Assessment and Prevention of Failure Phenomena in Rock Engineering

A.G. Pasamehmetoglu (Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey) , T. Kawamoto (Aichi Institute of Technology, Japan) , B.N. Whittaker (University of Leeds, United Kingdom) , O. Aydan (Tokai University, Japan)

• Failure phenomena and its mechanism in model tests, surface structures and underground openings; theoretical approaches (strain localization, fracture mechanics, damage mechanics, plasticity and visco-plasticity theory); numerical approaches (FEM, BEM and other methods); case studies (slopes, foundations, dams, tunnels, underground caverns, underground mining).