1. Thanks to Our Reviewers

   Editorial 31 January 2014 Pages: 329 - 331

2. Publishing Ethics

   • Giovanni Barla
   • Herbert Einstein
   • Kalman Kovari

   Editorial 05 February 2014 Pages: 333 - 333

3. Experimental Evidence of Truly Elastic Behavior of Artificial Sandstone Inside the Cementation Yield Surface

   • N. Trads
   • P. V. Lade

   Original Paper 31 March 2013 Pages: 335 - 345

   

4. An Empirical Failure Criterion for Intact Rocks

   • Jun Peng
   • Guan Rong
   • Chuangbing Zhou

   Original Paper 16 January 2013 Pages: 347 - 356

   

5. A Simplified Failure Criterion for Intact Rocks Based on Rock Type and Uniaxial Compressive Strength

   • Jiayi Shen
   • Rafael Jimenez
   • Chaoshui Xu

   Original Paper 18 April 2013 Pages: 357 - 369

   

6. Instantaneous Friction Angle and Cohesion of 2-D and 3-D Hoek–Brown Rock Failure Criteria in Terms of Stress Invariants

   • Youn-Kyou Lee
   • A. Bobet

   Original Paper 27 April 2013 Pages: 371 - 385

   

7. New Peak Shear Strength Criterion of Rock Joints Based on Quantified Surface Description

   • Cai-Chu Xia
   • Zhi-Cheng Tang
   • Ying-Long Song

   Original Paper 19 March 2013 Pages: 387 - 400

   

8. An Experimental Study on the Pre-Peak Unloading Damage Evolution of Marble

   • Shi-Li Qiu
   • Xia-Ting Feng
   • Chuan-Qing Zhang

   Original Paper 23 March 2013 Pages: 401 - 419

   

9. The Effects of Temperature and Pressure on the Porosity Evolution of Flechtinger Sandstone

   • Alireza Hassanzadegan
   • Guido Blöcher
   • Günter Zimmermann

   Original Paper 10 April 2013 Pages: 421 - 434

   

10. A Microstructure-Based Model to Characterize Micromechanical Parameters Controlling Compressive and Tensile Failure in Crystallized Rock

    • T. Kazerani
    • J. Zhao

    Original Paper 10 April 2013 Pages: 435 - 452

    

11. Evolution of Rock Cracks Under Unloading Condition

    • R. Q. Huang
    • D. Huang

    Original Paper 09 May 2013 Pages: 453 - 466

    

12. Influence of Unloading Rate on the Strainburst Characteristics of Beishan Granite Under True-Triaxial Unloading Conditions

    • X. G. Zhao
    • J. Wang
    • D. J. Li

    Original Paper 08 June 2013 Pages: 467 - 483

    

13. Experimental Researches on Hydro-Mechanical Properties of Altered Rock Under Confining Pressures

    • H. L. Wang
    • W. Y. Xu
    • J. F. Shao

    Original Paper 04 June 2013 Pages: 485 - 493

    

14. Dynamic Brazilian Tests of Granite Under Coupled Static and Dynamic Loads

    • Zilong Zhou
    • Xibing Li
    • Guonan Li

    Original Paper 02 June 2013 Pages: 495 - 505

    

15. Stochastic Representation of Sedimentary Geology

    • M. K. Elmouttie
    • G. Krähenbühl
    • I. Kelso

    Original Paper 09 April 2013 Pages: 507 - 518

    

16. Quasi-Stochastic Analysis of Uncertainty for Modelling Structurally Controlled Failures

    • M. K. Elmouttie
    • G. V. Poropat

    Original Paper 10 April 2013 Pages: 519 - 534

    

17. Estimation of the Strength of Stratified Rock Mass

    • Theodoros Triantafyllidis
    • Eleni Gerolymatou

    Original Paper 08 May 2013 Pages: 535 - 547

    

18. Experimental Study of Ultrasonic Waves Propagating Through a Rock Mass with a Single Joint and Multiple Parallel Joints

    • Xiaolin Huang
    • Shengwen Qi
    • Wanli Dong

    Original Paper 09 April 2013 Pages: 549 - 559

    

19. Long-Wavelength Elastic Wave Propagation Across Naturally Fractured Rock Masses

    • Mohd Mustaqim Mohd-Nordin
    • Ki-Il Song
    • Zainab Mohamed

    Original Paper 10 July 2013 Pages: 561 - 573

    

20. Analysis of the Influence of a Natural Fracture Network on Hydraulic Fracture Propagation in Carbonate Formations

    • Zhiyuan Liu
    • Mian Chen
    • Guangqing Zhang

    Original Paper 13 April 2013 Pages: 575 - 587

    

21. An Approach for Modeling Rock Discontinuous Mechanical Behavior Under Multiphase Fluid Flow Conditions

    • Peng-Zhi Pan
    • Jonny Rutqvist
    • Fei Yan

    Original Paper 01 May 2013 Pages: 589 - 603

    

