Rock Mechanics and Engineering, 5 volume set
Rock Mechanics and Engineering Series

The five-volume set "Comprehensive Rock Engineering", which was published in 1993, has had an important influence on the development of rock mechanics and rock engineering. Significant and extensive advances and achievements in these fields over the last 20 years now justify the publishing of a comparable, new compilation. Rock Mechanics and Engineering represents a highly prestigious, multi-volume work edited by Professor Xia-Ting Feng, with the editorial advice of Professor John A. Hudson. This new compilation offers an extremely wide-ranging and comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in rock mechanics and rock engineering and is composed of peer-reviewed, dedicated contributions by all the key experts worldwide.

Key features of this set are that it provides a systematic, global summary of new developments in rock mechanics and rock engineering practices as well as looking ahead to future developments in the fields. Contributors are world-renowned experts in the fields of rock mechanics and rock engineering, though younger, talented researchers have also been included. The individual volumes cover an extremely wide array of topics grouped under five overarching themes: Principles (Vol. 1), Laboratory and Field Testing (Vol. 2), Analysis, Modelling and Design (Vol. 3), Excavation, Support and Monitoring (Vol. 4) and Surface and Underground Projects (Vol. 5).

This multi-volume work sets a new standard for rock mechanics and engineering compendia and will be the go-to resource for all engineering professionals and academics involved in rock mechanics and engineering for years to come.

Volume 1: Principles
. Discontinuities
. Anisotropic
. Rock stress
. Geophysics
. Strength criteria
. Modelling rock deformation and failure

Volume 2: Laboratory and Field Testing
. Triaxial or true-triaxial tests under condition of loading and unloading
. Joint tests
. Dynamic and creep tests
. Physical modeling tests
. Field testing and URLs

Volume 3: Analysis, Modelling and Design
. Numerical modeling methods
. Back analysis
. Risk analysis
. Design and stability analysis: overviews
. Design and stability analysis: coupling process analysis
. Design and stability analysis: blast analysis and design
. Rock Slope stability analysis and design
. Analysis and design of tunnels, caverns and stopes

Volume 4: Excavation, Support and Monitoring
. Excavation methods
. Support technology
. Monitoring technology
. Integrated engineering monitoring and analysis

Volume 5: Surface and Underground Projects
. Slopes
. Tunnels and caverns
. Mining
. Petroleum engineering
. Air energy/gas storage
. Geothermal
. Radioactive waste disposal

Xia-Ting Feng graduated in 1986 from the Northeast University of Technology and obtained his PhD in 1992 at the Northeastern University, China. He is currently Director of the State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in Wuhan.