VOLUME 1 Key lectures Advancement of geomechanics and geodynamics at the mineral ore mining and underground space development V. Litvinenko Complete laboratory experimentation on hydraulic fracturing H.H. Einstein, O. Al-Dajani, B. Gonçalves da Silva, G. Bing Li & S. Morgan Strength and deformability of brittle polycrystalline materials in multiaxial stress-strain state: Rupture energy evaluation for brittle materials E.G. Gaziev Anisotropic and nonlinear properties of rock including fluid under pressure I. Gray, X. Xhao & L. Liu Dynamic rock support in burst-prone rock masses C.C. Li Deep mining rock mechanics in China—the 3rd mining technology revolution M. He Diagnostics and prediction of geomechanical objects state based on back analysis L. Nazarova Rock mechanics and environmental engineering for energy and geo-resources F.L. Pellet The development of geomechanical engineering in mining V.L. Trushko, I.B. Sergeev & A.N. Shabarov Review papers Geodynamic safety of subsurface management A.N. Shabarov & S.V. Tsirel Methods and approaches to geomechanical ensuring of mining safety at potash mines A.A. Baryakh & V.A. Asanov The Ural scientific school of geomechanics: Fundamental and applied research S.V. Kornilkov, A.D. Sashourin & A.A. Panzhin Geomechanical substantiation of mining in rockburst-hazardous deposits A.A. Kozyrev, V.I. Panin & I.E. Semenova The researches of burst-hazard on mines in Russian Far East I.Ju. Rasskazov, B.G. Saksin, M.I. Potapchuk & P.A. Anikin Modeling geomechanical and geodynamic behavior of mining-altered rock mass with justifying mechanisms of initiation and growth of failure zones V.N. Zakharov & O.N. Malinnikova Physical and mechanical properties of fractured rock Determination of the errors arising from apparatus and operator during applying the point load index D. Akbay & R. Altindag Determination of rock deformability using the coastal sections of concrete dams as a large-scale stamp E.S. Argal & V.M. Korolev Characterization of hydromechanical damage of claystones using X-ray tomography C. Auvray & R. Giot Creation of regional database of physical-and-mechanical characteristics of man-induced dispersed soils S.P. Bakhaeva & D.V. Guryev Analysis of crack initiation and crack damage of metamorphic rocks with emphasis on acoustic emission measurements K. Bartmann & M. Alber Comparison between conventional and multi-sensor geotechnical core logging methods M. Bhuiyan & K. Esmaieli Graphical evaluation of 3D rock surface roughness: Its demonstration through direct shear strength tests on Bátaapáti Granites and Mont Terri Opalinus Claystones I. Buocz, N. Rozgonyi-Boissinot & Á. Török Feasibility study on the influence of discontinuities on anisotropic rock masses regarding the stiffness A. Buyer, L. Gottsbacher & W. Schubert The effect of mining layout, regional pillars and backfill support on delaying expected shaft deformation at Bambanani mine P.M. Couto Fractured clay rocks as a surrounding medium of underground structures: The features of geotechnical and hydrogeological assessment R.E. Dashko & P.V. Kotiukov New methods to fit a Hoek Brown failure criterion to data sets from multiaxial laboratory tests A. Defay & S. Maiolino Application of a new clustering method for automatic identification of rock joint sets S. Fereshtenejad & J.-J. Song Experimental evidences of thermo-mechanical induced effects on jointed rock masses through infrared thermography and stress-strain monitoring M. Fiorucci, G.M. Marmoni, S. Martino & A. Paciello A correlation between thermal conductivity and P-wave velocity of damaged granite P.K. Gautam, A.K. Verma, P. Sharma & T.N. Singh Characterization of shear behavior of discontinuities of Brioverian schist S. Guiheneuf, D. Rangeard, V. Merrien-Soukatchoff & M.