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Contents, Vol.12, No.2, July, 2006

• Editorial – V.M. Sharma

 

• Stability Assessment of Underground Openings in British Rocks using Fracture Toughness as Failure Criterion  - A. G. Pathan & R. N. Singh

 

• New SRF Values for Moderately Jointed Rocks - Naresh Kumar, N.K. Samadhiya &R. Anbalagan

 

• Case Study of Failure of Slopes at Morni Hills -  A. Mittal, P. Aggarwal & M. P. Gupta

 

• ‘Dishansh 2005’ - A Java Based Software Application to Plot and Analyze Structural Data for Seismological and Geotechnical Interpretation - N. N. Srivastava, R. U. Thakor, S. V. Patel, S. G. Viroja, U. S. Chetta, H. B. Naik & S. A. Sharma

 

• Stress Mapping for Preferred Orientation of Galleries in Underground Coal Mines - D. N. Sharma, U. Shivnarayana & P. Kulshrestha

 

• Shear strength of Some Rock Forming Powdered Minerals Under High Confining Pressure - I. J. S. Lamba, D. K. Soni & Ashwani Jain

Contents, Vol.12, No.1, January, 2006

• Editorial – Board of Editors
• Control Measures for Ground Vibration Induced by Blasting at Coal Mines and Assessment of Damage to Surface Structures - G. R. Adhikari, N. K. Jain, S. Roy,  A. I. Theresraj, R. Balachander, H. S. Venkatesh & R. N. Gupta
• Slope Stability Using Non-Linear Failure Strength Criterion - N. K. Samadhiya & P. N. V. Mahesh Babu
• A Geotechnical Approach to Assess Roof Rock Instability in Underground Coal Mine - D. N. Sharma
• Strength Characteristics of Limestone Under  High Pressure - D. K. Soni & Ashwani Jain
• Tensile strength of Sandstone Under Unconfined and Confined Conditions - R. K. Bansal, D. K. Soni & Ashwani Jain

 

Contents, Vol.11, No.1, January 2005

• Guest Editorial: Rock Mechanics – An Ongoing Challenge -   Hani Mitri
• Prediction of Ground Vibration from Construction Blasts - G.R. Adhikari, R. Balachander, A.I. Theresraj,H.S. Venkatesh & R.N. Gupta
• Critical State Mechanics in Non-Linear Failure Criterion for Rocks - Mahendra Singh, Bhawani Singh & Daya Shankar
• Wireless Data Acquisition System for Chock Shields in Underground Mines - Performance Monitoring and Analysis - Srinivasulu Tadisetty, Kikuo Matsui, Hideki Shimada  & R.N. Gupta
• Effect of Rock Mass Quality and Tunnel Size on Lined Pressure Tunnels using FEM -  I. Siva Parvathi, S. Surya Rao & T. V. Praveen

 

Contents, Vol.11, No.2, July 2005

• Guest Editorial -  M. N. Viladkar
• Numerical Modelling of Tri-axial Testing of Jointed Rocks using FLAC3D -  T. G. Sitharam, Ravindra Dwivedi & Vidya Bhushan Maji
• Elasto-Plastic Analyses of Circular Tunnels at Different Insitu Stress Conditions using Finite Element Method -  S. Jakki & K. G. Sharma
• EMM – An Approach for Prediction of Stability of Rectangular Underground Openings -  Anupam Mital & V. K. Arora
• Physical and Constitutive Modelling to Simulate Jointed Rock Mass under Uniaxial Stress State -  Mahendra Singh & K. Seshagiri Rao
• Slope Failure and Remediation in Hill Stations of Himalayan Region - A Case Study -  D. K. Soni & Ashwani Jain

 

Vol 10  No 2, July 2004

• Editorial – Minimization of Entropy - Chairman & Editors, JRMTT

·        Strength Criteria of Infilled Rock Joints Tested in  Ko Condition Using Triaxial Apparatus - U.N. Sinha & Bhawani  Singh

·        Shock Tube Initiation System for Improving Pull in Tunnels - A. K. Mishra, P .Balamadeswaran,V. Bhusan & R. N. Gupta

·        Prediction of Stability of Underground  Openings Using EMM - Anupam Mital & VK Arora

• Technical Note on The Prediction and Control  of Flyrock During Rock Blasting  - G.R.Tripathy & I.D.Gupta

