Rock Enginneering
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Rock Enginneering
Hallo again, here I brought to you another e-book about rock mechanics and enginneering
Evert Hoek - Rock Enginneering
PREFACE
Increasingly sophisticated tools are becoming available to the rock engineer and yet
many fundamental design questions remain - how does one decide on the acceptable
risk of an open pit slope failure, the amount of deformation that can be tolerated in the
foundation of an arch dam, the allowable loads in the reinforcing cables in an
underground cavern or whether a tunnel should be constructed using drill and blast
methods or by tunnel boring machine?
Questions such as these, which are of great practical significance in civil and
mining engineering, are addressed in these notes which are based on a number of case
histories - each carefully chosen to illustrate the concepts and practical approaches
used. The tools and techniques covered range from simple
Evert Hoek - Rock Enginneering
PREFACE
Increasingly sophisticated tools are becoming available to the rock engineer and yet
many fundamental design questions remain - how does one decide on the acceptable
risk of an open pit slope failure, the amount of deformation that can be tolerated in the
foundation of an arch dam, the allowable loads in the reinforcing cables in an
underground cavern or whether a tunnel should be constructed using drill and blast
methods or by tunnel boring machine?
Questions such as these, which are of great practical significance in civil and
mining engineering, are addressed in these notes which are based on a number of case
histories - each carefully chosen to illustrate the concepts and practical approaches
used. The tools and techniques covered range from simple