Time-Dependency in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

This book is concerned with time-dependency in rock mechanics and rock engineering, whose spectrum is very wide. While the term “time-dependency” involves time-dependent behavior/rate-dependent behavior of rocks in a conventional sense, this books attempts to cover the spectrum as much as possible including coupled processes of thermal, hydrological and diffusions in rocks. It presents theoretical formulations, experiments, numerical formulation and examples of applications. Of paramount concern is the long-term response and stability of rock engineering structures, including for instance man-made and natural slopes and underground facilities such as tunnels and powerhouses.

This work will be of interest to civil, mining and rock engineers, consulting engineers, professionals in computational mechanics, contractors, structural geologists/engineers, engineering geologists, petroleum engineers, and, to a lesser extent, architects.

Born in 1955, studied Mining Engineering at the Technical University of Istanbul, Turkey (B.Sc., 1979), Rock Mechanics and Excavation Engineering at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (M.Sc., 1982), and finally received his Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from Nagoya University, Japan in 1989. Prof. Aydan worked at Nagoya University as a research associate (1987-1991), and then at the Department of Marine Civil Engineering at Tokai University, first as Assistant Professor (1991-1993), then as Associate Professor (1993-2001), and finally as Professor (2001-2010). He then became Professor of the Institute of Oceanic Research and Development at Tokai University, and is currently Professor at the University of Ryukyus, Department of Civil Engineering & Architecture, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.He has furthermore played an active role on numerous ISRM, JSCE, JGS, SRI and Rock Mech. National Group of Japan committees, and has organized several national and international symposia and conferences. Professor Aydan has received the 1998 Matsumae Scientific Contribution Award, the 2007 Erguvanli Engineering Geology Best Paper Award, the 2011 Excellent Contributions Award from the International Association for Computer Methods in Geomechanics and Advances, the 2011 Best Paper Award from the Indian Society for Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling Technology and was awarded the 2013 Best Paper Award at the 13th Japan Symposium on Rock Mechanics and 6th Japan-Korea Joint Symposium on Rock Engineering. He was also made Honorary Professor in Earth Science by Pamukkale University in 2008 and received the 2012 Japan National Group for Rock Mechanics Frontier Award.