Title Statements
- Full title :Structural geology and rock engineering / John W Cosgrove, John A Hudson.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2016
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Distributed by World Scientific Publishing Co, Imperial College Press
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2016
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781783269587, 1783269588
- oclc:on1020636123
- LC Classification:TA706.C67 2016
- Dewey Decimal:551.8
Table of Contents
Intro; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the Authors; Chapter 1. Introduction and Purpose of the Book; 1.1 MOTIVATION; 1.2 CONTENT; 1.3 AN INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW OF THE SUBJECT; 1.3.1 Structural geology and rock engineering; 1.3.2 The dual roles of structural geology and rock engineering; 1.3.3 An illustrative example of the link between structural geology and rock engineering: the pre-split blasting technique for creating a planar rock face; 1.3.3.1 Introduction to the pre-split blasting technique; 1.3.3.2 Examples of pre-split rock faces; 1.3.3.3 Pre-splitting problems.
1.3.3.4 Understanding the mechanism of rock fracturing during the pre-splitting operation1.3.3.5 A final note on pre-splitting; 1.4 CHAPTER SUMMARY; Chapter 2. Structural Geology Principles; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 UNDERSTANDING ROCK STRESS; 2.2.1 Types of forces; 2.2.2 The resolution of forces; 2.2.3 The resolution of stress and the stress equations; 2.2.4 The implications of the stress equations; 2.2.5 Mohr stress circle; 2.2.6 Different processes are controlled by different parts of the stress tensor; 2.3 BRITTLE FAILURE OF ROCKS; 2.3.1 Background; 2.3.2 Shear failure.
2.3.3 Extensional failure2.3.4 Co…
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