-P. Dabard Effects of stress, anisotropy and brittle-to-ductile transition on fracturing and fluid flow in shales M. Gutierrez Geomechanical characterization of the upper carboniferous under thermal stress for the evaluation of a High Temperature-Mine Thermal Energy Storage (HT-MTES) F. Hahn, T. Jabs, R. Bracke & M. Alber Investigating the mechanism contributing to large scale structurally driven hangingwall instabilities on the UG2 reef horizon A.G. Hartzenberg & M. du Plessis Strength estimation of fractured rock using compression—a specimen with spherical indenters V.A. Korshunov, D.A. Solomoychenko & A.A. Bazhukov Measurements of thermal properties of rock samples under high temperature conditions W. Lin, O. Tadai, T. Sugimoto, T. Hirose, W. Tanikawa & Y. Hamada Static and dynamic effective stress coefficient of St. Peter sandstone during depletion and injection X. Ma & M.D. Zoback Jointed rock mass characterization using field and point-cloud data M. Marjanovic, M. Pejic, J. Krušic & B. Abolmasov New failure criterion for rocks by using compression tests C.G. Nicieza, M.I.Á. Fernández, C.C.G. Fernández, R.F. Rodríguez & J.R.G. Menéndez Ore strength property evaluation in the design of ore preparation cycles N.V. Nikolaeva, T.N. Aleksandrova & A.M. Elbendari Geomechanical behaviour of a rock barricade and cemented paste backfill: Laboratory experiments on a reduced-scale model M. Nujaim, C. Auvray & T. Belem Multivariate Artificial Neural Network (ANN) models for predicting uniaxial compressive strength from index tests B.S. Othman, N.T. Özcan, A. Kalender & H. Sönmez Investigation of scale effects on uniaxial compressive strength for Kars-Kagizman Rock Salt, Turkey I. Ozkan & Z. Kiziltas Practical aspects of boundary condition selection on direct shear laboratory tests T.R.M. Packulak, J.J. Day & M.S. Diederichs Experimental studies of saliferous rock direct tension I. Pankov, V. Asanov, V. Kuzminykh & I. Morozov Understanding tilt-test results on saw-cut planar rock surfaces from a statistical perspective I. Pérez-Rey, L.R. Alejano, J. Martínez, M. Muniz & J. Muralha The use of InSAR as a tool to manage precursor ground displacement in rock masses J. Raventós, C. Sánchez & A. Conde Correlations of geomechanical indices for Andean environments S.S. Rodríguez, J.D.L. Valero & C.L. Gómez Thermal behavior of Indian shale rock after high temperature treatment S. Sardana, A.K. Verma, M.K. Jha & P. Sharma Swelling pressures of some rocks using different test procedures L. Selen, K.K. Panthi & M.R. Vergara The implementation of de-stress gold mining technique along complex geological structures and heavily fractured ground conditions F. Sengani & T. Zvarivadza The use of face perpendicular preconditioning technique to destress a dyke located 60 m ahead of mining faces F. Sengani & T. Zvarivadza Prospects of the physical model-based study of geomechanical processes A.N. Shabarov, B.Yu. Zuev & N.V. Krotov Long term creep pressuremeter tests in soft rock (St. Petersburg, Russia) A. Shidlovskaya, J.-L. Briaud, M. Chedid & S. Tafti Reviewing length, density and orientation data of fractures in a granitic rock mass G. Somodi, Á. Krupa, L. Kovács & G. Szujó Change in elastic properties of hard rocks passing from thawed to frozen state S.V. Suknev Tensile behavior of rock under intermediate dynamic loading for Hwangdeung granite and Linyi sandstone Y. Wicaksana, S. Jeon, G. Min & S. Cho Development of a rock blasting management system M. Yamagami & S. Katayama Experimental study on damaged zone around an opening due to thermo-mechanical loading N. Zhang, S. Jeon & S. Wang Ground closure monitoring systems on trial in deep to ultra-deep mechanized gold mining T. Zvarivadza & F. Sengani Geophysics in rock mechanics Study of factors behind rock slope displacement at Higashi Shikagoe limestone quarry, Japan C.N. Bandazi, R. Uy, J.-i. Kodama, Y. Fujii, D. Fukuda, H. Iwasaki & S. Ikegami Seismic measurements to recognize rock mass damaging induced
