EDITORIAL article Front. Earth Sci., 07 October 2022Sec. Geohazards and Georisks Volume 10 - 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.1047612

The rock mass is exposed to stress changes after the excavation made for construction of infrastructures such as roads, railways, hydropower and irrigation projects. expansion roads requires slope cuts which cause natural discontinuities daylight leading failure different types magnitudes. tunnels underground caverns infrastructure projects will pass through with varying cover stability challen...

Infrared thermography is a growing technology in the engineering geological field both for remote survey of rock masses and as laboratory tool non-destructive characterization intact rock. In this latter case, its utility can be found either from qualitative point view, highlighting thermal contrasts on surface, or quantitative involving study surface temperature variations. Since an object pro...

Slope instability phenomena are among the most hazardous natural events affecting our society, and therefore physical–mechanical behavior of rock masses with reference to these is a relevant topic for engineering geological practice, as it conditions realization functionality structures infrastructures, well quality life economy [...]