Publisher's Synopsis
The study of rock dynamics is important because many rock mechanics and rock engineering problems involve dynamic loading ranging from earthquakes to vibrations and explosions. The text Advances in Rock Dynamics and Applications deals with the distribution and propagation of loads, dynamic responses, and processes of rocks and rate-dependent properties, coupled with the physical environment. First chapter discusses coseismic fluid-rock interactions at high temperatures in the chelungpu fault. Second chapter emphasizes the central role of fractures in rock, primarily natural fractures developed on a wide spectrum of scales over many tectonic epochs and many millions of years. Hydraulic and sleeve fracturing laboratory experiments on 6 rock types have been focused in third chapter. Three-dimensional numerical model of hydraulic fracturing in fractured rock masses has been presented in fourth chapter. In fifth chapter, a 3D geomechanics model test has been conducted to research the anchoring effect of zonal disintegration. Sixth chapter presents petrological and geochemical data on the nepheline-bearing mafic rocks previously referred to as mafic nepheline gneiss at the contact zone between the high-pressure (HP) mafic granulites and the Kpong complex (KC) rocks. Seventh chapter focuses on roughness research of center profile curve on rock fracture surface based on statistical method. Failure probability model considering the effect of intermediate principal stress on rock strength has been developed in eighth chapter. In ninth chapter, a model for rock mass blastability classification has been developed in combination with a fuzzy pattern recognition method. Tenth chapter summarizes the results of blasting tests and describes the impacts of rock mass conditions and blasting standard on the size of fragmented rocks. In eleventh chapter, experimental and numerical simulation are conducted to evaluate the deformation and fracture modes of rock with an inverted U-shaped opening in natural original cracked and noncracked rhyolite, respectively. Twelfth chapter identifies the deformation and failure characteristics of a deep cavern under different ground stress conditions using model test and theoretical analysis methods. In thirteenth chapter, the base force element method (BFEM) on complementary energy principle has been used to analyze the engineering problems of rock mechanics. The purpose of last chapter is to evaluate the relation between the chemical composition of major, minor and trace elements, the stable isotopes in kaolin and the mineralogical alteration zonation to confirm the hydrothermal genesis of the deposits, working with volcanic rocks from Patagonia Argentina.
