A distinct boundary between unweathered and weathered rock that moves downward as
weathering proceeds—the weathering front—is explicitly or implicitly part of landscape …

Flyrock is one of the major disturbances induced by blasting which may cause severe
damage to nearby structures. This phenomenon has to be precisely predicted and …

Rocks in engineering works and as building materials are always suffering freeze-thaw (FT)
and thermal shock (TS) weathering, and engineering rocks usually involve responses to …

Granite tile dust is a waste material produced in large amounts during the cutting and
grinding processes of granite tiles at manufacturing factories and construction sites …

Blasting, as the most frequently used method for hard rock fragmentation, is a hazardous
aspect in mining industries. These operations produce several undesirable environmental …

An intense fault rockburst recently occurred in a deep tunnel excavated by tunnel boring
machine in China, which was taken as a case to study the failure characteristics in detail …

Tropical climatic conditions cause severe weathering to rock masses resulting in thick
weathering profiles consisting of different weathering zones with complex characteristics …

Surface excavation works in tropically weathered rock are often reported to be challenging
due to too many uncertainties such as rock mass and rock properties, environment, selection …

Rock slope instability causes rock slope failure with intense weathering processes in tropical
regions. In addition to the various advanced numerical rock slope stability assessment …

During the last decades, the rapid developments in mining operations and tunnel
construction have lead to a rapid increase in the number of excavation machines. In order to …