Engineering Rock Mechanics

Index

+i theory 273

accuracy 161,164

adjacent tunnels 361,382

advance rate of TBM 259

Alto Lindoso Dam 311

anisotropy, 60,159

questions only 437

aperture of fractures 145

bias 161

blastability indices 255,257

blasting energy 251

blocks on slope equilibrium 305

Buddhist temple 13

cause-effect diagram 239

cavern

block instability 343

undersea 25

Channel Tunnel 266

CHILE 160,238

Chilean mines 9

coal mining subsidence 387

complete

force-displacement curve 72

stress-strain curve 72,222

disking 176

fracture orientation 112

lengths calculation 101

core

creep 216,223,227
cutting rate of TBM 259

dam foundation analysis 332

Darcy’s law 144

DIANE 160,238

discontinuities, also see fracture -

discrete element modelling 190

questions only 421

EDZ 260,271

effective stress 155

elastic

anisotropy 65

modulus of jointed rock 316

elliptical excavations 366

energy for failure 250

engineering rock mechanics 3

equilibrium equation 35

excavation 247

excavation disturbed zone 260

instability - questions only 477

principles 247

principles - questions only 459

factor of safety

rock block instability 356

for slopes 297,330

failure around underground

excavations 358

failme criteria 81

fatigue 217,224

fault existence 20

flow through fractured rock 147

foundations 285

instability 288,300

instability mechanisms -

questions only 469

wedge instability 292+, 335