Chapters 2-7 cover the basic knowledge of rock mechanics, including geological environment of rock engineering, physical and mechanical properties of rocks, mechanical properties of discontinuities and rock mass, rock mass classification, rock failure cri
Shunchuan Wu: Shunchuan Wu is a professor and doctoral supervisor at Kunming University of Science and Technology, where he also serves as the dean of the Faculty of Land Resources Engineering. He is a distinguished professor appointed under a China's national high-level talent program. Professor Wu emphasizes the integration of "teaching, research, and application." With over 30 years of experience in teaching and research on disaster mechanisms and prevention technologies in geotechnical engineering, he has led or participated in more than 10 national scientific research projects, including those under National Key R&D (Research and Development) Program of China and National Natural Science Foundation of China, as well as more than 100 technological research projects. He has published 7 academic books and over 400 research papers, with more than 300 papers indexed in SCI/EI database. His contributions have earned him over 10 national and provincial science and technology awards.
Liping Li: Liping Li is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Qilu Transportation, Shandong University. He is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and currently serves as the dean of the School of Qilu Transportation and the Tibet Research Institute, as well as the deputy director of the National Key Laboratory for Intelligent Manufacturing of High-End Construction Machinery. Professor Li also holds roles as a vice president of the China Energy Society, executive vice chairman of the Underground Engineering Branch of the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering, and chair of Tunnel Construction Hazards at the World Transport Convention (WTC). His primary research interests include intelligent construction and disaster prevention in underground engineering. Professor Li has led 20 national and provincial-level projects and 15 major engineering commissioned projects.
Xiaoping Zhang: Xiaoping Zhang is a professor and doctoral supervisor at Wuhan University. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in 2010. He was appointed as an associate professor there in 2013. Between 2010 and 2014, he worked as a research fellow at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. In 2015, he joined Wuhan University as a professor. Since 2023, he has held the position of the vice chairman of the Tunnel Boring Machine Application Branch Council of the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering. His research focuses on rock mechanics for TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine) excavation, and he has authored 3 academic books and over 100 technical papers. Professor Zhang has been recognized with the Scott Sloan Best Paper Award for 2020 and the Elsevier "Tunneling and Underground Space Technology" Best Paper Award for 2023. He has been listed in Elsevier Data Repository's World's Top 2% Scientists for both the 2022, 2023, and 2024 Single-year impact and Career-long impact (1960-2022).
