Rock Classification Systems for Engineering Purposes

STP Published: 1988

STP984-EB

Rock Classification Systems for Engineering Purposes

Editor(s): L. Kirkaldie

Brings together in one volume discussions of the five major classification systems and procedures used to classify rock by engineering users. Also includes case studies in which rock classification is a critical factor. For engineering geologists; geotechnical engineers.

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Opening Remarks

Howard J. Pincus

The Unified Rock Classification System

Douglas A. Williamson, C. Rodney Kuhn

The Rock Mass Rating (RMR) System (Geomechanics Classification) in Engineering Practice

Z. T. Bieniawski

A Ground Support Prediction Concept: The Rock Structure Rating (RSR) Model

Eugene H. Skinner

Critique of the Rock Material Field Classification Procedure

John S. Moore

Rock Mass Classification and Tunnel Reinforcement Selection Using the -System

Nick Barton

The Rock Quality Designation (RQD) Index in Practice

D. U. Deere, D. W. Deere

Case Histories of Groundmass Characterization for Excavatability

H. A. D. Kirsten

A Case History Review from a Perspective of Design by Rock Mass Classification Systems

Glenn A. Nicholson

Rock Material Field Classification Procedure Free

Louis Kirkaldie, Douglas A. Williamson, Peter V. Patterson

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Details

Developed by Committee: D18

Pages: 176

DOI: 10.1520/STP984-EB

ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-6775-9

ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-6663-9