Hydromechanical Aspects and Unsaturated Flow in Jointed Rock

BUDDHIMA INDRARATNA Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia. PATHEGAMA RANJITH Lecturer, Civil Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (formerly Research Fellow, University of Wollongong).

• PREFACE 1. CHARACTERISATION OF JOINTED ROCK MASS 2. SPECIALIZED TRIAXIAL EQUIPMENT AND LABORATORY PROCEDURES 3.FULLY SATURATED FLUID FLOW THROUGH A JOINTED ROCK MASS 4.UNSATURATED FLUID FLOW THROUGH A JOINTED ROCK MASS 5. FLUID FLOW MODELLING TECHNIQUES 6. FLOW ANALYSIS THROUGH AN INTERCONNECTED FRACTURE NETWORK - NUMERICAL MODELLING 7. HIGHLIGHTS OF HYDRO-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF FRACTURED ROCKS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT.