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Geotechnical Fundamentals for Addressing New World Challenges

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Rocks and rock masses pose very complex problems that must be addressed by the engineering and scientific communities if the challenges of the 21st century are to be met. New societal demands for improved infrastructure, clean water, sustainable energy, and climate change, all call for an improved understanding of the multi-physics phenomena involving rock and all require a multi-disciplinary approach. The chapter identifies five topics that, among others, limit further developments in the field or are critical to societal demands: (1) Underground construction, geology and geotechnical risks; (2) Microstructure-enriched damage and healing mechanics; (3) Damage detection inside rock; (4) Coupled processes for energy extraction; and (5) Sustainable recovery of subsurface energy resources.

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  1. Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

    Antonio Bobet & Anahita Modiriasari

  2. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

    Chloé F. Arson

  3. Energy and Mineral Engineering, G3 Center, EMS Energy Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

    Derek Elsworth

  4. Department of Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA

    Priscilla Nelson

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Bobet, A., Arson, C.F., Elsworth, D., Nelson, P., Tomac, I., Modiriasari, A. (2019). The Role of Rock Mechanics in the 21st Century. In: Lu, N., Mitchell, J. (eds) Geotechnical Fundamentals for Addressing New World Challenges. Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06249-1_11

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