Preface -- References -- Experimental Foundations -- Results and Background -- Deformation Mechanisms for Creep -- Rheological Constitutive Equations for Rocks -- General Constitutive Equation -- Damage and Creep Failure -- Mining and Petroleum Englineering Problems -- Closure and Failure of Vertical Caverns and Boreholes -- Creep, Closure and Damage of Horizontal Tunnels -- Creep, Damage and Failure Around Rectangular-Like Galleries or Caverns

1. Rock mechanics -- Mathematical models
2. Time-domain analysis