Boundaries of Rock Mechanics: Recent Advances and Challenges for the 21st Century (Balkema: Proceedings and Monographs in Engineering, Water and Earth Sciences)

Boundaries of Rock Mechanics. Recent Advances and Challenges for the 21st Century contains 180 papers from the International Young Scholars’ Symposium on Rock Mechanics 2008 (Beijing, China, 28 April-2 May 2008). The symposium was organized by the ISRM Commission on Education, and sponsored by the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM) and the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering (CSRME). Boundaries of Rock Mechanics. Recent Advances and Challenges for the 21st Century covers a variety of topics, grouped into 7 main themes: – Field investigation and instrmentation – Rock properties and mechanical behavior – Underground mining and excavation engineering – Rock slopes and landsides – Tunnels and foundations – Dynamics and blasting – New techniques and methods This volume offers an overall understanding of current concerns and advances in rock mechanics, and will be of interest to professionals, engineers and academics involved in rock mechanics and engineering. Table of Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 16 Organization......Page 18 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 20 Field investigation and instrumentation......Page 22 Stress field characteristics and prediction of rockburst in the tunnel area from Make river to Keke river in the west line of SNWDP......Page 24 Identification of geological interfaces from drilling process monitoring in ground investigation......Page 28 Surface movement monitoring and analysis based on GIS......Page 34 In situ stress state in engineering area of Dali-Lijiang railway and its impact on the railway project......Page 40 In situ stress monitoring network along Qinghai-Tibet railway......Page 44 Stain monitoring for tunnel using distributed optical fiber BOTDR sensors......Page 48 Study on ground stress distribution law in Longkou sea area......Page 52 A comparison of evaluation of rock mass deformation modulus from in-situ method and indirect one (empirical method) in Parsian dam site......Page 56 Rock properties and mechanical behavior......Page 60 Stress and scale effects of the hydraulic properties of fractured rocks......Page 62 Experimental study on deformation of deep unsaturated-saturated Tuff in Lancang lead-deposit......Page 70 Detection of thin weak zone in weathered rocks from automatic monitoring of pneumatic rotary-percussive drilling......Page 74 Study on porosity changes of Longyou sandstone under chemical corrosion......Page 80 A thermomechanical damage approach of constitutive models and its application in geomaterials......Page 88 Numerical lower bound analysis of stability problems of rock and soil masses......Page 94 Dynamic response to incident body waves of cylindrical cavities in a porous medium half-space......Page 100 Elasto-plastic analysis of jointed rock masses using the numerical manifold method......Page 104 Rock masses rating for crushed, dressed and ornament stones......Page 110 Research on rock mechanics parameters by using comprehensive evaluation method of rock quality grade-oriented......Page 114 SEM microstructure and SEM mechanical tests of swelling red sandstone in Guangzhou metro engineering......Page 120 Application of laser real-time HI to investigation of mesomechanical behaviors of rock......Page 126 The effect of meso-structure on temperature distribution in shale subject to freeze-thaw conditions......Page 130 The installation method and test of rock deformation in deep borehole by fiber bragg grating......Page 136 Numerical study on size effect of ring specimen under Brazilian test......Page 142 Laboratory comparative tests for geomaterial strengths with drilling process monitoring technique......Page 148 Experimental investigation on multidirectional loading under different initial stress states in clay......Page 154 Investigation of rock resistance coefficient in rocks around tunnel based on unified strength theory......Page 160 Elimination of end friction in biaxial testing of cubic rock samples......Page 166 Study on the dominant factors for primary fissure form in the process of hydraulic fracturing in coal rock......Page 172 Real-time CT testing of meso-damage evolution law of frozen cracked sandstone under uniaxial compression conditions......Page 178 Study of similarity recognition of drilling parameters in weathered granite formations......Page 182 Stress solutions for an inhomogeneous plane strain transversely isotropic rock subjected to horizontal and vertical line loads......Page 188 Precision analysis of discontinuity orientation obtained with DCRP......Page 194 Numerical simulation of rock fracture process under tension......Page 200 Experimental study on dynamic behavior of unsaturated silty clay......Page 206 Characterization of mechanical properties of rocks by microindentation test—A new method for testing rock properties......Page 212 Numerical simulation of