1. Empirical strength criterion for rock masses;Hoek;J Geotech Eng Div ASCE,1980
2. Hoek E, Carranza-Torres C, Corkum B. Hoek–Brown failure criterion—2002 edition. In: Proceedings of the North American rock mechanics society meeting in Toronto; 2002.
3. Hoek E. A brief history of the development of the Hoek–Brown failure criterion; 2004. http://www.rocscience.com.
4. Hoek E. Practical rock engineering; 2007. Available at: http://www.rocscience.com.
5. Back analysis in rock engineering;Sakurai,1993