Rock Mechanics - An Introduction

This graduate textbook introduces rock mechanics fundamentals simply way and with a strong practical bias, and can also suit undergraduates and engineers. This new edition brings in a completely new chapter on tunneling as well as more on numerical analysis and software, and sections on slope failure mechanisms and petroleum geology.

List of contents

1. Fundamentals of Engineering Geology 2. Spherical Presentation of Geological Data 3. Rock Properties and Laboratory Testing 4. Rock Mass Classification 5. Strength and Deformation Characteristics of Rocks 6. Rock Slope Stability 7. Foundations on Rock 8. Tunneling within Rock Mass

About the author

Nagaratnam Sivakugan is an Associate Professor and former Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering at James Cook University, Australia.
Sanjay Kumar Shukla is Associate Professor and Program Leader of the Discipline of Civil Engineering at the School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Australia.
Peter To is Lecturer in Civil Engineering at James Cook University, Australia.
Braja M. Das was Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at California State University, Sacramento, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Braja M. Das, Shukla Sanjay Kumar, Nagaratnam Sivakugan, Nagaratnam (James Cook University Sivakugan, Peter To
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 30.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032714684
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3271468-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Soil & Rock, Waste Management, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Civil engineering, surveying and building