Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics (eBook)

John Conrad Jaeger, Neville G. W. Cook, Robert Zimmerman (Autoren)

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2009 | 4. Auflage
488 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4443-0891-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Widely regarded as the most authoritative and comprehensive book in
its field, the fourth edition of Fundamentals of Rock
Mechanics includes new and substantially updated chapters to
this highly praised text.

* Extensively updated throughout, this new edition contains
substantially expanded chapters on poroelasticity, wave
propogation, and subsurface stresses

* Features entirely new chapters on rock fractures and
micromechanical models of rock behaviour

* Discusses fundamental concepts such as stress and strain

* Offers a thorough introduction to the subject before expertly
delving into a fundamental, self-contained discussion of specific
topics

* Unavailable for many years, now back by popular demand.



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Reviews:

"With this attention to detail, and rigorous adherence to
clarity and exactness in description, this edition will consolidate
the standing achieved by the earlier editions as a most
authoritative and comprehensive book in its field. It will continue
to serve as a leading reference work for geoscientists interested
in structural geology, tectonics and petrophysics as well as for
civil, mining and petroleum engineers." (Petroleum
Geoscience)

"...I consider this book to be an invaluable reference for
studying and understanding the fundamental science at the base of
rock mechanics. I believe this to be a must-have textbook and I
strongly recommend it to anyone, student or professional,
interested in the subject." (Rock Mechanics and Rock
Engineering)

"An excellent book, very well presented, and is a must for the
shelves of serious engineers and scientists active or interested in
the fields of rock mechanics and rock engineering.... Highly
recommended." (South African Geographical Journal, 2008)

Autor

John Conrad Jaeger received a first-class honours degree in mathematics and physics from the University of Sydney, was Wrangler (class I) in the Mathematical Tripos at Cambridge, and received a DSc in applied mathematics from the University of Sydney. He was a professor at the University of Tasmania and the Australian National University. He was the author of several monographs in applied mathematics, including, with H. S. Carslaw, Conduction of Heat in Solids, and was a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and the Royal Society. Neville G. W. Cook received a BS and PhD in geophysics from the University of Witwatersrand. He was the founder and first director of the Mining Research Laboratory of the South African Chamber of Mines, and in 1971 he received the Gold Medal of the Scientific and Technical Societies, the highest scientific award in South Africa. He was Donald H. McLaughlin Chair in Mineral Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley, and was a member of the U. S. National Academy of Engineering. Robert Zimmerman received BS and MS degrees from Columbia University, and a PhD from the University of California at Berkeley. He has been a staff scientist in the Earth Sciences Division of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Reader in Rock Mechanics at Imperial College, London. He is currently Professor of Engineering Geology at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and co-editor of the International Journal of Rock Mechanics. He is also the author of the monograph Compressibility of Sandstones.

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"An excellent book, very well presented, and is a must for the
shelves of serious engineers and scientists active or interested in
the fields of rock mechanics and rock engineering.... Highly
recommended." (South African Geographical Journal, 2008)

"...I consider this book to be an invaluable reference for
studying and understanding the fundamental science at the base of
rock mechanics. I believe this to be a must-have textbook and I
strongly recommend it to anyone, student or professional,
interested in the subject." (Rock Mechanics and Rock
Engineering)

"Previous editions of this seminal book have provided students,
researchers and practitioners the world over with the rock
mechanics basics for engineering applications. In this 4th edition,
Professor Zimmerman, a world expert in the field, has now updated
the content in line with modern thinking, while retaining vital
emphasis on the fundamentals of the subject. I strongly recommend
this book to anyone studying, researching or using rock mechanics:
the book is invaluable, both as a learning tool and as a reference
source for the underpinning fundamental science."

-John A Hudson, Emeritus Professor, Imperial
College, and President (2007-2011), International Society for Rock
Mechanics



"The bible of rock mechanics has been updated with several new
chapters on topics that were in their infancy at the time of the
last edition of this book. My favorite update is Zimmerman's
skillful presentation of the hydro-mechanical and seismic
properties of fractures. There is no other comparable presentation
of this broad range of material with such mathematical depth and
rock mechanics foundations. The reference list is priceless. I
consider this a must-have textbook for serious student and expert
alike in the area of fractured rock."

-Laura Pyrak-Nolte, Purdue University, Indiana,
USA.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.3.2009
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• Schlagworte: earth sciences • Earth Science Special Topics • Geowissenschaften • Spezialthemen Geowissenschaften
• ISBN-10: 1-4443-0891-2 / 1444308912
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4443-0891-4 / 9781444308914