Widely regarded as the most authoritative and comprehensive book in
its field, the fourth edition of Fundamentals of Rock
Mechanics includes new and substantially updated chapters to
this highly praised text.
* Extensively updated throughout, this new edition contains
substantially expanded chapters on poroelasticity, wave
propogation, and subsurface stresses
* Features entirely new chapters on rock fractures and
micromechanical models of rock behaviour
* Discusses fundamental concepts such as stress and strain
* Offers a thorough introduction to the subject before expertly
delving into a fundamental, self-contained discussion of specific
topics
* Unavailable for many years, now back by popular demand.
An Instructor manual CD-ROM for this title is available. Please
contact our Higher Education team at href=’mailto:Higher [email protected]’>Higher [email protected]
for more information.
Reviews:
’With this attention to detail, and rigorous adherence to
clarity and exactness in description, this edition will consolidate
the standing achieved by the earlier editions as a most
authoritative and comprehensive book in its field. It will continue
to serve as a leading reference work for geoscientists interested
in structural geology, tectonics and petrophysics as well as for
civil, mining and petroleum engineers.’ (Petroleum
Geoscience)
’…I consider this book to be an invaluable reference for
studying and understanding the fundamental science at the base of
rock mechanics. I believe this to be a must-have textbook and I
strongly recommend it to anyone, student or professional,
interested in the subject.’ (Rock Mechanics and Rock
Engineering)
’An excellent book, very well presented, and is a must for the
shelves of serious engineers and scientists active or interested in
the fields of rock mechanics and rock engineering…. Highly
recommended.’ (South African Geographical Journal, 2008)
Om författaren
John Conrad Jaeger received a first-class honours degree in
mathematics and physics from the University of Sydney, was Wrangler
(class I) in the Mathematical Tripos at Cambridge, and received a
DSc in applied mathematics from the University of Sydney. He was a
professor at the University of Tasmania and the Australian National
University. He was the author of several monographs in applied
mathematics, including, with H. S. Carslaw, Conduction of Heat in
Solids, and was a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and
the Royal Society.
Neville G. W. Cook received a BS and Ph D in geophysics
from the University of Witwatersrand. He was the founder and first
director of the Mining Research Laboratory of the South African
Chamber of Mines, and in 1971 he received the Gold Medal of the
Scientific and Technical Societies, the highest scientific award in
South Africa. He was Donald H. Mc Laughlin Chair in Mineral
Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley, and was a
member of the U. S. National Academy of Engineering.
Robert Zimmerman received BS and MS degrees from Columbia
University, and a Ph D from the University of California at
Berkeley. He has been a staff scientist in the Earth Sciences
Division of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Reader
in Rock Mechanics at Imperial College, London. He is currently
Professor of Engineering Geology at the Royal Institute of
Technology in Stockholm, and co-editor of the International
Journal of Rock Mechanics. He is also the author of the
monograph Compressibility of Sandstones.
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