Impact of Human Activity on the Geological Environment EUROCK 2005

Proceedings of the International Symposium EUROCK 2005, 18-20 May 2005, Brno, Czech Republic

Pavel Konecny

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040894880
• Subtopic: Civil Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

This work focuses on the impact of human activity on the geological environment and contains over 100 papers dealing with laboratory and field research investigations in geomechanics, geoengineering and mathematical modelling. Topics covered are grouped into eight main themes: response of the rock mass to human impact; slope stability; field research; laboratory research; stability of underground openings; mathematical modelling; stress measurements, and mineral and rock disintegration.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Organization
• Acknowledgements
• Load capacity of fully grouted rock bolts in shale
• Application of the ‘shear and tensile strength reduction technique’ to obtain factors of safety of toppling and footwall rock slopes
• A model to estimate the dilatancy angle of rock masses
• Evaluation of EDZ around highly stressed rock cavern by AE measurements
• Some experiences during open pit excavation in limestone rock mass
• Simulation of stress distribution around cylindrical mined out spaces
• Estimation of temperature stresses in a homogeneous isotropic rock mass under conditions of a nonstationary temperature field
• Analysis of the stress strain formation in a rock mass in mining the split layer
• Large-scale modelling of T-M phenomena from underground deposition of the spent nuclear fuel
• Laboratory testing for soft rock - a challenge
• Analysis of sliding failure of the Viviers-Basques’ (France) jointed rock cliff
• In situ characterization of a single fracture hydromechanical behavior from hydraulic pulse tests coupled to simultaneous pressure - normal displacement measurements
• Stability analysis of underground openings in an abandoned gold mine using rock mass classifications and numerical methods
• Chemoporoelastic model for transversely isotropic shale
• Viscoplastic flow of soft rock in foundation of Zermanice Dam
• Consolidation inertial completion
• Response of rock mass to technological explosions in mining the rockburst-hazardous iron-ore deposits
• Berg Bock Freeway Tunnel: Optimizing the heading technique and the operational safety for the tunnel built by the shotcrete method
• Two and three-dimensional analysis of a hydro-electric cavern using back-analysis
• Geomechanical analysis of an underground station of Metro do Porto
• Rock cutting by pulsing water jets
• Influence of a new building construction on sewer tunnel lining durability
• Influence of a 90°-rotation of the loading axis on acoustic emission behavior of parallelepiped specimens of granite
• A effective media model to predict pore-elasto-dynamic properties
• Considerations on hydraulic fracturing of unconsolidated formations
• Shape of underground openings and rock bolt length
• Study on the stability of the red clay rock mass of a tunnel
• Numerical simulation of influence of joint orientation on rock fragmentation process induced by a TBM cutter
• Pre-excavation in situ stress measurements and rational design of coal mines
• Difficult cases of excavation and basics of large-scale cavern construction
• Influence of density-dependent flow and transport processes in the Stráz pod Ralskem area
• Deformation of the surface ground induced by process of inundation of worked out areas after termination of underground mining exploitation
• Experimental investigation of the hydro-mechanical behavior of tight gas formation sandstone and its impacts on the wellbore stability
• Example of modeling of the mining induced seismicity impact on the building using numerical system Plaxis
• Probabilistic identification of removable wedges in rock slopes: Influence of stochastic model parameters
• Automatic discontinuity set identification using genetic algorithm based clustering technique
• A brittleness index to estimate the sawability of carbonate rocks
• Hazard assessment in burst-prone mines - seismic data interpretation with 3D virtual reality visualization
• The possibilities of using vibrating-wire transducers for dynamic measurements
• Estimation of the distribution of rock permeability using elastic wave tomography
• Rock bursts during reduction of coal production in Ostrava-Karvina coalfield
• A comparative study of influence of temperature on granites from India and Czech Republic
• Evaluation of stresses around an underground reservoir of liquid fuels in unrecognised mining and geological conditions
• Geomechanical modeling of salt diapirs: A field scale analysis for a 3D salt structure from the North Sea
• Simulation analysis of shear behavior of rock joint by distinct element method
• Measurements and analysis of rock mass responses around a pilot lined rock cavern for LNG underground storage
• Fracture system characterization in underground excavations using digital trace map analysis
• Study of stress field in continuous mining of coal
• A new technology of controlled solution mining for salt deposits
• Progressive failure and mechanical behavior of transversely isotropic rocks
• Crack coalescence mechanism of brittle solids containing pores under uniaxial compression
• Progressive damage of granite under constant loading
• Determination of three-dimensional in-situ stress: Anelastic strain recovery method and an example of its application
• Stability analysis of Lishi loess doubled arch tunnel
• Improvement of hydro mechanical behavior knowledge of rock joint from laboratory tests and in-situ experiments
