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

• Keynote papers Technical reviews in rock engineering: Experience in a consulting practice E.T. Brown & R.J. Morphet Harmonizing engineering geology with rock engineering on stability of rock slopes R. Ulusay The behavior of brittle rocks K. Duan, L.G. Tham & F.C.Y. Kwok Stress and shear effects on fluid flow and solute transport in rock fractures L. Jing, T. Koyama, Z. Zhao & B. Li Thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical processes in fractured rock O. Kolditz, U.-J. Gorke, H.B. Shao,W.Wang, H. Shao, J.A. Hudson & X.T. Feng Risk in rock engineering: Key issues and the work of the ISRM Design Methodology Commission J.A. Hudson & X.T. Feng Rock characterisation The influence of cyclic loading on deformation of rock salt H.L. Ma, C.H. Yang, J.F. Liu & J.W. Chen Experimental investigations on creep behavior of bedding anisotropy greenschist L.D. Yang, C.Z.Wu, Z.M. Shi & L.X. Xiong Acoustic emission behaviors of the Beishan granite under uniaxial and triaxial compression conditions X.G. Zhao, J.Wang, L.K. Ma, R. Su, M. Cai & G.B.Wang The characterization of deep rock joints from Borehole Television image K. Song, E.C. Yan & L.F. Xie Determining conductivity of fractured rock mass and associated transmissivity for fracture sets using in-situ hydrogeological tests S.-S. Zhan, T.-T.Wang & T.-H. Huang Failure characteristics of two porous sandstones subjected to true triaxial testing X. Ma & B.C. Haimson Experimental study on the permeability evolution of granite during complete stress-strain process C.P.Wang, X.Y.Wang, L. Chen, J.Wang, R. Su & J.F. Liu Characterization of fault rocks - investigation of the shear behavior of artificial block-in-matrix rocks T. Pilgerstorfer & W. Schubert Coupling relation between damage-induced permeability evolution and accelerated creep deformation of volcanic breccias R.B.Wang & W.Y. Xu Experimental research on micro structure characteristic of marble under temperature load Y. Zhang & G.Wu An investigation of surface roughness measurement in rock joints with a 3D scanning device M. Moosavi, H.N. Rafsanjani, M.H. Mehranpour, A. Nazem &A.N. Shirazi Study on long-term permeability evolution of Beishan granite fracture under groundwater seepage J.B. Yang, X.T. Feng & N. Xie Deformation characteristics of bedded sandstone in uniaxial compression P.L.P.Wasantha & P.G. Ranjith Experimental study on creep behavior of sandstone with pore water pressure and its constitutive modeling Y.J. Cao,W.Wang, J. Lu, T.G. Liu & Z. Zheng Study on the Lateral Strain Response for determining crack initiation in compression tests on low-porosity rocks L. Qiao, M. Li, Y. Li & X.Wang Analysis of mechanical characteristics and energy dissipation in fracture rock under triaxial loading Y.N. Lu, X.P. Li & T.L. Xiao Intelligent loop recognition of rock parameter for large underground hydraulic cavern Q. Jiang, J. Cui, X.T. Feng, D.F. Chen & X.J. Hao Estimation of rock mass deformation modulus in Bakhtiary Dam Project in Iran M. Sanei, A. Rahmati, L. Faramarzi, S. Goli & A. Mehinrad Prediction of rock mechanical parameters and rock mass classification by percussive drilling surveying in a rock tunnel C. Zang & H. Huang Engineering characterization of rock mass to suggest boulders and slope surface stabilization at Ajanta caves, Aurangabad, India M.N. Bagde, A.K. Soni & A. Sinha High resolution rock characterization by 3D tunnel seismic reflection C. Cosma, N. Enescu & E. Heikkinen An experimental study on the propagation behavior of filled offset cracks and preliminary findings J. Chun, X. Zhuang, H. Zhu & X. Chen A preliminary, calibrated scheme for estimating rock mass properties for non-linear, discontinuum models D.A. Beck, C.R. Lilley, F. Reusch, V. Levkovitch, G. Putzar & A. Flatten Experimental study of the acoustic emission characteristics of salt rock under uniaxial compression C. Zhang,W. Liang, S. Xu & Y. Yu Study on rock classification with physical property of coal reservoir J. Guo, P. Xia, F. Xie & Q.M. Yang Influence of boundary condition on the swelling behavior of GMZ01 buffer/backfilling material in HLW repository…/ Part Contents