10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROCK MECHANICS»
Discover the use of
rock mechanics in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
rock mechanics and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fundamentals of
Rock Mechanics
Widely regarded as the most authoritative and comprehensive book in its field, the fourth edition of Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics includes new and substantially updated chapters to this highly praised text.
John Conrad Jaeger, Neville G. W. Cook, Robert Zimmerman, 2009
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ENGINEERING
ROCK MECHANICS - AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PRINCIPLES
The book covers the basic rock mechanics principles; how to study the interactions between these principles and a discussion on the fundamentals of excavation and support and the application of these in the design of surface and underground ...
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Petroleum
Rock Mechanics: Drilling Operations and Well Design
Petroleum Rock Mechanics introduces the fundamentals of solid mechanics and applies them to oil and gas related drilling and well operation and completion problems.
Bernt Aadnoy, Reza Looyeh, 2011
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Rock Mechanics: For underground mining
This new edition has been completely revised to reflect the notable innovations in mining engineering and the remarkable developments in the science of rock mechanics and the practice of rock engineering that have taken place over the last ...
Barry H. G. Brady, Edwin T. Brown, 2007
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Rock Mechanics and Engineering
In this second, enlarged edition the author continues to emphasise aspects of rock mechanics.
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Rock Mechanics: Proceedings of the 35th US Symposium on
Rock ...
This volume presents the proceedings of a symposium on rock mechanics, held in the USA in 1995.
Jaak J.K. Daemen, Richard A. Schultz, 1995
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ENGINEERING
ROCK MECHANICS PART 2: ILLUSTRATIVE WORKED ...
The book covers the necessary understanding and the key techniques supporting the rock engineering design of structural foundations, dams, rock slopes, wellbores, tunnels, caverns, hydroelectric schemes and mines.
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Rock Mechanics: Achievements and Ambitions
Highlighting the work of young teachers, researchers and practitioners, the present work provides an important stimulus for the next generation of rock engineers, because in the future there will be more emphasis on the use of the Earth’s ...
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Petroleum Related
Rock Mechanics: 2nd Edition
Not only does this text give an introduction to applications of rock mechanics within the petroleum industry, it has a strong focus on basics, drilling, production and reservoir engineering.
Erling Fjar, R.M. Holt, A.M. Raaen, 2008
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Rock Mechanics in Salt Mining
A study on rock mechanics in salt mining, this work includes coverage of the exploration and opening of salt mining, deformation and failure of the salt, strata mechanics and control for different mining systems, and stability analyses of ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROCK MECHANICS»
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rock mechanics is used in the context of the following news items.
Professor Nobuo Morita joins Department of Petroleum Engineering
Image-of-Morita,-Nobuo Dr. Nobuo Morita, an expert in rock mechanics, has joined the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M ... «Texas A&M University, Jun 15»
'Great quake overdue': A study had warned just two months ago
... C P Rajendran of the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru, Biju John of the National Institute of Rock Mechanics, Kolar Gold ... «Hindustan Times, Apr 15»
Pan-American Geotechnical Engineering Conference Comes to …
The 15th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical ... Society of Rock Mechanics (ISRM), the International Society of Soil Mechanics and ... «Geosynthetica.net, Mar 15»
The Importance of Numerical Analysis for Understanding Rock …
The First Case Study describes the rock mechanics and rock engineering activities carried out in order to assess the stability of a 120m high rock slope in a ... «NAFEMS, Feb 15»
Premier Scandinavian Research Organization, SINTEF, Selects …
The custom designed rock mechanics test system will provide SINTEF with unique capability to analyze the physical characteristics of both on- and off-shore ... «PR Newswire, Jun 14»
FedIGS Elects Professor Jean-Louis Briaud New President
Briaud says that this prestigious and humbling position will give him a chance to broaden his horizons and learn more about rock mechanics, engineering ... «geosynthetica.net, Feb 14»
Itasca Co-Founder Dr. Charles Fairhurst Awarded French Medal of …
Dr. Fairhurst has more than 50 years of experience in mining rock mechanics and has consulted on rock stability problems for tunnels, dams, mines and ... «Business Wire, Dec 13»
Singapore Universities Set to Dig Deep for Expansion
Zhao Jian, professor of rock mechanics and tunneling at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, in Switzerland, who also worked on the N.T.U. study, ... «New York Times, Sep 13»
PhD student clinches award for new rock flow research
A University of Queensland alumnus has been awarded a rock mechanics award for discovering many new techniques and methods to better predict rock flow in ... «Australian Mining, Aug 13»
Slow earthquakes: It's all in the rock mechanics
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Earthquakes that last minutes rather than seconds are a relatively recent discovery, according to an international team of ... «Penn State News, May 13»
