Partial Support for the U. S. National Committee for Rock Mechanics

*9819271 Schiffries美国国家岩石力学委员会(USNC/RM)在NRC地球科学与资源委员会的主持下运作。该委员会在美国和国际上代表美国岩石力学社区，确定岩石力学中需要解决的关键问题，并审查为行业和政府服务的科学的健康状况。该委员会由从行业、政府和大学中挑选出来的10名成员组成，其中包括几名NAE成员。USNC/RM的专业知识、判断力和战略观点有助于确定和帮助启动与国家利益重大领域有关的赞助研究和其他活动，对这些领域，岩石力学问题是关键的投入。USNC/RM监督进行专题研究的特设小组，这些研究大多是单独资助的。该委员会将召集一个小组进行一项关于“裂隙介质中流体渗透的概念模型”的研究。这项研究具有与污染物在裂隙岩石中的地下流动有关的健康和环境应用。另一项关于“采矿作业产生的地震信号和全面禁止核试验条约”的研究刚刚结束(1998年7月由美国国家科学院出版社出版)。USNC/RM还对岩石力学在基础科学和工程应用方面的杰出贡献予以表彰和颁奖。USCN/RM每年举行两次会议，这一奖项将与其他联邦机构的资金结合起来，为委员会的战略规划、项目开发、监督和传播工作成果提供支持。***

***9819271 Schiffries The U. S. National Committee for Rock Mechanics (USNC/RM) operates under the auspices of the NRC's Board on Earth Sciences and Resources. This Committee represents the American rock mechanics community in the United States and internationally, identifies critical issues in rock mechanics that need to be addressed, and reviews the health of the science that serves industry and government. The committee is comprised of ten members selected from industry, government and university, and includes several NAE members. The expertise, judgment and strategic perspective of the USNC/RM serves to define and help initiate sponsored studies and other activities with respect to major areas of national interest for which rock mechanics issues represent critical input. The USNC/RM oversees ad hoc panels that conduct topical studies, which for the most part are separately funded. This Committee will be convening a panel to conduct a study on "Conceptual Models of Fluid Infiltration in Fractured Media." - a study which has health and environmental applications related to underground flow of pollutants through fractured rock. A separate study has just been concluded on "Seismic Signals from Mining Operations and the Comprehensive est Ban Treaty" (published by National Academy Press in July, 1998). The USNC/RM also recognizes and confers awards for outstanding contributions to the basic science and engineering applications of rock mechanics. The USCN/RM meets twice annually and this award will be combined with funding from other federal agencies to provide support for strategic planning, project development, oversight, and dissemination of results of the Committee's work. ***