The ISRM Suggested Methods for Rock Characterization, Testing and Monitoring: 2007-2014

Chapter 1 The Present and Future of Rock Testing: Highlighting the ISRM Suggested Methods

Chapter 2 ISRM Suggested Method for Determination of the Schmidt Hammer Rebound Hardness: Revised Version

Chapter 3 Suggested Methods for Determining the Dynamic Strength Parameters and Mode-I Fracture Toughness of Rock Materials

Chapter 4 ISRM Suggested Method for the Determination of Mode II Fracture Toughness

Chapter 5 ISRM Suggested Method for Reporting Rock Laboratory Test Data in Electronic Format

Chapter 6 Upgraded ISRM Suggested Method for Determining Sound Velocity by Ultrasonic Pulse Transmission Technique

Chapter 7 ISRM Suggested Method for Determining the Abrasivity of Rock by the CERCHAR Abrasivity Test

Chapter 8 ISRM-Suggested Method for Determining the Mode I Static Fracture Toughness Using Semi-Circular Bend Specimen

Chapter 9 ISRM Suggested Methods for Determining the Creep Characteristics of Rock

Chapter 10 ISRM Suggested Method for Laboratory Determination of the Shear Strength of Rock Joints: Revised Version

Chapter 11 ISRM Suggested Method for the Needle Penetration Test

Chapter 12 ISRM Suggested Method for Rock Fractures Observations Using a Borehole Digital Optical Televiewer

Chapter 13 ISRM Suggested Method for Measuring Rock Mass Displacement Using a Sliding Micrometer

Chapter 14 ISRM Suggested Method for Step-Rate Injection Method for Fracture In-Situ Properties (SIMFIP): Using a 3-Components Borehole Deformation Sensor

Chapter 15 ISRM Suggested Methods for Rock Stress Estimation—Part 5: Establishing a Model for the In Situ Stress at a Given Site

Chapter 16 ISRM Suggested Method for Monitoring Rock Displacements Using the Global Positioning System (GPS)

Chapter 17 Suggested Methods for Rock Failure Criteria: General Introduction

Chapter 18 Introduction to Suggested Methods for Failure Criteria

Chapter 19 Mohr–Coulomb Failure Criterion

Chapter 20 The Hoek–Brown Failure Criterion

Chapter 21 Three-Dimensional Failure Criteria Based on the Hoek–Brown Criterion

Chapter 22 Drucker–Prager Criterion

Chapter 23 Lade and Modified Lade 3D Rock Strength Criteria

Chapter 24 A Failure Criterion for Rocks Based on True Triaxial Testing

Chapter 25 A Survey of 3D Laser Scanning Techniques for Application to Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering