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The book covers not only practical aspects but also the underlying theoretical approaches. It also covers the fundamentals of rock mechanics. It addresses not only students but also professionals who are interested to understand the underlying principles and methods and – possibly – to further develop them. Emphasis is given to the mechanical approach rather than to hardly tractable empirical statements. The text is concise and comprises a large list of citations. Publications of the English and German speaking scientific communities have been taken into account.

Tunneling. --- Rock mechanics. --- Geotechnical engineering --- Mechanics --- Earthwork --- Engineering --- Mining engineering --- Rock excavation --- Underground construction --- Excavation --- Tunnels --- Design and construction --- Rock mechanics --- Tunneling --- geotechniek --- grondmechanica --- grouten --- kunstmatige grondbevriezing --- stabiliteitsstudie --- tunnelbeheer --- tunnelbouw --- tunnelgraafmachine --- tunnelwand --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Mechanics, applied. --- Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences. --- Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics. --- Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. --- Applied mechanics --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering mathematics --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Geotechnical engineering. --- Engineering geology. --- Engineering—Geology. --- Foundations. --- Hydraulics. --- Mechanics. --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Physics --- Dynamics --- Quantum theory --- Flow of water --- Water --- Hydraulic engineering --- Jets --- Architecture --- Building --- Structural engineering --- Caissons --- Masonry --- Soil consolidation --- Soil mechanics --- Walls --- Civil engineering --- Geology, Economic --- Engineering, Geotechnical --- Geotechnics --- Geotechnology --- Engineering geology --- Flow --- Distribution --- Details --- Geology

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‘Tensile Fracturing in Rocks’ presents field observations on fracturing of sedim- tary rocks and granite outcrops from various provinces in three continents. It also combines results of recent experiments conducted at different laboratories around the world with current theories on fracturing. In treating faults, this book limits itself to faults that are associated with joint sets produced by definable causes and occasi- ally to cases where interaction between the two types of fracture – faults and joints – is not clear. The book’s subject matter is divided over six chapters, which are briefly described below. Chapter 1 summarizes current key concepts in fracture physics. It starts with a pr- entation of the elastic theory of fracture, and concentrates on the results of linear el- tic fracture mechanics. The chapter touches also upon other fracture properties, e.g., crack nucleation, dynamic fracturing and slow fracturing processes. Nucleation is - dressed by statistical mechanics methods incorporating modern approaches of th- mal and fiber bundle processes. The analyses of dynamic fracturing and slow fract- ing focus on the differences, as compared to the linear elastic approach. The cont- versy in interpreting experimental dynamic results is highlighted, as are the surface morphology patterns that emerge in fracturing and the non-Griffith crack extension criterion in very slow fracturing processes.

Rocks --- Granite outcrops --- Geology, Structural. --- Fractography. --- Electromagnetic waves. --- Fracture. --- Testing. --- Electromagnetic energy --- Electromagnetic radiation --- Electromagnetic theory --- Waves --- Rock mechanics --- Microfractography --- Electron microscopy --- Fracture mechanics --- Metallography --- Metals --- Geotectonics --- Structural geology --- Tectonics (Geology) --- Physical geology --- Granite --- Outcrops (Geology) --- Petrology --- Stone --- Fracture --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Mineralogy. --- Geology. --- Physical geography. --- Structural Geology. --- Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Hydrogeology. --- Geography --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Crystallography --- Minerals --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Engineering --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Structural geology. --- Engineering geology. --- Engineering—Geology. --- Foundations. --- Hydraulics. --- Geophysics. --- Geohydrology --- Geology --- Hydrology --- Groundwater --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Physics --- Flow of water --- Water --- Hydraulic engineering --- Jets --- Architecture --- Building --- Structural engineering --- Underground construction --- Caissons --- Earthwork --- Masonry --- Soil consolidation --- Soil mechanics --- Walls --- Civil engineering --- Geology, Economic --- Flow --- Distribution --- Details

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This book addresses the characterization of flow and transport in porous fractured media from experimental and modeling perspectives. The volume explores porous media problems, from the origin of the present natural porous structures, to their characterization, and various flow and transport phenomena that exist within the porous media. Examples are miscible displacements in porous media and fractured rock and the physical and chemical interactions within porous fractured aquifers. The book is a comprehensive presentation of investigations performed and analysed on different scales, supporting the understanding and application of experimental studies and numerical simulations.

