The purpose of writing this book is to provide the latest research findings in ground control
techniques in mining engineering especially the rock bolting techniques. Since rock bolts are
widely used in mining engineering and civil engineering they are significant in guaranteeing
the safety of underground openings. However instability issues still occur with the rock
bolting technique. Therefore it is valuable to understand the exact load transfer mechanism of
rock bolts. This book summarised the recent research work regarding rock bolting conducted by
the authors. It is valuable for the readers to fully understand the reinforcing mechanism of
fully grouted rock bolts. This book focuses on the bond failure mode of fully grouted rock
bolts which is the most widely encountered failure mode in rock bolting. Different
investigation approaches are used in this book including numerical simulation analytical
modelling and experimental tests. Therefore this book conducts a comprehensive study to reveal
the bond failure process of fully grouted rock bolts. Moreover it reveals the corresponding
bond failure mechanism. Therefore it helps the reads to fully understand the bond failure
mechanism of rock bolting. Moreover it helps the readers to develop new approaches and methods
to prevent failure of the rock bolting system. This is an open access book.
