Prof. Wengang ZHANG is currently full professor in School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, China. His research interests focus on impact assessment on the built environment induced by underground construction, as well as big data and machine learning in geotechnics and geoengineering. He published more than 90 ISI papers in Web of Sciences and 27 conference papers. He is now the member of the ISSMGE TC304 (Reliability), TC309 (Machine Learning), and TC219 (System Performance of Geotechnical Structures), SRMEG, ISRM, IAEG, CISMGE . Dr Zhang has been selected as the World’s Top 2% Scientists 2020. Yanmei Zhang is currently Associate Professor in College of Aerospace Engineering, Chongqing University, China. She obtained her PhD in Nanyang Technological University in 2016. Her research interests focus on fatigue and failure assessment of engineering structures, fracture analyses of polymeric composites, and applications of machine learning technique in geoengineering. She is the member of Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Luqi Wang, Associate Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University. One of his research fields is the time-dependent degradation analysis of rocky slopes in complex mechanical environments.Shuo Wang, PhD candidate at the School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, specializing in the research of stone cultural heritage preservation. Sicheng Lin, PhD candidate at the School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, specializing in the research of rock cultural heritage preservation.Wang Lu, PhD candidate at the School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University. His research primarily focuses on slope stability.

• 1. Why This Book and Organization2. Introduction3. Project Description for Creep and Salt Weathering of Sandstone4. Creep Simulation and Contact Constitutive Model of Sandstone5. Salt Weathering and Numerical Simulation of Sandstone6. Theory and Applications in Rock Slope Stability in Three Gorges Reservoir7. Applications of Special Rock Mechanics8. Rock Damage Detection Methods for Cultural Heritage and Reservoir Slopes9. Summary and Future Prospects

Prof. Wengang ZHANG is currently full professor in School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, China. His research interests focus on impact assessment on the built environment induced by underground construction, as well as big data and machine learning in geotechnics and geoengineering. He published more than 90 ISI papers in Web of Sciences and 27 conference papers. He is now the member of the ISSMGE TC304 (Reliability), TC309 (Machine Learning), and TC219 (System Performance of Geotechnical Structures), SRMEG, ISRM, IAEG, CISMGE . Dr Zhang has been selected as the World’s Top 2% Scientists 2020. Yanmei Zhang is currently Associate Professor in College of Aerospace Engineering, Chongqing University, China. She obtained her PhD in Nanyang Technological University in 2016. Her research interests focus on fatigue and failure assessment of engineering structures, fracture analyses of polymeric composites, and applications of machine learning technique in geoengineering. She is the member of Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Luqi Wang, Associate Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University. One of his research fields is the time-dependent degradation analysis of rocky slopes in complex mechanical environments.Shuo Wang, PhD candidate at the School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, specializing in the research of stone cultural heritage preservation. Sicheng Lin, PhD candidate at the School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, specializing in the research of rock cultural heritage preservation.Wang Lu, PhD candidate at the School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University. His research primarily focuses on slope stability.

• 1. Why This Book and Organization2. Introduction3. Project Description for Creep and Salt Weathering of Sandstone4. Creep Simulation and Contact Constitutive Model of Sandstone5. Salt Weathering and Numerical Simulation of Sandstone6. Theory and Applications in Rock Slope Stability in Three Gorges Reservoir7. Applications of Special Rock Mechanics8. Rock Damage Detection Methods for Cultural Heritage and Reservoir Slopes9. Summary and Future Prospects

Prof. Wengang ZHANG is currently full professor in School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, China. His research interests focus on impact assessment on the built environment induced by underground construction, as well as big data and machine learning in geotechnics and geoengineering. He published more than 90 ISI papers in Web of Sciences and 27 conference papers. He is now the member of the ISSMGE TC304 (Reliability), TC309 (Machine Learning), and TC219 (System Performance of Geotechnical Structures), SRMEG, ISRM, IAEG, CISMGE . Dr Zhang has been selected as the World’s Top 2% Scientists 2020. Yanmei Zhang is currently Associate Professor in College of Aerospace Engineering, Chongqing University, China. She obtained her PhD in Nanyang Technological University in 2016. Her research interests focus on fatigue and failure assessment of engineering structures, fracture analyses of polymeric composites, and applications of machine learning technique in geoengineering. She is the member of Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Luqi Wang, Associate Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University. One of his research fields is the time-dependent degradation analysis of rocky slopes in complex mechanical environments.Shuo Wang, PhD candidate at the School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, specializing in the research of stone cultural heritage preservation. Sicheng Lin, PhD candidate at the School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, specializing in the research of rock cultural heritage preservation.Wang Lu, PhD candidate at the School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University. His research primarily focuses on slope stability.

• 1. Why This Book and Organization2. Introduction3. Project Description for Creep and Salt Weathering of Sandstone4. Creep Simulation and Contact Constitutive Model of Sandstone5. Salt Weathering and Numerical Simulation of Sandstone6. Theory and Applications in Rock Slope Stability in Three Gorges Reservoir7. Applications of Special Rock Mechanics8. Rock Damage Detection Methods for Cultural Heritage and Reservoir Slopes9. Summary and Future Prospects