• Structural considerations of the strength of Krosno sandstones from Mucharz under high pressures
• Blasting vibration measurement in the frozen rock of the underground mine vertical shaft
• Describing quality of rocks around underground headings: Endoscopic observations of fractures
• Conception system of deep and evaluation index for deep engineering
• Technology of stability assessment and research status of Chinese masonry building cultural remains
• Modelling of the transport of species in the fractured rock environment
• Hydrogeological processes in a compact rock massif - A new approach to the numerical modelling
• Effect of stress on mechanical and hydraulic rock mass properties - Application of DFN-DEM approach on the data from site investigation at Forsmark, Sweden
• Development of shear-flow test apparatus and determination of coupled properties of rock joint
• Analysis of crack path for subcritical crack growth in rocks
• Estimation of mechanical behavior of rock slope using a high-resolution borehole tilt-meter at an open pit limestone mine
• The static and dynamic elasticity constants of sandstone and shales from the hard coal mine ‘Jasmos’ determined in the laboratory conditions
• An inductive sensor for displacement measurement during uniaxial and triaxial compression test
• Developing of the image segmentation methods to rock microcracks analysis
• A numerical method for estimating blast-induced vibration using particle velocity measurement
• Study on blast-induced fracturing for determination of optimal spacing between contour holes using PFC
• Experimental study on thermal and mechanical characteristics of rock at low temperature
• Mechanical behaviors of concrete plug in storage rock cavern
• Investigation of rock mass destruction during mining
• Desaturation-resaturation in argillite rock subjected to ventilation
• Numerical modelling of rock mass falls at the Lárchberg-Galgenwald landslide (Austria)
• Behaviour of soft rock around shallow double tube tunnels
• Application of metric 3D images of rock faces for the determination of the response of rock slopes to excavation
• Acoustic emission of limestone in uniaxial compression test
• Hydraulic characteristics of single rough fracture under shear deformation
• Study on the maintenance model of the tunnel structure using stochastic process
• GIS applications at mining and geotectonic activities for a purpose of the environment protection in the East Slovak region
• Weak rock behaviors contributing to TBM block accidents in the Shanggongshan Tunnel of Kunming
• Overcoring stress measurement considering anisotropy at a Neogene sedimentary rock in Japan
• Numerical modelling of a slowly creeping landslide in crystalline rock - a case study
• Geotechnical study and optimum slope design of Tirap Colliery, Assam, India
• Shaping of rock specimens for testing of uniaxial tensile strength by high speed abrasive water jet: First experience
• Estimation of a joint diameter distribution using the least square method
• Stability assessment of a tunnel constructing above mined cavities
• Suggested empirical equations for estimating modulus of elasticity of intact rock
• The effect of gas pressure changes on the permeability of coal under confining stress
• Anisotropy of seismic waves velocity due to the fracturing in chosen rock mass
• Conical strain gauge probes for stress measurement
• Application of rock mass classification systems for design of stable openings in underground limestone mines
• Analysis of rock mass classification methods using the acquaintance relations between rock property parameters
• Rockburst in longwall gates during coal mining in Ostrava-Karviná coal basin
• Real Time Instrumentation system for analysis of strata caving of an Indian longwall operations - a case study
• Mechanical and hydraulic behaviors in Shirahama sandstone under true triaxial compression stress
• Stress state determination and prediction in rock mass with rockburst risk in Ostrava-Karvina coal basin
• Quarry evaluation and blast impact control
• Study of the physical and mechanical properties of selected rocks from the Kola Superdeep Borehole
• Mathematical modelling applied to scale effect study in rock mechanics
• Numerical experiment model for heterogeneity rock specimens
• Numerical approach to influence of heterogeneity on failure process of Brazilian disk of rock
• Analysis of the earth surface subsidence caused by dewatering of northeastern subway in China
• Analytical solution of complete stress-strain curve in uniaxial compression based on gradient-dependent plasticity
• On the state of stress in non-homogeneous rock masses: A study in a clay formation with application to waste management in France
• Modelling hydraulic permeability evolution in fault damage zones
• Some aspects for geotechnical investigations for TBM and NATM tunneling in rock
• In situ approach for monitoring changes of rock stresses induced by rock excavation of the permanent shiplock in the Three Gorges Project, China
• Experimental and modeling study on shear creep behavior of joint rock
• Planar geomechanical model settlement experiment of soil and rock aggregate mixture embankment
• Non-elastic deformation of rocks in tension and its influence on stresses
• Analysis of failure characteristics of rock under unloading conditions and their effects on rockburst
• A neural network method to evaluate consolidation coefficients
• Attenuation of elastic wave across single fracture with finite shear strength
• 3D Element-free Galerkin Method and its application
• Parallel element-by-element scheme for 3-D finite element analysis of arch dam
• Author index