402 Questions I. I - I .5: introduction
Mountain Hall) in Precambrian gneiss in Norway. This is the largest
roofspan public-access civil engineering cavern in the world. Describe
the engineering rock mechanics factors that would have to be considered
in the design and excavation of such a cavern.
Q 1.4 Why do you think that the techniques used in rock mechanics for
site characterization, analysis and modelling are not the same as those
used in soil mechanics?
Q1.5 How can the subject of 'engineering rock mechanics' be useful
to organizations outside the civil and mining engineering professions,
e.g. to the petroleum industry, to insurance companies, to environmental
engineers?