Back Analysis in Rock Engineering - Sakurai, Shunsuke

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Résumé :
Introduction. Back Analysis and Forward Analysis. Modeling of Rock Masses in Back Analysis. Observational Method. Critical Strains of Rocks and Soils. Environmental Effects on Critical Strain of Rocks. General Approach for Assessing Tunnel Stability. Back Analyses Used in Tunnel Engineering Practice. Universal Back Analysis Method. Initial Stress of Rock Masses Determined by Boundary Element Method. Back Analysis for the Plastic Zone Occurring Around Underground Openings. Back Analysis Considering Anisotropy of Rocks. Laboratory Experiments. Constitutive Equation for the Use of Back Analyses. Cylindrical Specimen for the Determination of Material Properties. Applicability of Anisotropic Parameter for Back Analysis. Assessing the Stability of Slopes. Back Analysis of Slopes Based on the Anisotropic Parameter. Back Analysis Method for Predicting a Sliding Plane. Back Analysis of Landslides. Back Analysis for Determining the Strength Parameters. Application of Back Analysis for Assessing the Stability of Slopes. Monitoring of Slope Stability by Using GPS in Geotechnical Engineering....

Biographie:

Prof. Sakurai studied Civil Engineering at Kobe University (B.E) and at Kyoto University (M.E), and finally at Michigan State University USA (Ph.D). He also received his Dr Eng. degree from Nagoya University, Japan.
Prof. Sakurai worked at Kobe University as Professor of rock mechanics, and of structural mechanics, and then worked at the Hiroshima Institute of Technology as President. He is now Professor Emeritus of Kobe University, and also Professor Emeritus of Hiroshima Institute of Technology.
Professionally, Prof. Sakurai has been involved in various types of Rock Mechanics projects (hydropower, nuclear power, pumped storage, compressed air energy storage schemes, highway and railway tunnels, slopes etc.) in Japan and abroad.

His research interests have been connected to numerical analysis particularly back analysis and field measurements. The aim of these research activities is mainly concerned with building a bridge between theory and practice.