ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book provides a fundamental, complete treatise on rock reinforcement and rock support under static, dynamic, short-term, and long-term conditions. It evaluates the reinforcement effects of rockbolts and rockanchor of rock engineering structures under various rock mass conditions, both qualitatively and quantitatively. The book devotes to the mechanism and influencing factors of failure phenomena in rock engineering structures. It is concerned with the present design philosophy of support and reinforcement for rock engineering structures. The book provides a brief description of available design approaches, such as empirical, analytical, and numerical methods. It describes experimental studies undertaken on the mechanical behavior of the rockbolt system together with a reference to rockanchors, which are a special form of rockbolts. The book also describes the characteristics of various support elements, such as shotcrete, concrete liner, and steel ribs/sets.
