supported by the National Key Basic Research Program ("973"Program)(Grant Nos.2011CB201201 and 2010CB226804);the National Natural Science Foundation of Yalong River Hydropower Development Joint Research Foundation of China(Grant No.50639100),and the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.50974125 and 5112507)
The development history and current state of studies on the characteristics and mechanisms of deformation and failure of rock materials were briefly reviewed from the viewpoint of energy.The main scope and the achieva...