Porous materials --- Fluid dynamics. --- Mathematical models. --- Porous media --- Materials --- Porosity --- Mechanics. --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Environmental sciences. --- Environmental pollution. --- Solid Mechanics. --- Engineering Fluid Dynamics. --- Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics. --- Math. Appl. in Environmental Science. --- Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution. --- Hydrogeology. --- Chemical pollution --- Chemicals --- Contamination of environment --- Environmental pollution --- Pollution --- Contamination (Technology) --- Asbestos abatement --- Bioremediation --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental quality --- Factory and trade waste --- Hazardous waste site remediation --- Hazardous wastes --- In situ remediation --- Lead abatement --- Pollutants --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Environmental science --- Science --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Engineering --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Applied mechanics --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering mathematics --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Physics --- Dynamics --- Quantum theory --- Environmental aspects --- Fluid mechanics. --- Engineering geology. --- Engineering—Geology. --- Foundations. --- Hydraulics. --- Water pollution. --- Flow of water --- Water --- Hydraulic engineering --- Jets --- Architecture --- Building --- Structural engineering --- Underground construction --- Caissons --- Earthwork --- Masonry --- Soil consolidation --- Soil mechanics --- Walls --- Civil engineering --- Geology, Economic --- Hydromechanics --- Continuum mechanics --- Geohydrology --- Geology --- Hydrology --- Groundwater --- Aquatic pollution --- Fresh water --- Fresh water pollution --- Freshwater pollution --- Inland water pollution --- Lake pollution --- Lakes --- Reservoirs --- River pollution --- Rivers --- Stream pollution --- Water contamination --- Water pollutants --- Water pollution --- Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. --- Flow --- Distribution --- Details

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Poromechanics is the mechanics of porous materials and is now a well established field in many engineering disciplines, ranging from Civil Engineering, Geophysics, Petroleum Engineering to Bioengineering. However, a rigorous approach that links the physics of the phenomena at stake in porous materials and the macroscopic behaviour is still missing. This book presents such an approach by means of homogenization techniques. Rigorously founded in various theories of micromechanics, these up scaling techniques are developed for the homogenization of transport properties, stiffness and strength properties of porous materials. The special feature of this book is the balance between theory and application, providing the reader with a comprehensive introduction to state-of-the-art homogenization theories and applications to a large range of real life porous materials: concrete, rocks, shales, bones, etc.

Engineering. --- Physics and Applied Physics in Engineering. --- Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials. --- Engineering Thermodynamics, Transport Phenomena. --- Structural Foundations, Hydraulic Engineering. --- Applied Geosciences. --- Biophysics/Biomedical Physics. --- Biomedical engineering. --- Materials. --- Ingénierie --- Génie biomédical --- Matériaux --- Micromechanics. --- Porous materials -- Mechanical properties. --- Porous materials. --- Porous media --- Geotechnical engineering. --- Biophysics. --- Biological physics. --- Thermodynamics. --- Heat engineering. --- Heat transfer. --- Mass transfer. --- Continuum mechanics. --- Engineering geology. --- Engineering --- Foundations. --- Hydraulics. --- Engineering, general. --- Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer. --- Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics. --- Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences. --- Biophysics and Biological Physics. --- Geology. --- Materials --- Porosity --- Composite materials --- Solid state physics --- Microstructure --- Mechanics. --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Solid Mechanics. --- Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics. --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Applied mechanics --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering mathematics --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Physics --- Dynamics --- Quantum theory --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Engineering—Geology. --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Mechanics --- Heat --- Heat-engines --- Biological physics --- Biology --- Medical sciences --- Engineering, Geotechnical --- Geotechnics --- Geotechnology --- Engineering geology --- Flow of water --- Water --- Hydraulic engineering --- Jets --- Architecture --- Building --- Structural engineering --- Underground construction --- Caissons --- Earthwork --- Masonry --- Soil consolidation --- Soil mechanics --- Walls --- Civil engineering --- Geology, Economic --- Mass transport (Physics) --- Thermodynamics --- Transport theory --- Heat transfer --- Thermal transfer --- Transmission of heat --- Energy transfer --- Mechanical engineering --- Flow --- Distribution --- Details --- Geology

