Abstract The Hoek–Brown failure criterion has developed into the most widely used system
for estimating rock mass strength in rock engineering. The reason lies in its unique …

Abstract The Hoek–Brown criterion was introduced in 1980 to provide input for the design of
underground excavations in rock. The criterion now incorporates both intact rock and …

Numerical back analysis is a valuable tool available to rock mechanics researchers and
practitioners. Recent studies related to back analysis methods focused primarily on …

Guidelines for Open Pit Slope Design is a comprehensive account of the open pit slope
design process. Created as an outcome of the Large Open Pit (LOP) project, an international …

In the recent decades, effects of blast loads on natural and man-made structures have
gained considerable attention due to increase in threat from various man-made activities …

The Hoek–Brown failure criterion is an empirically derived relationship used to describe a
non-linear increase in peak strength of isotropic rock with increasing confining stress. Hoek …

Spalling and strain bursting has long been recognized as a mechanism of failure in deep
underground mines in hard rock and in deep infrastructure tunnels. The latter is a significant …

This paper presents a simplified procedure to evaluate the failure probability of crossing
tunnels considering the spatial variabilities of rock mass properties. Numerical package …

Mining induced subsidence is one of the challenging problems in geotechnical engineering.
The surface topography of the ground over mining excavations plays a key role in the …

Rock slope failures are frequently controlled by a complex combination of discontinuities
that facilitate kinematic release. These discontinuities are often associated with discrete …