V monografii rassmatrivayutsya zadachi sostavleniya mekhanicheskikh modeley gornykh porod, pasportov prochnosti i kriteriev prochnosti gornykh porod pri ob"emnom nagruzhenii s uchetom razlichnykh vidov ob"emnykh napryazhennykh sostoyaniy. Dlya nauchnykh i inzhenerno-tekhnicheskikh rabotnikov gornodobyvayushchikh predpriyatiy, nauchno-issledovatel'skikh i proektnykh institutov, prepodavateley i studentov vysshikh uchebnykh zavedeniy, vypuskayushchikhsya po kvalifikatsii gornyy inzhener.