Priest S.D. Discontinuity Analysis for Rock Engineering

Chapman & Hall, 1993. — 489 p. — ISBN: 978-94-011-1498-1.The aim of this book is to open up a relatively new area of rock mechanics by gathering together principles and analytical methods that have previously been distributed between journal papers, conference proceedings and more general text books. The book does not pretend to be the final word on the topic but rather seeks to set out basic ideas that can be built upon by others. The book is directed towards 3rd and 4th year undergraduate students studying civil, mining and geological engineering and to Master's students pursuing postgraduate coursework in rock mechanics, soil mechanics, engineering geology, hydro(geo )logy and related subjects. Most of the analytical sections and examples require only an elementary knowledge of mathematics,statistics and mechanics, to about 1st year undergraduate level. Appendices have been included to help readers with the basic principles of stereographic projection, statistics, probability theory, rock mass classification and the analysis of forces and stresses in three dimensions.Preface and acknowledgements
Foreword
List of tables
Introduction to discontinuities
Exercises for Chapter 1 and Appendix A
Measurement of discontinuity characteristics
Exercises for Chapter 2 and Appendices Band C
Discontinuity orientation
Exercises for Chapter 3
Discontinuity frequency
Exercises for Chapter 4
Discontinuity spacing
Exercises for Chapter 5
Discontinuity size
Exercises for Chapter 6
Stresses on discontinuities
Exercises for Chapter 7 and Appendix E
Analysis of rigid blocks
Exercises for Chapter 8 and Appendix D
Discontinuities and rock strength
Exercises for Chapter 9
Discontinuities and rock deformability
Exercises for Chapter 10
Fluid flow in discontinuities
Exercises for Chapter 11
Appendices
A Hemispherical projection methods
B Statistics and probability density
C Rock mass classification
D Analysis of forces
E Stress analysisAnswers to exercises