Zhao, Jian ; Labiouse, Vincent ; Dudt, Jean-Paul ; Mathier, Jean-Francois

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• Preface 1. Keynotes (H.H. Einstein, R.L. Sousa, K. Karam, I. Manzella & V. Kveldsvik, Rock slopes from mechanics to decision making; J. Sulem, Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical processes in fault zones during rapid slip; P.K. Kaiser, F. Amann & W. Steiner, How highly stressed brittle rock failure impacts tunnel design; R.W. Zimmerman, Some rock mechanics issues in petroleum engineering; M. Kwaśniewski & M. Takahashi, Strain-based failure criteria for rocks: State of the art and recent advances) 2. Fundamental rock mechanics 2.1 Rock testing and material properties 2.2 Rock mechanics constitutive models and modelling 2.3 Rock joints and discontinuities 2.4 Rock dynamics, wave propagation and geophysics 3. Tunnels and underground structures 3.1 Theory, design and numerical modelling 3.2 Tunnel methods and support 3.3 Case studies of rock tunnels 4. Slopes and landslides 4.1 Theoretical concepts and numerical modelling 4.2 Laboratory and field investigation and monitoring 4.3 Case studies of rock slopes and landslides 5. Resources, environment and others 5.1 Mines and petroleum 5.2 Radioactive waste repository 5.3 Dams and retaining structures 5.4 Other topics

Zhao, Jian ; Labiouse, Vincent ; Dudt, Jean-Paul ; Mathier, Jean-Francois

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• Preface 1. Keynotes (H.H. Einstein, R.L. Sousa, K. Karam, I. Manzella & V. Kveldsvik, Rock slopes from mechanics to decision making; J. Sulem, Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical processes in fault zones during rapid slip; P.K. Kaiser, F. Amann & W. Steiner, How highly stressed brittle rock failure impacts tunnel design; R.W. Zimmerman, Some rock mechanics issues in petroleum engineering; M. Kwaśniewski & M. Takahashi, Strain-based failure criteria for rocks: State of the art and recent advances) 2. Fundamental rock mechanics 2.1 Rock testing and material properties 2.2 Rock mechanics constitutive models and modelling 2.3 Rock joints and discontinuities 2.4 Rock dynamics, wave propagation and geophysics 3. Tunnels and underground structures 3.1 Theory, design and numerical modelling 3.2 Tunnel methods and support 3.3 Case studies of rock tunnels 4. Slopes and landslides 4.1 Theoretical concepts and numerical modelling 4.2 Laboratory and field investigation and monitoring 4.3 Case studies of rock slopes and landslides 5. Resources, environment and others 5.1 Mines and petroleum 5.2 Radioactive waste repository 5.3 Dams and retaining structures 5.4 Other topics