IX. REGIONAL ROCK MECHANICS SYMPOSIUM
30 - 31 OCTOBER 2008
DOKUZ EYLÜL UNIVERSITY
ENGINEERING FACULTY OF GEOLOGY - MINE
TURKISH NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ROCK MECHANICS
Symposium goals :
- Encouraging the rock mechanics research in Turkey and its region.
- By contributing rock mechanics and its technology, developing a knowledge exchange opportunity and a knowledge-base which includes the ongoing studies and performing researches for regional countries.
- By highlighting the problems encountered during different rock engineering applications; encouraging the researchers to solve these problems which need solution.
- Presenting the rock mechanics studies performed in Turkey and its region and discussing the results obtained from them in regional basis.
- Addressing the rock mechanics and its outcomes to Turkish and regional country’s people who should be realized that they have been living on rock masses.
- Forming a bridge among national, regional and international rock mechanics knowledge and related researchers.