Abstract：Remote Sensing Rock Mechanics (RSRM) is a new interdiscipline. The experimental backgrounds and two important ensigns of the origin of RSRM are ret rospected , and systematically the definition , concept s and ba2 sic f ramework of RSRM int roduced. The recent achievement s of RSRM are presented , including the thermal in2 f rared ( TIR) imaging of rocks uni2axially loaded , TIR imaging of holed rocks uni2axially loaded , TIR imaging of rocks sheared , TIR imaging of solids impacted , TIR imaging of rocks drilled , TIR imaging of rocks rapid divided and the comparison of TIR imaging and isochromatics of photoelastic material. The physical mechanism of related radiation phenomena due to st ress action is discussed and the two chief directions of RSRM′s future development are suggested.
