64|6 pages

Fracturing around deep level stopes: Comparison of numerical simulation with underground observations

chapter 65|6 pages

Mining subsidence in the concealed coalfields of north-east England

chapter 66|6 pages

Fracture development around underground excavations in rock salt

chapter 67|6 pages

Stability Analysis of Rock Blocks Around a Tunnel

chapter 68|6 pages

Field Measurement and Model Test on Tunnel Deformation

chapter 69|6 pages

Influence of the rock’s joints frequency on the tunnel lining stress state

chapter 70|6 pages

Numerical analyses of the trial underground exploitation of dimension stone

chapter 71|6 pages

Load approach on circular tunnels in jointed rock

chapter 72|6 pages

Shear creep of discontinuities in hard rock surrounding deep excavations

chapter 73|5 pages

Improvement of post-pillars behaviour providing its confinement by tailings backfill

chapter 74|5 pages

Extension of concealed fractures: Why did a collapse of the sea-cliff at the western entrance of the Toyohama Tunnel, Hokkaido, Japan occur?

chapter 75|6 pages

Mining induced fractures for roof in logwall stope and their behavior

chapter 76|5 pages

Research and application of the inside-injection grouting bolts

chapter 77|6 pages

Research on an IDSS for rock support design in Jinchuan mine

chapter 78|6 pages

A control system for tunnel boring machines in jointed rock

chapter 79|6 pages

Voussoir beam analysis of an underground marble quarry

part 10|31 pages

Slope stability

chapter 80|6 pages

Stability analysis of jointed rock slope

chapter 81|6 pages

Stability analysis of wedges in jointed rock masses using finite element analysis

chapter 82|5 pages

Analysis of stability factor of slope in jointed rock masses

chapter 83|6 pages

The influence granular structure of rockfalls on their spreading along mountain slopes

chapter 84|5 pages

The new method for modelling of slopes stability at changeable temperature field

part 11|72 pages

Hydromechanics

chapter 85|6 pages

The Behavior of Induced Pore Fluid Pressure In Undrained Triaxial Shear Tests On Fractured Porous Analog Rock Material Specimens

chapter 86|6 pages

Evaluation of jointed rock permeability using a high pressure triaxial apparatus

chapter 87|6 pages

Channelling effects in the hydraulic behaviour of rock-joints

chapter 88|6 pages

Modelling of Hydro-Mechanical Coupling in Rock Joints

chapter 89|4 pages

On the experimental study of mass transport in a fracture model

chapter 90|6 pages

Hydromechanical Behavior of a Fracture: How to Understand the Flow Paths

chapter 91|6 pages

Experiments on Hydro-Thermo-Mechanical and Chemical Parameters in a Fracture

chapter 92|6 pages

What is the Usefulness of Fluid Inclusion Planes (FIP)?

chapter 93|6 pages

Quantification and Simulation of Fissural Permeability at Different Scales

chapter 94|6 pages

Investigating Fractured-Porous Systems – The Aquifer Analogue Approach

chapter 95|7 pages

Damage mechanics approach for hydromechanical coupling in rock joints under normal stress

chapter 96|4 pages

Hydromechanics of Fractured Rock Masses: Results from an Experimental Site in Limestone

part 12|24 pages

Dam

chapter 97|6 pages

Contribution of a 3D model to the analysis of the hydromechanical behaviour of a jointed rock mass dam foundation

chapter 98|6 pages

Behavior of jointed rock masses during construction of embankment dams

chapter 99|5 pages

Ultimate bearing capacity of the foundation of a gravity dam, on an isotropic transverse rock media

chapter 100|4 pages

Mechanism and assessment of the interstratal and intrastratal fractures

part 13|7 pages

Supplement

chapter 101|5 pages

The influences of perforation parameters to wellbore instability and sand production

Mechanics of Jointed and Faulted Rock