Front Cover; Engineering Properties of Rocks; Copyright; Contents; About the Author; Preface to the Second Edition; Series Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1. Rock Engineering Problems; 1.2. Determination of Engineering Properties of Rocks; 1.3. Examples on Determining Engineering Properties of Rocks; 1.4. Rock Expert System for Evaluation of Rock Engineering Properties; 1.5. Content of the Book; References; Chapter 2: In Situ Stresses; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Strategy for Determining In Situ Rock Stresses; 2.3. World Stress Map (WSM)
2.4. Variation of In Situ Stresses With Depth2.4.1. Vertical Stress; 2.4.2. Horizontal Stresses; 2.5. Comments; References; Chapter 3: Intact Rock; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Classification of Intact Rocks; 3.2.1. Geological Classification; 3.2.1.1. Rock-Forming Minerals; 3.2.1.2. Elementary Rock Classification; 3.2.2. Engineering Classification; 3.3. Index Properties of Intact Rocks; 3.3.1. Porosity; 3.3.2. Density; 3.3.3. Wave Velocity; 3.3.4. Point Load Index; 3.3.5. Schmidt Hammer Rebound Number; 3.3.6. Slake Durability Index; 3.3.7. Cerchar Abrasivity Index (CAI)
3.3.8. Needle Penetration Index (NPI)3.3.9. Shore Sclerscope Hardness; 3.3.10. Cone Indenter Number; 3.3.11. Correlations Between Different Index Properties; 3.3.11.1. Density and porosity; 3.3.11.2. P-wave velocity and porosity; 3.3.11.3. P-wave velocity and density; 3.3.11.4. P-wave velocity and point load index; 3.3.11.5. P-wave velocity and Schmidt hammer rebound number; 3.3.11.6. P-wave velocity and NPI; 3.3.11.7. S-wave velocity and NPI; 3.3.11.8. Point load index and porosity; 3.3.11.9. Point load index and Schmidt hammer rebound number
3.3.11.10. Schmidt hammer rebound number and porosity3.3.11.11. Schmidt hammer rebound number and density or unit weight; References; Chapter 4: Rock Discontinuities; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Types of Discontinuities; 4.3. Description of Discontinuities; 4.4. Discontinuity Orientation; 4.5. Discontinuity Intensity; 4.5.1. Discontinuity Spacing and Linear Frequency; 4.5.2. Rock Quality Designation (RQD); 4.5.3. Areal and Volumetric Frequency; 4.5.4. Block Size; 4.6. Discontinuity Persistence, Trace Length and Size; 4.6.1. Discontinuity Persistence; 4.6.2. Discontinuity Trace Length
4.6.3. Discontinuity Shape4.6.4. Discontinuity Size; 4.7. Fracture Tensor; 4.8. Discontinuity Roughness; 4.9. Discontinuity Aperture; 4.10. Discontinuity Filling; References; Chapter 5: Rock Masses; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Classification of Rock Masses; 5.2.1. Rock Quality Designation (RQD); 5.2.2. Rock Mass Rating (RMR); 5.2.3. Q-System; 5.2.4. Rock Mass Index (RMi); 5.2.5. Geological Strength Index (GSI); 5.3. Correlations Between Different Classification Indices; 5.4. Classification of Weathering of Rock; References; Chapter 6: Deformability; 6.1. Introduction
