The conference includes all aspects of rock mechanics and rock engineering associated with mining, civil, petroleum and geological engineering, and hydrogeological field. We are planning to sort out the technical papers under the topics listed below covering the five major themes given below. Please note that the conference topics are not limited only to the topics listed below. We plan to include new topics as necessity arises.
Rock mass fracture system characterization and modeling
Rock joint and mass mechanical properties
Rock joint and mass hydraulic properties
Rock joint and mass coupled properties-thermo / hydro / mechanical / biological
In-situ stress measurement and estimation
Rock fracture mechanics and monitoring
Rock mechanics and energy
Advances in constitutive modeling
Advances in numerical modeling
Advances in uncertainty and probabilistic modeling
Underground mine stability
Open pit mine stability
Coal mining
Metal mining
Non-metal mining
Mining methods
Mining induced surface subsidence
Mine backfilling
Fluid flow in mines
Rock support/ground control in mining
Rock blasting
Field rock mass monitoring in mines
Innovative laboratory and field testing
Advances in mining geomechanics
Seismic response, rock-burst evaluation
Numerical modeling in mining
Risk assessment and hazard mitigation in mining
Prominent challenging projects in mining engineering
Slope stability, dams, foundations
Civil engineering tunnels
Fluid flow in civil geotechnical engineering
Hydro-power chambers
Innovative laboratory and field testing
Rock support/ground control in civil engineering
Field rock mass monitoring in civil engineering
Advances in civil rock mechanics
Risk assessment and hazard mitigation in civil geotechnical engineering
Numerical modeling in civil geotechnical engineering
Prominent challenging projects in civil rock engineering
Rock testing for petroleum engineering
Rock characterization for petroleum engineering
Hydraulic fracturing: experimental and modeling
Reservoir geomechanics: characterization and modeling
Constitutive models for petroleum engineering
Numerical modeling in petroleum engineering
Injection geomechanics
Sand in petroleum engineering
Drilling geomechanics: drilling bits, wellbore stability, casing and cementing
Geomechanics of un-conventionals
Risk assessment and hazard mitigation in petroleum engineering
Geomechanics in geothermal processes
Imaging technologies for geomechanics
Induced seismicity and microseismic monitoring - field and lab testing
Multi-scale rock mechanics: pore, micro-, and nano-scales
Hydrothermal and biological rock mechanics
Gas hydrate
Coal bed methane
CO2 sequestration