Followings are the list of papers related to the rock mechanics and rock engineering published in 2002. All papers are written by the members of the rock mechanics division, the Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan.

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Title

The Processes of Crack Development in Saturated Welded Tuff Specimen by Freezing and Thawing Cycles

Autors Tiancheng CHEN, Noriyasu MORI, Takashi GOTO, Teruyuki SUZUKI and Masahiro HIRAMATSU
Keywords Freezing and Thawing, Saturated Welded Tuff, Crack Development, Pore Water Migration


Title

Strength, Deformability and Thermal Properties of Artificial Rocks under High and Low Temperatures

Autors Yoshinori INADA, Naoki KINOSHITA, Jiro TAKAHASHI, Kazumasa NAKATO, Akira TOKAJI and Akira SHIMMURA
Keywords Artificial Rocks, High and Low Temperatures, Thermal Hysteresis, Strength and Deformability,Thermal Properties


Title Analysis of Ventilation Network and Ventilation at Heading Faces
Autors Masahiro INOUE
Keywords Mine, Underground, Ventilation, Network, Safety


Title Multistage Creep Test of Inada Granite and Estimation of Long-term Life Time under Confining Pressure
Autors Tsutomu YAMAGUCHI, Seisuke OKUBO, Enrico MARANINI and Takashi NARITA
Keywords Rock, Failure Criteria, Multistage Creep, Time-dependent Behavior, Life Time, Constitutive Equation


Title Attenuation of Elastic Wave Velocity / Height and Lateral Strain in Uniaxial Compression test with special attention to the results of uniaxial tension test
Autors Seisuke OKUBO, Katsunori FUKUI and Tomonari OGIINO
Keywords Rock, Elastic Wave, Elastic Wave Velocity, Attenuation, Uniaxial Compression Test


Title Numerical Simulation of Bending Test of Steel-Fiber Reinforced Mortar
Autors Seisuke OKUBO and Katsunori FUKUI
Keywords Steel Fiber, Bending Test, Constitutive Equation, REM, Simulation


Title Estimation of the Fatigue Strength of Granite Subjectedto Long-period Cyclic Loading
Autors Jun-ichi KODAMA Yoshio ISHIZUKA, Tohru ABE3 ISHIJIMA and Tatsuhiko GOTO
Keywords Fatigue Life, Granite, Excitation Frequency, Long-period Loading, Fatigue Strength


Title Recent In Situ Oil Recovery Technologies for Extra Heavy Oil Reserves such as Oil Sands
Autors Kyuro SASAKI, Satoshi AKIBAYASHI and Toshiyuki HIRATA
Keywords Extra Heavy Oil, Enhanced Oil Recovery, In Situ, Oil Sands, SAGD, Steam


Title Influence of Water and Loading Rate on Deformation and Failure Behavior of Shirahama Sandstone
Autors Yasuyuki FUJITA, Yoshiaki FUJII and Yoji ISHIJIMA
Keywords Shirahama Sandstone, Water, Loading Rate, Uniaxial Compression Test, Brazilian Test, Fracture Toughness Test


Title Estimation of Global Stress State in Mt. Torigata Region
Autors Katsuhiko KANEKO, Naoaki NAKAMURA, Yuzo OBARA, Kousuke ITO, Tetsuro YONEDA and Masaji KATO
Keywords Global Stress, Stress Measurement, 3-dim. Analysis, Open Cut Mine, Limestone


Title Shear Displacement Behavior of Rocks in Shear Fatigue Process
― Experimental study on cyclic fatigue process of rocks under direct shear test (2nd Report) ―
Autors Fumio SUGIMOTO, Mitsumasa FURUZUMI, Mamoru ABE and Tadao IMAI
Keywords Rock, Cyclic Shear Loading, Shear Displacement, Rate of Shear Displacement, Shear Stress-Shear Displacement Curve