Vol 10 No 1, January 2004

• Editorial  - Subhash Mitra
• Assessment of Ground Water Rebound in Backfilled Open Cut Mines using the Finite Element Method - F. Doulati Ardejani & R.N. Singh
• Monitoring the Stability of Two Parallel Caverns for Hydroelectric Project– A Case Study - P. Kumar, J.C. Jhanwar, S. Kiran, B. K. Jha &  C. Bandopadhyay
• Development of Predictive Model for Controlling Blast-Induced Overbreak in Tunnels - V.M.S.R. Murthy  & Kaushik Dey
• Software Package for 3-Dimensional Non-Linear Elastic Analysis of Caverns - N.K. Samadhiya, M.N. Viladkar & Pradeep Bhargava

Vol 9 No 2, July 2003

• Guest Editorial  - A.K. Dhawan
• Damage Control Blast Design for Excavation of Desilting Chambers at Nathpa Jhakri Hydroelectric Project - G.R. Adhikari, R. Balachander, A.I. Theresraj & R.N. Gupta
• Instability Assessment of Jointed Rock Slopes – A Case Study - R.N. Chowdhury, R.N. Singh & G.R. Khanlari
• Application of RMi System for the Design of Tunnel Supports - Naresh Kumar & N.K. Samadhiya
• Design of Tunnel Support and Blasting for Railway Tunnels in Basaltic Rocks – A Case Study - J.C.Jhanwar, R.K.Goel, A.K.Chakraborty, P.Kumar & C. Bandopadhyay
• The Role of Interface Material at the Base of Internal Dumps and Effectiveness of Coal Rib in the Safe Working of Opencast Coal Mines - Indrajit Roy

Vol 9 No 1, January 2003

• Guest Editorial – Rock Mechanics Frontiers & Tunnelling Technology for Infrastructure Development  - R. Jeyaseelan
• Mine Water Inrush Prediction Using the Probability Index Method - Longqing Shi & R. N. Singh
• Intelligent Prediction of Elastic Properties of Jointed Rocks - T. G. Sitharam, K. Shailendra, G. Madhavi Latha & N. Madhusudhan
• Application of Acoustic Emission Technique for Indirect Measurement of Vertical Insitu Stress in Rock Mass – A Lab-Scale Study - P. B. Choudhury, A. K. Chakraborty, S. K. Singh, A. K. Raina,  M. Ramulu, A. Sinha, A. Haldar & J. L. Jethwa
• Instrumentation for Study of Distress in Powerhouse and Concrete Dam – A Case Study - Rajbal Singh, S.K. Verma & A. K. Dhawan
• Strength Behaviour of Phyllites Under Triaxial Stress Condition - N. K. Samadhiya & P. K. Jain

Vol 8 No 2, July 2002

• Guest Editorial - Shunsuke  Sakurai
• Current and Future Prospects for Microtunnelling - R. L. Sterling
• Prediction of Stress-Strain Behaviour of Intact and Jointed Rocks in Triaxial Compression  - T. G. Sitharam and G. Madhavi Latha
• Excavation of Turbine Pits for a Hydroelectric Project - A Case Study - G. R. Adhikari, R. Balachander, H. K. Verma and R. N. Gupta
• A Technical Note on Effect of Temperature on Quality of Fibre Reinforced Concrete - U. K. Singh, B. K. Kumar and B. Munshi

Vol 8 No 1, January 2002

• Guest Editorial - Nick Barton
• Application of the Conventional and a New Failure Criteria in the Stability Analysis of Underground Structures - J. Hematian, I. Porter and R. N. Singh
• Steel Fibre Characterisation for Reinforcement of Shotcrete - U. K. Singh and R. C. Mishra
• Geotechnical Investigations and Stability Analysis of Slopes at Matli Site in Garhwal Himalaya - S. Parkash and A. K. Awasthi
• A Technical Note on Non-Linear Finite Element Study of Lined Circular Tunnel - Prabhat Kumar

Vol 7 No 2, September 2001

• Effects of a Non-Uniform radial Load Distribution on Stress Field in Brazilian Tests - A.Lavrov & A.Vervoort
• Finite Element Study of the Subsidence in Longwall Coal Mines - K. Rajagopal & P.L.S. Ramakanth
• Stability Analysis of Some Hill Slopes Pertaining to Tehri Dam Reservoir - N.C.N. Srivastava
• A Technical Note on - Landslide Protection in Sinking Zone of Darjeeling Himalaya Using Reinforced Soil Technique - Somnath Biswas

