Preface: Special Issue on Selected Topics in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

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Seven papers are published in this special issue, each paper dealing with a different topic in rock mechanics and rock engineering, in the order given below. The first six papers are invited contributions. All 7 papers were peer reviewed using the standard procedure of the GEGE journal. The Guest editor was responsible for managing the peer review process for the first 6 papers. Professor Paul Marinos, one of the main editors of the journal, handled the peer review process for the last paper (by Kulatilake et al.). These papers provide either a state-of-the-art or a new development or both on the topic dealt with. All the papers have a very good balance between theory and practice. Therefore, the papers are useful for educators, researchers and practitioners. …