Rockburst
Mechanisms, Monitoring, Warning, and Mitigation

A comprehensive source of updated information on rockbursts for practicing mining engineers, tunneling engineers and rock mechanics academics

Xia-Ting Feng (Author)

9780128050545

Paperback, published 19 October 2017

570 pages, 100 illustrations
27.6 x 21.5 x 3.5 cm, 1.54 kg

Approx.558 pages

1. Description and engineering phenomenon of rockburst2. Case histories of rockburst at tunnels3. Case histories of rockburst at metal mines4. Case histories of rockburst at coal mines5. Laboratory experiment of rockburst evolution mechanism6. Understanding of rockburst evolution process by in situ comprehensive monitoring in a deep tunnel7. Understanding of rockburst evolution mechanism using numerical modelling8. Monitoring systems in rockburst9. Microsiesmic monitoring method of rockburst evolution process10. Latest developments on analysis of data monitored11. Assessment of rockburst risk12. Warning of rockburst13. Avoiding high stress concentration by making reasonable excavation 14. Destressing15. Excavation vulnerability and selection of effective rock support to mitigate rockburst damage16. Successful examples for mitigating rockburst17. Mitigating rockburst effects for civil engineering infrastructure and buildings18. Conclusions and Future Developments

Subject Areas: Building construction & materials [TNK], Structural engineering [TNC]