The term engineering rock mechanics is used to describe the engineering application of rock mechanics to civil, mining, petroleum and environmental engineering circumstances. The term mechanics, means the study of the equilibrium and motion of bodies, which includes statics and dynamics l. Thus, rock mechanics is the study of mechanics applied to rock and rock masses. ’Engineering rock mechanics’ is this study within an engineering context, rather than in the context of natural processes that occur in the Earth‘s crust, such as folding and faulting. The term rock engineering refers to the process of engineering with rock, and especially to creating structures on or in rock masses, such as.