acoustic emission and strain energy decrease of rock specimens with different degrees of pre-existing random imperfections......Page 218 Study on judge system of fuzzy inference to classification of tunnel surrounding rock......Page 224 Research on ultrasonic characteristics of sandstone after heating to high temperature......Page 228 Study on crack initiation mechanism of brittle rock under pressure head......Page 234 Mechanical effects of weak structural planes in rock mass......Page 240 Numerical simulation of the morphology and the geometric characteristic of rock joints by using GIS......Page 246 Hydraulic fracturing phenomena in cohesive soil......Page 250 Mechanical behaviour of biaxially loaded coalmine sandstone......Page 254 Research on mechanical characteristics of damage in surrounding rock mass with high geo-stress......Page 260 Surface roughness analysis of rock joints based on a 3D surface model......Page 264 Study on mechanical properties of rock discontinuity during unloading......Page 270 Study on physical and mechanical properties of the coal gangue for filling......Page 276 Numerical simulation of crack propagation in three-point bending beams......Page 280 Mechanism analysis on rheological instability of rock sample......Page 284 Processing and experimental technology of 3-D cracks in brittle materials......Page 288 Numerical simulation of crack propagation in a rock mass under seepage-stress coupling conditions......Page 294 Underground mining and excavation engineering......Page 300 Roadway stability analysis in a deep coal mine......Page 302 Destressing design and practice of a soft rock roadway under high ground pressure......Page 308 Grouting experiment on forming artificial Pillar for Pillar stoping......Page 312 Asymmetrical bolt-mesh support technique of deep soft-rock roadway under complex conditions......Page 316 Design computation in shaft lining in thick overlay soil strata......Page 322 Predictive analysis of dynamic instability for Large-Scale-Mined-out-Area (LSMA) based on field hybrid monitoring in western strong seismic region......Page 328 Research on the variation rule of working face support pressure beneath igneous strata......Page 334 Prediction on subsidence area developing situation of steep inclined coal seem......Page 338 Research on mining subsidence prediction based on GIS......Page 342 Infiltration mechanism of mine water from abandoned mines through coal rock mass......Page 346 Numerical simulation of splitting failure of Pubugou hydropower station based on energy method......Page 350 Stability of coal mine roadway intersection in great depth of cover......Page 354 Rapid excavation by blasting technique for hard rock roadways in high gas coal mine......Page 360 Construction of Chongwenmen station passing under existing subway with underground excavation method......Page 364 Effects of geometrical characteristic on cavern integrity for the underground gas storage......Page 370 Numerical analysis of the capability of water-resisting key strata to prevent water seepage in mined rock mass......Page 374 Modeling study of roadway stability in Xishimen iron mine based on yielding approach index......Page 380 Time series analysis of ground surface displacement induced by tunnel excavation......Page 384 Discrete element modeling of coal mine waste......Page 388 Analysis and evaluation aspects on stability of water-sealed underground petroleum storage caverns in rock......Page 392 Study on the application of discrete wavelet on the risk diagnose of surrounding rock stability of gold Mine......Page 398 Visco-elasto-plastic simulations for coal pillar stability affected by mining......Page 404 Optimization of gas drainage parameters by LBM......Page 410 Mechanical and experimental study on the failure law of massive igneous rock in the upper of the stope......Page 416 The unloading model of the rock masses and its application on numerical analysis of underground power plant......Page 420 Stability analysis on pillars near backfilled goafs......Page 426 Excavation of No.2 ventilation shaft of Qinling highway tunnel......Page 432 Three-dimensional strain softening modeling of sublevel open stope method layouts......Page 436 Mechanism of mining-induced horizontal fractures in overburden strata......Page 440 Rock heat-transfer model of high-temperature stopes and its solving process......Page 446 Grid computing for large-scale underground cavern group based on Krylov subspace methods......Page 450 Study on the silting mechanism of reinforcing extraordinary cracked coal body using polyurethane......Page 456 Influence of cavern space on stability of large cavern groups under earthquakes......Page 460 Study on the evolution of stress in shaft-lining during stratum-grouting......Page 468 Rock slopes and landsides......Page 474 Case study of slope stabilization using compression anchor and reinforced concrete beam......Page 476 Reliability assessment of an open-pit slope using finite element strength reduction method and response surface method......Page 480 