1st Edition

Rock Mechanics for Natural Resources and Infrastructure Development - Full Papers Proceedings of the 14th International Congress on Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (ISRM 2019), September 13-18, 2019, Foz do Iguassu, Brazil

Edited By Sergio A.B. Fontoura, Ricardo Rocca, José Mendoza Copyright 2020
3790 Pages
by CRC Press

Rock Mechanics for Natural Resources and Infrastructure Development contains the proceedings of the 14 th ISRM International Congress (ISRM 2019, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, 13-19 September 2019). Starting in 1966 in Lisbon, Portugal, the International Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (ISRM) holds its Congress every four years. At this 14 th occasion, the Congress brings together... Read more

Keynote Lectures,  Muller Award,  Rocha Award,  Case histories and risk assessment in rock engineering,  Characterization of rock masses,  Foundations and underground excavations,  Fracture and dynamic behavior of rocks,  Instrumentations, monitoring and seismic behavior of rock masses,  Laboratory and field testing,  Mechanics of hard and weak rock,  Modelling and computational rock engineering,  Petroleum and energy applications,  Rock slope engineering.

Biography

Prof. Sérgio A. B. da Fontoura is ISRM Vice-President for South America, and working at the Department of Civil Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ricardo José Rocca is working at the School of Civil Engineering, National University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina

José Félix Pavón Mendoza is working at Jose Pavon & Associates, Asuncion, Paraguay.