- A -

abacus

angle of friction

- B -

Bearing capacity

brittle fracture

- C -

Carter & Kulhawy

cohesive force

cohesive forces

Contact

- D -

Deformation modulus

Disturbance factor D

- E -

equivalent friction angles

- F -

failure criterion

- G -

Generalized Criterion

- H -

Hoek-Brown failure criterion

- L -

limit states

- M -

Mechanized excavation

minor principal stresses

Mohr-Coulomb criterion

- S -

Serrano

Serrano, Olalla and Gonzales

Slopes

strength of the rock mass

stress interval

- T -

tensile strength

Tunnels

- U -

ultimate bearing capacity

underground excavations

undisturbed

uniaxial compressive strength