Kategoria BISAC: Technology & Engineering >> Civil - Soil & Rock

This book offers a glimpse of the geotechnical research activities at BOKU, Vienna, in 2023. The research topics are wide-ranged including laboratory testing, constitutive modelling, numerical simulations with DEM and SPH, landslide, tunnelling and machine learning. Many research activities are carried out by visiting scholars from China.

The main topic of this book is the calculation of underground structures at the limit states of serviceability. It considers the main schemes typical for underground structures for various purposes, gives the corresponding mathematical models describing the main geo-mechanical and technological factors in the construction and operation of extended excavations. Generalized criteria are proposed for making a technically and economically justified solution of the problem of determining the optimal forms and sizes of workings, bearing capacity, type of support and its erection, depending on...

This open access book provides a detailed exploration of how dynamic disturbances, such as those caused by blasting or seismic activity, affect the damage and failure mechanisms of rocks. When excavation is carried out under high stress environment, the external disturbance will change the stress field of the rock, which may lead to potential engineering damage such as large deformation and large displacement of the free surfaces of the engineering surrounding rock, and even cause instability damage, rockburst, and other engineering disasters. From 1960s onward, the subject of progressive...

In the face of intensifying natural hazards and climate change impacts, this timely book brings together cutting-edge research and practical innovations in disaster mitigation, geotechnical engineering, and resilience planning.

Spanning fifteen comprehensive chapters authored by global experts, this book addresses the urgent need for sustainable strategies to manage geotechnical risks in diverse contexts. It covers a broad spectrum of research and practices, including the requirements for sustainable disaster mitigation, simple prediction methods for rainfall-induced slope failures...