Practical Rock Engineering
Evert Hoek
The collected working notes of one of the founding figures of rock engineering, covering rock mass properties, the Hoek-Brown failure criterion, rock mass classification, tunnel support design and slope stability in rock. Practical throughout, built on real case histories.
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