<p>The text that follows is a comprehensive reference work on all aspects of rock slope engineering and, while it embodies all the original concepts of my work, it expands on these and introduces a significant amount of new material, for both mining and civil ...

<p>Whether the aim be to prevent collapse or to promote it, rock strength is an important factor in many practical problems of rock mechanics. The property of &lsquo;strength&rsquo; of a rock derives, as with all solids, from various types of inter-atomic ...

<p>Experimental results in the published literature show that at low normal stress the shear stress required to slide one rock over another varies widely between experiments. This is because at low stress rock friction is strongly dependent on surface roughness. ...