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Engineering Rock Mechanics Part II: Illustrative Worked Examples
can be used as an independent book or alternatively it complements
an earlier publication called Engineering Rock Mechanics: An
Introduction to the Principles by the same authors.
It contains illustrative worked examples of engineering rock
mechanics in action as the subject applies to civil, mining,
petroleum and environmental engineering. The book covers the
necessary understanding and the key techniques supporting the rock
engineering design of structural foundations, dams, rock slopes,
wellbores, tunnels, caverns, hydroelectric schemes and mines. There
is a question and worked answer presentation with the question and
answer sets collated into twenty chapters which match the subject
matter of the first book.
Engineering rock mechanics is the discipline used to design
structures built in rock. These structures encompass building
foundations, dams, slopes, shafts, tunnels, caverns, hydroelectric
schemes, mines, radioactive waste repositories and geothermal
energy projects: in short, any structure built on or in a rock
mass. Despite the variety of projects that use rock engineering,
the principles remain the same. Engineering Rock Mechanics clearly
and systematically explains the key principles behind rock
engineering.
The book covers the basic rock mechanics principles; how to study
the interactions between these principles and a discussion on the
fundamentals of excavation and support and the application of these
in the design of surface and underground structures. Engineering
Rock Mechanics is recommended as an across-the-board source of
information for the benefit of anyone involved in rock mechanics
and rock engineering.
The contributors to this book pursue three important lines of
inquiry into parable study, in order to illustrate how these
lessons have been received throughout the millennia. The
contributors consider not only the historical and material world of
the parables’ composition, and focusing on the social, political,
economic, and material reality of that world, but also seek to
connect how the parables may have been seen and heard in ancient
contexts with how they have been, and continue to be, seen and
heard. Intentionally allowing for a “bounded openness” of
approach and interpretation, these essays explore numerous
contexts, encounters and responses. Examining topics ranging from
ancient harvest imagery and dependency relations to contemporary
experience with the narratives and lessons of the parables, this
volume seeks to link those very real ancient contexts with our own
varied modern contexts.
The contributors to this book pursue three important lines of
inquiry into parable study, in order to illustrate how these
lessons have been received throughout the millennia. The
contributors consider not only the historical and material world of
the parables’ composition, and focusing on the social, political,
economic, and material reality of that world, but also seek to
connect how the parables may have been seen and heard in ancient
contexts with how they have been, and continue to be, seen and
heard. Intentionally allowing for a “bounded openness” of
approach and interpretation, these essays explore numerous
contexts, encounters and responses. Examining topics ranging from
ancient harvest imagery and dependency relations to contemporary
experience with the narratives and lessons of the parables, this
volume seeks to link those very real ancient contexts with our own
varied modern contexts.
In this notable collection of essays, written in the middle of the
twentieth century, a towering Mexican thinker discusses both Latin
America's internal problems and its relations with the United
States, Russia, and the rest of the world. This perceptive
examination of many political and economic topics will be of
interest to all readers concerned with what our southern neighbors
think on subjects important to us. The author brings into
particularly sharp focus the relationship of Mexico and other Latin
American countries to the United States. Cosio Villegas bluntly
tells the reader how much remains to be accomplished: " . . . I
believe that Mexico and the United States are so far from resolving
their problems that, in truth, it can be said that the process of
understanding has not yet even begun." He then impartially analyzes
the problems that stand in the way of improved relations, and he
looks at these difficulties from an altogether fresh perspective.
Another major theme is the Mexican Revolution, what it did, and
what it became. In many important ways, the author feels, the
Revolution failed. For the rejuvenation that Mexico needs, should
it look toward the United States or toward Russia? And what
resources within itself does it need to develop in order to provide
the leadership that Latin America requires? Cosio Villegas
evaluates the permanent impact of the Cuban Revolution on our
hemisphere. He considers where Latin American interests lie in the
cold war and suggests how that area may use its voice most
effectively in global decisions. With the increase in world
tensions and the decrease in world size, this book will be
extremely valuable for every thinking citizen.
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