Engineering Rock Mechanics

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18. Design and analysis of surface excavations
    18.1 Kinematic analysis of slope instability mechanisms
    18.2 Combined kinematic analysis of complete excavations
    18.3 Foundations: stress distributions beneath variably loaded
    areas
    18.4 Techniques for incorporating variations in rock and site
    factors into the analyses


19. Underground excavation instability mechanisms
    19.1 Structurally-controlled instability mechanisms
    19.2 Stress-controlled instability mechanisms
    19.


20. Design and analysis of underground excavations
    20.1 Design against structurally-controlled instability
    20.2 Design against stress-controlled instability
    20.3 Integrated design procedures

References

A note on time-dependency and weathering

Appendix A: Stress and strain analysis

Stress analysis

Strain analysis

Appendix B: Hemispherical projection

Hemispherical projection methods

Points to remember

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