Rock Mechanics

Rock Mechanics: An Introduction, Second Edition introduces rock mechanics fundamentals in a simple way with a strong practical bias, assuming no prior knowledge in the subject. It is essential text for students at the graduate level who are facing careers as professional geotechnical engineers. The book is also suitable for undergraduates and engineering professionals in civil, mining, petroleum and geological engineering. This new edition brings in a completely new chapter on tunnelling as well as more information on numerical analysis and software, and sections on slope failure mechanisms, rock-socketted piles and petroleum geology. Nagaratnam Sivakugan is former Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering at James Cook University, Australia. Sanjay Kumar Shukla is Civil Engineering Discipline Coordinator and Founding Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Research Ground Leader at the School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Australia. Braja M. Das (deceased) was Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at California State University, Sacramento, USA. Peter To is Discipline Coordinator in Civil Engineering at James Cook University, Australia.