22. Terrestrial Photogrammetry and Numerical Modelling for the Stability Analysis of Rock Slopes in High Mountain Areas: Aiguilles Marbrées case

    • M. Curtaz
    • A. M. Ferrero
    • G. Umili

    Original Paper 05 July 2013 Pages: 605 - 620

    

23. The Dynamic Evaluation of Rock Slope Stability Considering the Effects of Microseismic Damage

    • N. W. Xu
    • F. Dai
    • C. A. Tang

    Original Paper 08 May 2013 Pages: 621 - 642

    

24. Anisotropic Deformation of a Circular Tunnel Excavated in a Rock Mass Containing Sets of Ubiquitous Joints: Theory Analysis and Numerical Modeling

    • Tai-Tien Wang
    • Tsan-Hwei Huang

    Original Paper 03 April 2013 Pages: 643 - 657

    

25. In-situ Rock Spalling Strength near Excavation Boundaries

    • M. Cai
    • P. K. Kaiser

    Original Paper 25 May 2013 Pages: 659 - 675

    

26. Size and Geometry Effects on Rock Fracture Toughness: Mode I Fracture

    • M. R. Ayatollahi
    • J. Akbardoost

    Original Paper 08 May 2013 Pages: 677 - 687

    

27. Continuous Monitoring of Pin Tip Wear and Penetration into Rock Surface Using a New Cerchar Abrasivity Testing Device

    • Mohammad-Taghi Hamzaban
    • Hossein Memarian
    • Jamal Rostami

    Original Article 15 March 2013 Pages: 689 - 701

    

28. Predicting the Performance of Chain Saw Machines Based on Shore Scleroscope Hardness

    • Deniz Tumac

    Original Paper 16 April 2013 Pages: 703 - 715

    

29. Prediction of the Rock Mass Diggability Index by Using Fuzzy Clustering-Based, ANN and Multiple Regression Methods

    • Omid Saeidi
    • Seyed Rahman Torabi
    • Mohammad Ataei

    Original Paper 09 May 2013 Pages: 717 - 732

    

30. Improvement of Disc Cutter Performance by Water Jet Assistance

    • Raimondo Ciccu
    • Battista Grosso

    Original Paper 23 May 2013 Pages: 733 - 744

    

31. Characterization of Effective Parameters in Abrasive Waterjet Rock Cutting

    • Tae-Min Oh
    • Gye-Chun Cho

    Original Paper 23 May 2013 Pages: 745 - 756

    

32. Surface Miners: Evaluation of the Production Rate and Cutting Performance Based on Rock Properties and Specific Energy

    • Chiara Origliasso
    • Marilena Cardu
    • Vladislav Kecojevic

    Original Paper 06 March 2013 Pages: 757 - 770

    

33. Stochastic Modeling Approach for the Evaluation of Backbreak due to Blasting Operations in Open Pit Mines

    • Mehmet Sari
    • Ebrahim Ghasemi
    • Mohammad Ataei

    Original Paper 08 June 2013 Pages: 771 - 783

    

34. Effect of Porosity on Rock Brittleness

    • M. Heidari
    • G. R. Khanlari
    • S. Saneie

    Technical Note 28 March 2013 Pages: 785 - 790

    

35. An Experimental Study of the Mechanical Behavior of a Weak Intercalated Layer

    • Baotian Xu
    • Changhong Yan

    Technical Note 23 April 2013 Pages: 791 - 798

    

36. Comparison Between Neural Networks and Multiple Regression Analysis to Predict Rock Fragmentation in Open-Pit Mines

    • Iman Enayatollahi
    • Abbas Aghajani Bazzazi
    • Ahamad Asadi

    Technical Note 23 April 2013 Pages: 799 - 807

    

37. Comparison of Excavation Damage Zones Resulting from Blasting with Nonel Detonators and Blasting with Electronic Detonators

    • Hongxian Fu
    • Louis Ngai Yuen Wong
    • Yanzhi Li

    Technical Note 12 April 2013 Pages: 809 - 816

    

38. Discussion on “An Empirical Failure Criterion for Intact Rocks” by Peng et al. (2013)

    • R. P. Bewick
    • P. K. Kaiser

    Discussion 28 November 2013 Pages: 817 - 823

    

39. Author’s Reply to Discussion of the Paper “An Empirical Failure Criterion for Intact Rocks” by Peng et al. (2013)

    • Jun Peng
    • Ming Cai
    • Xiaojiang Wang

    Reply 28 November 2013 Pages: 825 - 834

    

40. Erratum to: Fracture-Induced Anisotropic Attenuation

    • José M. Carcione
    • Juan E. Santos
    • Stefano Picotti

    Erratum 13 December 2013 Pages: 835 - 835