Vol 7 No 1, April 2001

• Simulation of Bedding Planes in Finite Element Analysis of Underground Structures - I. Porter, J. Hematian & R. N. Singh
• Improved Finite Element Simulation of Excavation in Elastic and Elasto-Plastic Geologic Media - K.G. Sharma, A. Varadarajan & C.S. Desai
• Environmental Dimensions of Underground Space Use - A. K. Soni
• A Technical Note on - Variability Analysis of Physico-Mechanical Properties of Some Indian Rocks - T.N. Singh & A. Suresh

 Vol 6 No 2, October 2000

• Analysis of Mining Structures - J. Hematian, I. Porter & R. N. Singh
• Simulation of Jointed Rock Mass Behaviour Using Finite Element Method - Sridevi Jade, Thallak. G. Sitharam & H. M. Chandrashekar
• No Tension Zones around Underground Openings - Prabhat Kumar

 Vol 6 No 1, May 2000

• Recent developments in rock support estimates by the RMi - Arild Palmstrom
• Dynamic load assessment in small scale blasting and design of a muffling system - V M S R Murthyi
• Landslide hazard evaluation and geostatistical studies in Garhwal Himalaya, India - Pankaj Gupta, Neelam Jain, R. Anbalagan & P. K. Sikdar
• A note on internet for rock engineers - Anil Swarup & V V R Prasad

 Vol 5 No 2, December 1999

• Underground excavation in jointed medium - Prabhat Kumar
• On the importance of seismic wave velocity in rock blasting - G R Tripathy, R R Shirke, I D Gupta
• Strength criteria for rock masses with gouge filled discontinuities -U N Sinha, Bhawani Singh

 Vol 5 No 1, June 1999

• Time-dependent modulus of deformation in tunnels - R K Goel, Bhawani Singh, Suneel Singh
• Analysis of rock bolts in bedded strata - N Kumar Pitchumani
• Technical note on ambient stress at the Malanjkhand copper mine project, Madhya Pradesh, India - S V Srirama Rao, K B Chary, T N Gowd

 Vol 4 No 2, August 1998

• On a rational method of analysis and design of tunnel supports based on the finite element technique - W G Louhenapessy, G N Pande
• Influence of saturation on modulus of deformation of Himalayan rock masses - V K Mehrotra, Bhawani Singh, Subhash Mitra
• Technical note on rock cutting and tunnels on Khandala - Karjat railway line - R S Dubey

 Vol 4 No 1, March 1998

• Steel fibre reinforced shotcrete for underground support - D R Morgan, A Fekete
• A semi-empirical method for the prediction of mine subsidence and associated parameters in Indian coal mines - P P Bahuguna

 Vol 3 No 2, July 1997

• Laboratory investigations on grouting of polyurethane resins - Richard Snuparek, Petr Martinec
• Non-linear analysis of jointed rock using equivalent continuum approach - Sridevi Jade, T G Sitharam

 Vol 3 No 1, January 1997

• Sequential excavation of a rectangular underground opening - Prabhat Kumar
• Influence of geological features on long-term behaviour of underground powerhouse cavities in lower Himalayan region - a case study - Subhash Mitra, Bhawani Singh

 Vol 2 No 2, July 1996

• A method of recording and presenting rock mechanical data - Rajbal Singh, Rajinder Bhasin, Fredrik Loset
• A statistical approach to landslide analysis - Sanjeev Sharma, R Anbalagan, Tarun Raghuvanshi
• Numerical modelling of underground power houses in India - B Dasgupta, L J Lorig

 Vol 2 No 1, January 1996

• The rock mass index (RMi) applied in rock mechanics and rock engineering - Arild Palmström
• Topography induced high in-situ stress under a river valley in Himalayas - a case - S Sengupta, D Joseph, N M Raju
• Failure envelopes for jointed rocks in lesser Himalayas - V K Mehrotra

 Vol 1 No 2, July 1995

• RMi - A system for characterising rock mass strength for use in rock engineering -  Arild Palmström
• Finite element analyses of circular, horse-shoe and interacting circular tunnels - R K Shrivastava, K G Sharma, A Varadarajan
• Landslide blockade on the river Satluj and its removal by underwater - Rajiv Badal, V M Sharma, K Venkatachalam, A K Dhawan, R B Singh

 Vol 1 No 1, January 1995

• Hydraulic fracturing stress measurements - theory and practice - F. Rummel
• A classification system for support pressure in tunnels and caverns -Bhawani Singh, J. L. Jethwa, A. K. Dube
• The effect of rock properties on the design and results of tunnel blasts - T. N. Hagan
• Landslide hazard zonation mapping of Tehri-Pratapnagar area of Garhwal Himalaya - Pankaj Gupta, R Anbalagan