Rock engineering risk / John A. Hudson, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, UK, Xia-Ting Feng, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hudson, J. A. (John A.), 1940- author.

Feng, Xiating, author.

Series:

ISRM Book Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rock mechanics--Risk assessment.

Rock mechanics.

Structural failures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (594 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis Group, [2015].

Summary:

This book provides a new, necessary and valuable approach to the consideration of risk in underground engineering projects constructed within rock masses. There are Chapters on uncertainty and risk, rock engineering systems, rock fractures and rock stress, the design of a repository for radioactive waste, plus two major case examples relating to the headrace tunnels and caverns for a hydroelectric project. These Chapters highlight in detail the authors' new rock engineering risk approach, especially how monitoring during construction can significantly reduce the construction risks. The book is

Contents:

""Front Cover""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements: International Society for Rock Mechanics""; ""About the authors""; ""1. Introduction and background""; ""2. Uncertainty and risk""; ""3. Rock Engineering Systems (RES), auditing and Protocol Sheets""; ""4. Rock fractures and in situ rock stress""; ""5. Radioactive waste disposal: overcoming complexity and reducing risk""; ""6. Risks associated with long deep tunnels""; ""7. Risks associated with hydropower cavern groups""; ""8. Concluding remarks""; ""Appendix A: Cavern risk events during construction""

""Appendix B: The Chinese �Basic Quality� (BQ) system for rock mass classification""""References and bibliography""; ""Colour plates""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-57412-5

0-429-22690-X

9780429226908

OCLC:

911000737