Designing, constructing and monitoring of slopes in rock mass in Croatia......Page 484 Analysis of rock slope stability by using the strength reduction method......Page 492 Application of accelerating genetic algorithm combined with golden section in slope stability analysis......Page 498 The reliability analysis of Nantong coal gangue slope based on the modified ‘JC’ method......Page 504 Stability analysis of cutting slope by using 3D dynamic numerical simulation......Page 508 Different failure mode of gravel and soft clay slopes......Page 512 Stability of slope and stope of transition from opencast mining to underground mining......Page 518 Rock slope stability analysis with nonlinear finite element method......Page 524 Vector analysis method of slope stability against sliding......Page 530 Combination of probabilistic and deterministic methods for three-dimensional assessment of landslide hazard in a large mountainous area......Page 536 Strength characteristic of loess with different structure and its application to analyzing earth pressure of loess tunnel......Page 542 Influence of underground water on the stability of jointed slopes......Page 548 Analysis of the formation mechanism of Xiamen subsea tunnel fault......Page 554 Evaluation on country rock quality of tunnel based on set pair analysis......Page 560 Evaluation of effect for high slope K211 at Ganyue freeway......Page 564 Application of GPS technology to sliding slope deformation monitoring......Page 568 Study on the stability of pusiluogou engineering slope in right bank......Page 572 Applying catastrophe theory to slope reliability analysis......Page 578 Study on remote monitoring for slope stability of expressway......Page 584 Artificial neural network based predicting model for evaluating stability of landslide......Page 588 Model test of talus slope stability in mountain area......Page 594 Deformation and reinforcement of a rock slope in the anticline center......Page 600 Chaotic particle swarm optimization for non-circular critical slip surface identification in slope stability analysis......Page 606 In-situ test and study of the internal force features of prestress anchor lattice beam......Page 610 Tunnels and foundations......Page 616 Research on IBATSRD and engineering practice......Page 618 Calculation and analysis of plastic zone and ground settlement for shield tunnel......Page 624 Experimental study on mechanical behavior of shield tunnel......Page 628 Probabilistic determination of the principal parameters controlling the ground settlement curve due to deep excavation......Page 634 Influence of the distribution of a concealed fault on stability of tunnel......Page 638 Application of neutral point theory on designing free segment length of pre-stressed bolts for rock tunnelling......Page 642 Uplift capacity of single piles embedded in clay: Prediction and application......Page 646 Numerical analysis for a strain softening behavior of a shallow NATM tunnels......Page 652 Deformation analysis by artificial neural networks and FEM database for design and construction of NATM tunnels......Page 660 Effect of measurement error on the accuracy of the predicted value of the three-point method......Page 666 Field instrumentation and 3-D numerical modeling on two adjacent metro shield tunnels beneath tall buildings......Page 670 Influence of intermediate principal stress on seismic stability of rock-fill dams......Page 676 Study on deformation control technique in deep foundation pit engineering......Page 682 Study on the GA-ANIFIS intelligence model for nonlinear displacement time series analysis of long and large tunnel construction......Page 688 Dynamic testing study of the precast assembled electrical manhole......Page 694 Experimental study on buoyancy acting on deep foundation in clay......Page 700 Parameter equivalent for Mohr-Coulomb and Hoek-Brown criteria in the case of rock tunneling......Page 704 Theoretical and experimental study on bearing characteristics of super-long rock-socketed pile groups......Page 710 3-D stability analysis of tunnel structures based on geometric stochastic blocks theory......Page 716 Research on stability of the mined-up region for prebuilding steelworks......Page 722 Calculation of permeability tensor of fractured rock mass based on statistics and its application in the fissured water around the tunnel......Page 728 Tunnel invert heave and the principles of its control: A study from Yunling tunnel......Page 732 Prediction of surrounding rock pressure of Maanshan tunnel by the method of support vector machine......Page 736 Free vibration analysis of thick plates on pasternak foundations......Page 742 Study on the key techniques of tunneling across underground river in Karst areas......Page 748 Torsional dynamic analysis of a rigid foundation on a non homo-geneous saturated stratum......Page 752 A new method for vibration response of beam on foundation under moving load......Page 758 Dynamic superposition of tri-anchor support technology at tunnel junction under complex rock