John Hudson is emeritus professor at Imperial College, London and is active as an independant consultant for Rock Engineering Consultants. He has a PhD in Rock Mechanics and completed over a 130 rock engineering consulting assignments in mining and civil engineering. He is a fellow at the Royal Academy of Engineering in the UK and President of the International Society for Rock Mechanics.Chun'an Tang has a PhD in Mining Engineering and is a Professor at the School of Civil & Hydraulic Engineering at Dalian University of Technology in China. He is an advisor for design and stablity problem modelling in mining and civil  rock engineeringand  and Chairman of the China National Group of the International Society for Rock Mechanics.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Uniaxial tension; 3. Indirect tension; 4. Uniaxial compression; 5. Confinement and shear; 6. Heterogeneity; 7. Anisotropy; 8. Loading, unloading, Kaiser effect; 9. Time dependance; 10. Coalescence; 11. Dynamic loading; 12. Water flow; 13. Thermal stress; 14. Slope failure; 15. Cutting inhomogeneous rocks; 16. Tunnels in jointed rock; 17. Longwall coal mining; 18. Gas outbursts in coal mines; 19. Particle breakage and comminution; 20. 3-D Modelling and 'turtle crack formation'; 21. Conclusion.

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John Hudson is emeritus professor at Imperial College, London and is active as an independant consultant for Rock Engineering Consultants. He has a PhD in Rock Mechanics and completed over a 130 rock engineering consulting assignments in mining and civil engineering. He is a fellow at the Royal Academy of Engineering in the UK and President of the International Society for Rock Mechanics.Chun'an Tang has a PhD in Mining Engineering and is a Professor at the School of Civil & Hydraulic Engineering at Dalian University of Technology in China. He is an advisor for design and stablity problem modelling in mining and civil  rock engineeringand  and Chairman of the China National Group of the International Society for Rock Mechanics.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Uniaxial tension; 3. Indirect tension; 4. Uniaxial compression; 5. Confinement and shear; 6. Heterogeneity; 7. Anisotropy; 8. Loading, unloading, Kaiser effect; 9. Time dependance; 10. Coalescence; 11. Dynamic loading; 12. Water flow; 13. Thermal stress; 14. Slope failure; 15. Cutting inhomogeneous rocks; 16. Tunnels in jointed rock; 17. Longwall coal mining; 18. Gas outbursts in coal mines; 19. Particle breakage and comminution; 20. 3-D Modelling and 'turtle crack formation'; 21. Conclusion.

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John Hudson is emeritus professor at Imperial College, London and is active as an independant consultant for Rock Engineering Consultants. He has a PhD in Rock Mechanics and completed over a 130 rock engineering consulting assignments in mining and civil engineering. He is a fellow at the Royal Academy of Engineering in the UK and President of the International Society for Rock Mechanics.Chun'an Tang has a PhD in Mining Engineering and is a Professor at the School of Civil & Hydraulic Engineering at Dalian University of Technology in China. He is an advisor for design and stablity problem modelling in mining and civil  rock engineeringand  and Chairman of the China National Group of the International Society for Rock Mechanics.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Uniaxial tension; 3. Indirect tension; 4. Uniaxial compression; 5. Confinement and shear; 6. Heterogeneity; 7. Anisotropy; 8. Loading, unloading, Kaiser effect; 9. Time dependance; 10. Coalescence; 11. Dynamic loading; 12. Water flow; 13. Thermal stress; 14. Slope failure; 15. Cutting inhomogeneous rocks; 16. Tunnels in jointed rock; 17. Longwall coal mining; 18. Gas outbursts in coal mines; 19. Particle breakage and comminution; 20. 3-D Modelling and 'turtle crack formation'; 21. Conclusion.

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