... and their levels are listed in Table 1 . 13 10 2023 12 03 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited: All rights reserved 2025 drilling & drillholes drilling efficiency operational parameters rocks/rock mechanics testing & evaluation UN SDG 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure...

... Limited: All rights reserved 2022 geotechnical engineering rocks/rock mechanics tunnels & tunnelling The strength and deformation behaviour of rock joints are greatly affected by the presence of faults, joints, fractures and so on in the rock mass. Correct determination of the strength...

...: GPa ν E: GPa ν 0 57.2 0.35 57.0 0.34 45 41.6 0.13 38.7 0.25 90 11.1 0.11 69.6 0.11 26 09 2020 03 02 2021 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2021 geotechnical engineering rocks/rock mechanics strength & testing...

... take place, such as in-plane failure. 26 09 2020 19 01 2021 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2021 geotechnical engineering rocks/rock mechanics strength & testing of materials Anisotropy is an inherent characteristic of metamorphic rocks which is more strongly...

... mass at a borehole. ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2021 4 σ cmass = 0 .5 e 0.06 RMR# mathematical modelling rocks/rock mechanics tunnels & tunnelling A tunnel is a structural system built in a surrounding rock medium with a certain stress...

... + b × y + c × z = N ~ hydrology & water resource joints mining & environmental issues rocks/rock mechanics statistical analysis water flow Ñ is established as follows: 10 N ~ = a × x c + b × y c + c...

... cities. ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2020 field testing & monitoring piles & piling rocks/rock mechanics One hundred instrumented test piles were analysed to obtain correlations of ultimate shaft and base resistance with strength. These piles were instrumented...

... α_q values for gneiss, basalt and granite are small overall with less dispersion. field testing & monitoring piles & piling rocks/rock mechanics where r_h is the mean roughness height, η_c is the construction reduction factor, n...

... falling, impact mechanics, energy losses due to slope materials and block damage, until the block(s) come to a stop. This paper focuses on some aspects of detachment associated with the availability of potential rock falls and their triggers. ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2019 rocks/rock...

...: All rights reserved 2018 coastal engineering geology rocks/rock mechanics The correlation between rock mass characteristics and rates of coastal cliff erosion is well established (e.g. Budetta et al., 2000 ; Sunamura, 1994). The evolution of a coastal cliff from stable...

... 2017 31 01 2018 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2018 geology grouting rocks/rock mechanics Line 9 of the Guangzhou metro is approximately 20 km long with 11 underground stations, starting from Fei'eling station and ending at Gaozeng station. The site location is shown...

... (A_{s) at a lining section, which is affected by a joint, is estimated to be 3 A s = b c S l + b j S j 05 05 2017 18 01 2018 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2018 geotechnical engineering rocks/rock mechanics tunnels & tunnelling 6}...

..., it is prudent to design an optimum rock shaft resistance in order to prevent excessive rock socketing. 01 12 2015 23 01 2017 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2017 geology piles & piling rocks/rock mechanics Horvath and Kenney (1979) reviewed the results of load tests...

... are demonstrated through several examples. Furthermore, the effects of out-of-plane stress on the stress and displacement of the strain-softening surrounding rock are investigated. ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2016 rocks/rock mechanics stress analysis tunnels & tunnelling...