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This volume addresses the issue of uncertainty in civil engineering from design to construction. Failures do occur in practice. Attributing them to a residual system risk or a faulty execution of the project does not properly cover the range of causes. A closer scrutiny of the adopted design, the engineering model, the data, the soil-construction-interaction and the model assumptions is required. Usually, the uncertainties in initial and boundary conditions are abundant. Current engineering practice often leaves these issues aside, despite the fact that new scientific tools have been developed in the past decades that allow a rational description of uncertainties of all kinds, from model uncertainty to data uncertainty. It is the aim of this volume to have a critical look at current engineering risk concepts in order to raise awareness of uncertainty in numerical computations, shortcomings of a strictly probabilistic safety concept, geotechnical models of failure mechanisms and their implications for construction management, execution, and the juristic question of responsibility. In addition, a number of the new procedures for modelling uncertainty are explained. The book is a result of a collaborate effort of mathematicians, engineers and construction managers who met regularly in a post graduate seminar at the University of Innsbruck during the past years.

Civil engineering. --- Construction industry -- Risk management. --- Reliability (Engineering). --- Structural failures. --- Structural failures --- Construction industry --- Reliability (Engineering) --- Civil engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Chemical & Materials Engineering --- Mechanical Engineering --- Technology - General --- Industrial & Management Engineering --- Civil Engineering --- Materials Science --- Risk management --- Risk management. --- Reliability of equipment --- Systems reliability --- Collapse of structures --- Failures, Structural --- Engineering. --- Geotechnical engineering. --- Probabilities. --- Statistics. --- Mechanics. --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Quality control. --- Reliability. --- Industrial safety. --- Engineering geology. --- Engineering --- Foundations. --- Hydraulics. --- Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. --- Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences. --- Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes. --- Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences. --- Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. --- Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics. --- Geology. --- Public works --- Maintainability (Engineering) --- Probabilities --- Systems engineering --- Plant performance --- Safety factor in engineering --- Deformations (Mechanics) --- Fracture mechanics --- Structural stability --- System safety. --- Distribution (Probability theory. --- Mechanics, applied. --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Applied mechanics --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering mathematics --- Statistical analysis --- Statistical data --- Statistical methods --- Statistical science --- Mathematics --- Econometrics --- Distribution functions --- Frequency distribution --- Characteristic functions --- Safety, System --- Safety of systems --- Systems safety --- Accidents --- Industrial safety --- Prevention --- Statistics . --- Engineering—Geology. --- Flow of water --- Water --- Hydraulic engineering --- Jets --- Architecture --- Building --- Structural engineering --- Underground construction --- Caissons --- Earthwork --- Masonry --- Soil consolidation --- Soil mechanics --- Walls --- Geology, Economic --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Physics --- Dynamics --- Quantum theory --- Probability --- Statistical inference --- Combinations --- Chance --- Least squares --- Mathematical statistics --- Risk --- Engineering, Geotechnical --- Geotechnics --- Geotechnology --- Engineering geology --- Industrial accidents --- Industries --- Job safety --- Occupational hazards, Prevention of --- Occupational health and safety --- Occupational safety and health --- Prevention of industrial accidents --- Prevention of occupational hazards --- Safety, Industrial --- Safety engineering --- Safety measures --- Safety of workers --- System safety --- Dependability --- Trustworthiness --- Conduct of life --- Factory management --- Industrial engineering --- Sampling (Statistics) --- Standardization --- Quality assurance --- Quality of products --- Flow --- Distribution --- Details --- Geology