Experimental Physics and Rock Mechanics Results of Laboratory Study

This monograph summarises the results of experimental investigations on the mechanical behaviour of rock, conducted over a period of 40 years in the Laboratory for the Physics of Rocks at High Pressures. The laboratory has participated in and continues to be involved in solving severe problems encountered in the mining industry. These problems include rockburst, coal (bumps); rock and gas (outbursts-blowouts), stability of mine workings at great depths, stability off deep and ultradeep boreholes, and problems associated with the construction of underground structures for various purposes. Contents: Pre-failure and post-failure strength and deformation properties of rocks under a wide range of stress states and loading paths; Time-dependent properties of rocks; Effect of deformation rate on the "post-peak strength" properties of rock and energy balance during dynamic uncontrolled fracture; Mechanics of deformation and fracture of saturated rocks.The book is aimed for scientists in the area of rock strength, deformation and failure.Stavrogin, A. N. is the author of 'Experimental Physics and Rock Mechanics Results of Laboratory Study' with ISBN 9789058092137 and ISBN 9058092135.