Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics

• 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.

 

An Instructor manual CD-ROM for this title is available. Please contact our Higher Education team at [email protected] for more information.

Reviews:

€œWith 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)