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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1993. Stability, Failure, and Measurements of Boreholes and Other Circular Openings. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9177.
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Stability, Failure, and Measurements of Boreholes and Other Circular Openings

U.S. National Committee for Rock Mechanics

Geotechnical Board

Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems

National Research Council

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, D.C.
1993

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1993. Stability, Failure, and Measurements of Boreholes and Other Circular Openings. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9177.
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the panel responsible for this report were chosen for their special expertise and with regard for appropriate balance between government, industry, and academia.

This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

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The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy's purposes of furthering knowledge and advising the federal government. Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Frank Press and Dr. Robert M. White are chairman and vice-chairman, respectively, of the National Research Council.

SPONSORS: This project was sponsored by the following agencies: Defense Nuclear Agency, Department of the Air Force (Air Force Office of Scientific Research), Department of the Army (Army Corps of Engineers), Department of Energy (Office of Energy Research and Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management), Department of the Interior (Bureau of Mines and Bureau of Reclamation), Department of Transportation (Urban Mass Transportation Administration), National Science Foundation, and Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Copies are available from the Geotechnical Board, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20418.

Copyright 1993 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1993. Stability, Failure, and Measurements of Boreholes and Other Circular Openings. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9177.
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PANEL ON BOREHOLE STABILITY

MEMBERS

Jean-Claude Roegiers, Chairman,

The University of Oklahoma, Norman

Ernest L. Corp,

U.S. Bureau of Mines, Spokane, Washington

Neville G. W. Cook,

University of California, Berkeley

Alain Guenot,

Elf-Aquitaine NORGE A/S, Stavanger, Norway

John D. McLennan,

Terra Tek Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah

Frederick L. Paillet,

U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado

Ioannis Vardoulakis,

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

STAFF

Peter H. Smeallie, Geotechnical Board Director

Riley M. Chung, Former Director,

Division of Natural Hazard Mitigation

Lynne F. Cramer, Former Sr. Staff Officer

Virginia M. Lyman, Former Staff Assistant

Jennifer T. Estep, Administrative Assistant

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1993. Stability, Failure, and Measurements of Boreholes and Other Circular Openings. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9177.
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1990 U.S. NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ROCK MECHANICS

MEMBERS

Wolfgang R. Wawersik, Chairman,

Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Bernard Amadei,

University of Colorado, Boulder

William G. Austin,

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado

Barry H.G. Brady,

Dowell Schlumberger, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Jane C.S. Long,

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California

Arthur McGarr,

U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California

James E. Monsees,

Metrorail Transit Consultants, Los Angeles, California

Jean-Claude Roegiers,

The University of Oklahoma, Norman

Miklos G. Salamon,

Colorado School of Mines, Golden

Lewis V. Wade,

U.S. Bureau of Mines, Minneapolis, Minnesota

STAFF

Peter H. Smeallie, Director

Jennifer T. Estep, Administrative Assistant

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