strata......Page 764 Research on the settlement prediction models of combined piles composite foundations......Page 770 Model test and numerical simulation of tunnel in country rocks with faults......Page 776 Freezing damage prevention and forecast to roads on congealed ground......Page 780 Mining of coal seam under mined out space and foundation stability of transmission tower......Page 786 Application of synthesized methods for stability analysis of rock cavern foundation......Page 790 Mechanism of interaction between tunnel and slopes in Portal construction......Page 796 FBG-based health monitoring for the secondary lining of Bainijing tunnel No.3 in Kunming, China......Page 802 Self-adaptable end-bearing composite pile foundation and its application in situ......Page 808 Investigation of coupled stress and seepage of a reservoir completely covered by geomembrane......Page 812 Application of transient electromagnetic method in colliery hydraulic channels......Page 816 Dynamics and blasting......Page 822 Extensional method of rockburst and its application in Huangdao water sealed underground oil tank......Page 824 Study on electromagnetic radiation forecast for rock burst with hard roof......Page 832 Numerical simulation on penetrating rock by linear shaped charge jet with uneven thickness cover......Page 836 Effects of soil characteristics on seismic-induced pore water pressure around a buried pipeline in a porous seabed......Page 840 Numerical study of the effect of ground stress on coal bursting potential......Page 846 Research on rockburst prediction with fuzzy comprehensive evaluations based on rough set......Page 852 Dynamical destabilization experimental analysis on deep-seated, steep and heavy thick coal seam in Huating Mine......Page 858 Analysis of 3-D seismic response of subway station structures in Wuhan......Page 864 Study on blasting seismic safety criterion based on wavelet packets equivalent energy technique......Page 868 Investigation of comprehensive rockburst prediction during deep mining......Page 872 Countermeasure research on preventing rock burst with hard roof by energy mechanism......Page 878 Study on the influence of surrounding rock to the tunnel excavation by numerical simulation......Page 882 Seismic response of QINGDAO sub-sea tunnel considering transversely isotropic......Page 888 Microcosmic mechanism analysis and experimental study of rock burst fracture based on SEM......Page 894 New techniques and methods......Page 898 Study on intelligent prediction system of deep pit deformation......Page 900 Study on soft rock strata movement with catastrophe theory......Page 904 Some potentials of discontinuous deformation analysis method......Page 910 Study on the ecological protection techniques of steep rock slope in high-cold area......Page 916 A splitting failure criterion of surrounding rock mass in depth of high in situ stress region and its engineering application......Page 922 Development of a new type of steel structure rack apparatus for 3D geomechanical model tests and structural integrity assessment......Page 928 DEM simulation of shear bands using a meshfree strain calculation method......Page 934 Deformation prediction research based on improved Saito’s method with Verhulst grey model......Page 940 Electromagnetic emission characteristics and mechanism of the deformation and fracture of coal......Page 946 A research about the feasibility of cement grouting to reinforce petty crack rock......Page 952 3D modeling and visualization of complex geological structures using openGL......Page 956 Nonlinear displacement-time series intelligent model for tunnel based on PSO-BP......Page 960 Computer simulation of structural failure under unexpected loads in rock engineering......Page 964 Removability analysis for secondary key-blocks......Page 970 Prediction of PDC bit drilling force based on rock cutting mechanics theory......Page 976 Study on safety and prevention of geologic environmental damage during the construction of urban underground engineering......Page 982 Study on the application of slope risk assessment model by taking parameters’ evaluations and numerical calculations into account......Page 988 Advances in KAISER effect of rock acoustic emission based on wavelet analysis......Page 994 Model identification of geotechnical engineering based on genetic programming......Page 998 Author index......Page 1004 "Boundaries of Rock Mechanics. Recent Advances and Challenges for the 21st Century contains 180 papers from the International Young Scholars' Symposium on Rock Mechanics 2008 (Beijing, China, 28 April-2 May 2008). The symposium was organized by the ISRM Commission on Education, and sponsored by the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM) and the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering (CSRME)." "The volume offers an overall understanding of current concerns and advances in rock mechanics, and will be of interest to professionals, engineers and academics involved in rock mechanics and engineering."--Résumé de l'éditeur