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Development of Rock Engineering

5 September 2016 by Gerardo Marote

Rocscience Inc. The following video provides a brief history by Dr. Evert Hoek of the field of rock engineering, with a look at a number … Read more

Categories Rock mechanics Tags Rock properties

Crazy Rock Fall

29 August 2016 by Gerardo Marote

crazyweathernews Crazy Rock Fall and Landslide in Taiwan Badouzi on August 31, 2013. Almost accident with a car. Shocking video!

Categories Rock mechanics Tags Landslides

Removing unstable rocks with a helicopter

4 August 2016 by Gerardo Marote

NapalmNewt A sophisticated method to remove unstable rocks and protect the road below.

Categories Rock mechanics Tags Landslides

Point load test

8 July 2016 by Gerardo Marote

“Point load testing is used to determine rock strength indexes in geotechnical practice. The point load test apparatus and procedure enables economical testing of core … Read more

Categories Rock mechanics Tags Laboratory testing

Massive Rock Falls in Himalaya

10 June 2016 by Gerardo Marote

YouTube Channel: Mofeed Muhanna Massive rock slide in Himalaya. Tons of rocks flowing like a river!

Categories Rock mechanics Tags Landslides

Huge rock collapse in China

4 June 2016 by Gerardo Marote

euronews (in English) Caught on tape: Huge rocks collapse, fall on highway in China. A rockfall blocked a section of highway in the southwestern Chinese … Read more

Categories Rock mechanics Tags Landslides

Brazilian Test – Tensile Failure of Concrete in Slow Motion

3 June 2016 by Gerardo Marote

ExpeditionWorkshed This film shows the Brazilian test, which is designed to measure the tensile strength of concrete or rocks. For more detailed information on this … Read more

Categories Rock mechanics Tags Concrete, Laboratory testing

World record for rockfall protection

26 May 2016 by Gerardo Marote

Geobrug AG New RXE-8000 rockfall barrier stops a boulder of 20 metric tons in a free fall of 43 meters in Geobrugg’s test facility Lochezen … Read more

Categories Rock mechanics

Laboratory uniaxial compression test – Granite

24 May 2016 by Gerardo Marote

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Categories Geotechnical investigation, Rock mechanics Tags Laboratory testing

Spectacular Rockslide in Switzerland (two angles)

24 May 2016 by Gerardo Marote

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Categories Rock mechanics Tags Landslides

Rock mechanics – Papers

4 August 2014 by Gerardo Marote

Rock mechanics: an introduction for the practical engineer Evert Hoek. “This paper is the text of three lectures delivered by the author at the Imperial … Read more

Categories Rock mechanics
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