Discontinuous Deformation Analysis in Rock Mechanics Practice (ePub)

Prof Guowei Ma obtained his BSc from Beijing University in 1989, MEng from Xi'an Jiaotong University in 1992, PhD from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2000. He worked subsequently in Xi'an Jiaotong University/China, Iwate University/Japan, University of Delaware/USA, Nanyang Technological University (NTU)/Singapore and the University of Western Australia (UWA)/Australia. He had been the Secretary General of the Society of Rock Mechanics & Engineering Geology (Singapore) and the Secretary General of the Association of Computational Mechanics (Singapore). He is currently the President of the Western Australia Chinese Scientists Association (WACSA). Guowei's research interests include rock dynamics, analysis of discontinuous deformation, dynamic constitutive models of materials and protective structures. He is also the Associate Editor of International Journal of Protective Structures, and an Editorial Board Member of 6 other international journals. He co-authored 2 books published by Springer, edited 2 conference proceedings and 3 special issues of international journals. He authored over 300 peer reviewed international journal and conference papers.

Dr. Genhua Shi, acknowledged as a professional consultant in rock and structural engineering, is the chairman of the DDA Company in California, USA, and the chief scientist of the Discontinuous Deformation Analysis Laboratory, Yangtze River Scientific Research Institute. He obtained his BSc and MEng from Beijing University, China respectively in 1963 and 1968, and his PhD from University of California at Berkeley, USA in 1988. He has put forward the Key Block theory and Discontinuous Deformation Analysis method, now widely studied and applied in rock mechanics and rock engineering fields worldwide. He is also the inventor of the Numerical Manifold Method, which is a novel method for the analysis of both continuous and discontinuous material behaviors. He has been actively involved in many worldly famous projects related to rock mechanics in-situ tests, nuclear waste storage, blasting design of rock engineering, stability analysis of rock slopes and rock foundations, underground excavation support design and construction, and dam design and dam foundation analysis. His papers have appeared in profound journals, and in significant conferences such as the series of North American Rock Mechanics Symposiums, and the series of Conferences on Analysis of Discontinuous Deformation. Genhua is the recipient of the China Natural Science Award and other international awards. He resides in Belmont, California, USA.