The conference will cover advances in all the below-mentioned areas of rock mechanics and rock engineering encompassing the fields of mining, civil, geological, and petroleum engineering, and geophysics focusing on the theme “Estimation of Rock Mass Strength and Deformability Including the Associated Components”.
Intact rock mechanical properties
Rock mass fracture system characterization and modeling
Rock joint mechanical properties
In-situ stress measurement and estimation
Empirical methods to estimate rock mass mechanical properties
Numerical methods to estimate rock mass mechanical properties
Effect of in-situ stress on rock mass mechanical property estimation
Field monitoring of rock mass mechanical behaviour
Back calculation of rock mass mechanical properties using field-monitored rock mass mechanical behaviour data
Geophysical technics for estimation of rock mass mechanical properties
Variability and uncertainty of estimated rock mass mechanical properties
Effect of rock mass mechanical properties on underground rock mass stability
Effect of rock mass mechanical properties on rock slope stability
Effect of rock mass mechanical properties on borehole stability