Vol. 55 No. 5 CONTENTS
Special Issue on
Rock Mechanics

Special Issue on Rock Mechanics (Vol.55 No.5)

Foreword

T.Tanimoto

451

Original Paper (Vol.55 No.5)

Influences of Material Properties on Analogue Model Experiments of Geologic Structures

Y.Yamada, K.Kaneda and T.Matsuoka

452

An Estimation Method of In-situ Rock Masses by Characteristic of Electric Resistivity for Jointed Rock Mass Model

Makoto NAKAMURA and Harushige KUSUMI

458

Assessment of Cost Variation Risk Caused by Water Inrushing in a Tunnel Excavated in Discontinuous Rock Mass

Hiroyasu OHTSU, Kazuo SAKAI, Yuji IJIRI, Masato SHIMONO and Takayuki MOTOSHIMA

464

Simulation Analysis for Shear Behavior Mechanism of Rock Joint Using Distinct Element Method

Harushige KUSUMI, Shintaro TATSUMI, Saori TAKAFUJI and Masafumi MATSUOKA

471

Acoustic Emission Behaviors in Rock Failure Process

Kenji AOKI, Yoshitada MITO, Takayuki MORI and Toshio MAEJIMA

477

Shear Strength of Ohya Stone Evaluated by In-situ Rock Mass Triaxial Test

Kazuo TANI

483

Effects of High Temperature on Strength, Deformation, Thermal Properties and Creep of Rocks

Naoki KINOSHITA and Yoshinori INADA

489

Creep Analysis of Cavern in Soft Rock Mass and Study on Effect of Shotcrete

Hidenori YOSHIDA, Ikuro NOZAKI, Kazuyuki KATO, Yuji SEKINE, Toshihiro KOYAMA, Yasumasa SUZUK, and Takeo KANEKO

495

Mechanism of Discontinuous Behavior of Rock Mass during Underground Cavern Excavation

T.Yoshida, Y.Ohnishi and S.Nishiyama

501

On the Possibility of Identifying Nonlinear Constitutive Laws by Back Analysis

Shinichi AKUTAGAWA, Akiko HASEGAWA, Ryo YAMASHITA, Kunifumi TAKEUCHI, Jaeho LEE and Shunsuke SAKURAI

507

Numerical Simulation of a Large Scale Slope Failure Considering Reduction of Stiffness and Strength over Time

Shinichi AKUTAGAWA, Hitomi OTAZAWA and Shunsuke SAKURAI

515

Tilt Measurement of Rock Mass around Underground Oil Caverns

Kunihiro JODAI, Kazuo UEDE, Satoshi HIROOKA, Hiroshi KANBARA, Susumu TAKEMURA, Toshifumi MATSUOKA and Kazuhiko TSUKADA

523

Lecture (Vol.55 No.5)

Actuality and Scope on Simulation of Heat Treatment‡T:Material Properties and Database

Kasuo OKAMURA

529