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The ISRM Suggested Methods for Rock Characterization, Testing and Monitoring: 2007-2014

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  1. R. Ulusay

    1. Department of Geological Engineering,, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

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  • ISRM suggested methods for testing or measuring properties of rocks and rock masses

  • Guidance for rock characterization procedures is given

  • Methods can be used a standards on particular projects

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The Present and Future of Rock Testing: Highlighting the ISRM Suggested Methods

    • Resat Ulusay
    Pages 1-22

  3. Laboratory Testing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. ISRM Suggested Method for Determination of the Schmidt Hammer Rebound Hardness: Revised Version

      • Adnan Aydin
      Pages 25-33

    3. Suggested Methods for Determining the Dynamic Strength Parameters and Mode-I Fracture Toughness of Rock Materials

      • Y. X. Zhou, K. Xia, X. B. Li, H. B. Li, G. W. Ma, J. Zhao et al.
      Pages 35-44

    4. ISRM Suggested Method for the Determination of Mode II Fracture Toughness

      • Tobias Backers, Ove Stephansson
      Pages 45-56

    5. ISRM Suggested Method for Reporting Rock Laboratory Test Data in Electronic Format

      • Hong Zheng, Xia-Ting Feng, Zuyu Chen, J. A. Hudson, Yujie Wang
      Pages 57-94

    6. Upgraded ISRM Suggested Method for Determining Sound Velocity by Ultrasonic Pulse Transmission Technique

      • Adnan Aydin
      Pages 95-99

    7. ISRM Suggested Method for Determining the Abrasivity of Rock by the CERCHAR Abrasivity Test

      • Michael Alber, Olgay Yaralı, Filip Dahl, Amund Bruland, Heiko Käsling, Theodore N. Michalakopoulos et al.
      Pages 101-106

    8. ISRM-Suggested Method for Determining the Mode I Static Fracture Toughness Using Semi-Circular Bend Specimen

      • M. D. Kuruppu, Y. Obara, M. R. Ayatollahi, K. P. Chong, T. Funatsu
      Pages 107-114

    9. ISRM Suggested Methods for Determining the Creep Characteristics of Rock

      • Ömer Aydan, Takashi Ito, Ugur Özbay, M. Kwasniewski, K. Shariar, T. Okuno et al.
      Pages 115-130

    10. ISRM Suggested Method for Laboratory Determination of the Shear Strength of Rock Joints: Revised Version

      • José Muralha, Giovanni Grasselli, Bryan Tatone, Manfred Blümel, Panayiotis Chryssanthakis, Jiang Yujing
      Pages 131-142

    11. ISRM Suggested Method for the Needle Penetration Test

      • Resat Ulusay, Ömer Aydan, Zeynal A. Erguler, Dominique J. M. Ngan-Tillard, Takafumi Seiki, Wim Verwaal et al.
      Pages 143-155

  4. Field Testing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
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    2. ISRM Suggested Method for Rock Fractures Observations Using a Borehole Digital Optical Televiewer

      • S. J. Li, Xia-Ting Feng, C. Y. Wang, J. A. Hudson
      Pages 159-168

    3. ISRM Suggested Method for Measuring Rock Mass Displacement Using a Sliding Micrometer

      • S. J. Li, Xia-Ting Feng, J. A. Hudson
      Pages 169-177

    4. ISRM Suggested Method for Step-Rate Injection Method for Fracture In-Situ Properties (SIMFIP): Using a 3-Components Borehole Deformation Sensor

      • Yves Guglielmi, Frederic Cappa, Hervé Lançon, Jean Bernard Janowczyk, Jonny Rutqvist, C. F. Tsang et al.
      Pages 179-186

    5. ISRM Suggested Methods for Rock Stress Estimation—Part 5: Establishing a Model for the In Situ Stress at a Given Site

      • Ove Stephansson, Arno Zang
      Pages 187-201

  5. Monitoring

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203
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    2. ISRM Suggested Method for Monitoring Rock Displacements Using the Global Positioning System (GPS)

      • Norikazu Shimizu, Shinichiro Nakashima, Tomohiro Masunari
      Pages 205-220
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About this book

This book is a collection of ISRM suggested methods for testing or measuring properties of rocks and rock masses both in the laboratory and in situ, as well as for monitoring the performance of rock engineering structures. The first collection (Yellow Book) has been published in 1981. In order to provide access to all the Suggested Methods in one volume, the ISRM Blue Book was published in 2007 (by the ISRM via the Turkish National Group) and contains the complete set of Suggested Methods from 1974 to 2006 inclusive. The papers in this most recent volume have been published during the last seven years in international journals, mainly in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. They offer guidance for rock characterization procedures and laboratory and field testing and monitoring in rock engineering. These methods provide a definitive procedure for the identification, measurement and evaluation of one or more qualities, characteristics or properties of rocks or rock systems that produces a test result.

Reviews

“This book is a ‘must have’ for all those working on the characterisation of rock masses and materials for engineering applications.” (Martin Gordon Culshaw, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, Vol. 74, 2015)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geological Engineering,, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

    R. Ulusay

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The ISRM Suggested Methods for Rock Characterization, Testing and Monitoring: 2007-2014

  • Editors: R. Ulusay

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07713-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-07712-3Published: 07 August 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36132-1Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-07713-0Published: 25 July 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 293

  • Number of Illustrations: 165 b/w illustrations, 53 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Solid Mechanics

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