ABSTRACT
The theme of the 31st US Symposium on Rock Mechanics is 'Rock Mechanics contributions and challenges', having as objective the examination and quantification of the progress that has been achieved in addressing the major practical challenges facing the science of rock mechanics and mine design.
The 124 papers included in the proceedings cover areas such as: experimental studies (laboratory and field); conceptual, analytical, and numerical modeling; design and construction methods. 35 papers deal with practical mining problems and include information on rock reinforcement technology, blasting, rock bursts, open pit mining, remote sensing and borehole geophysics, mechanical fragmentation, and subsidence. Areas emphasized are coal and metal mine design problems. Other papers deal with the newest computer models, new instruments, fracture mechanics, new laboratory testing techniques, and in situ testing.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |7 pages
Extended abstracts of award winning papers
part 1|66 pages
The Canadian connection
part 2|43 pages
Coal mine stability
part 3|66 pages
Coal mining
part 4|32 pages
Coal strata
part 5|68 pages
Discontinuities
part 6|26 pages
Fracture mechanics
part 7|42 pages
Hard core modeling
part 8|33 pages
Hydro-geology
part 9|49 pages
In-situ testing
part 10|42 pages
Jointed rock
part 11|48 pages
Mechanical fragmentation
part 12|26 pages
Metal mining
part 13|18 pages
Mine subsidence
part 14|24 pages
New instruments
part 15|74 pages
New laboratory testing techniques
part 16|50 pages
Oil & gas
part 17|24 pages
Open pit mining
part 18|42 pages
PC based modeling of practical problems
part 19|20 pages
QA Effects
part 20|26 pages
Reinforcement
part 21|39 pages
Remote sensing – Borehole geophysics
part 22|58 pages
Rock blasting
part 23|34 pages
Rock bursts
part 24|33 pages
Rock deformation
part 25|62 pages
The Scandinavian connection