Title Experiment Study for Flying Characteristics and Control of Fly Rock Caused by Blasting
Autors Yuji OGATA, Yuji WADA, Masahiro SETO and Kunihisa KATSUYAMA
Keywords Fly Rock, Hopkinson Effect, Control Blasting, DDA


Title Distributions of Strength and Creep Failure Time of Inada Granite Under Confining Pressure
Autors Tsutomu YAMAGUCHI and Seisuke OKUBO
Keywords Rock, Failure Criterion, Strength, Creep Failure Time, Time-dependent Behavior, Constitutive Equation


Title Subcritical Crack Growth and Rate Dependent Tensile Failure of Sandstones
Autors Masahiro SETO, Manabu UTAGAWA and Woo-Jin JUNG
Keywords Subcritical Crack Growth, Sandstone, Tensile Strength, Strain Rate Dependency


Title Evaluation of Shut-in Pressure by Fracture Opening Displacement Measurement
Autors Takashi TAKEHARA, Tsatomu YAMAGUCHI, Voshiaki MIZUTA, Takashi NARITA and Harnynki ISHIHARA
Keywords Subcritical Crack Growth, Sandstone, Tensile Strength, Strain Rate Dependency


Title Behavior of Sandstone Subjected to Slow and Uniform Temperature Changes
Autors Haruyuki KITA, Toshinori SATO, Hiroshi TSUJIGAMI, Youqing CHEN, Takashi NISHIYAMA and Katsuhiko KANEKO
Keywords Sandstone, High Temperature, Pore Space, Microcrack, Matrix


Title A Selecting Method for Mining Design and Development
Autors Seisuke OKUBO and Jiro YAMATOMI
Keywords Mining Method, Selection Method, Rock Mass Classification, Expert System


Title An Expert System for Selecting Mining Method
Autors Seisuke OKUBO, Jiro YAMATOMI and Yuichi NISHIMATSU
Keywords Mining Method, Selection Method, Rock Mass Classification, Expert System


Title Analysis of Water Jet Drilling and Chipping upon Drilling by the Third Power Method
Autors Katsuhiko SUGAWARA, Akira SATO and Takayuki HAMAURA
Keywords Water Jet, Erosion, Chipping, Drilling, Rock, Fracture


Title Rock Mass Classification of Granite by TBM Cutting Force
Autors Katsunori FUKUI, Seisuke OKUBO, Kazunori MATSUMOTO, Yoshihisa NAWA, Teruo SAKAI and Izumi NISHIZAWA
Keywords Tunnel Boring Machine, Rock Strength, Rock Mass Classification, Cutting Force, Granite


Title Mechanism of Chipping upon Water Jet Drilling in Rock
Autors Katsuhiko SUGAWARA, Akira SATO and Takayuki HAMAURA
Keywords Water Jet, Erosion, Chipping, Drilling, Rock, Fracture


Title Consideration on DSCA and AE Methods for Stress Measurement by Comparing with Corediscing Information and Others
Autors Koichi SHIN, Yasuki OIKAWA and Hisatoshi ITO
Keywords DSCA, AE, Rock Stress, Corediscing, Two-Lines-Fitting Scan Method


Title Damage of Rock Core due to Tensile Stresses during Boring under In-situ Stresses and its Relation to DSCA
Autors Koji MATSUKI, Wataru IINO and Kiyotoshi SAKAGUCHI
Keywords Crack Density, Tensile Stress, DSCA, Damage of Rock Core, Boring Under Stresses


Title Study on Prediction Equation of Thrust in Curved Jacking Area
―Estimation of thrust in using shurry pipe-jacking (2nd Report) ―
Autors Hideki SHIMADA, Masafurni INOUE, Takashi SASAOKA, Shiro KUBOTA and Kikuo MATSUI
Keywords Slurry Pipe-jacking, Thrust, Curved Jacking, Prediction Equation, Mud Slurry, Mud Screen


Title Numerical Simulation of Drilling with Button Bit
Autors Seisuke OKUBO and Katsunori FUKUI
Keywords Drilling, Rock Drill, Burton Bit, Button Chip, Numerical Simulation