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Rock Stress and Its Measurement (Hardcover, 1997 ed.)
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Rock Stress and Its Measurement (Hardcover, 1997 ed.)
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Rock masses are initially stressed in their current in situ state
of stress and to a lesser natural state. Whether one is interested
in the extent on the monitoring of stress change. formation of
geological structures (folds, faults, The subject of paleostresses
is only briefly intrusions, etc. ), the stability of artificial
struc discussed. tures (tunnels, caverns, mines, surface excava The
last 30 years have seen a major advance our knowledge and
understanding of rock tions, etc. ), or the stability of boreholes,
a in the in situ or virgin stress field, stress. A large body of
data is now available on knowledge of along with other rock mass
properties, is the state of stress in the near surface of the
needed in order to predict the response of rock Earth's crust
(upper 3-4km of the crust). masses to the disturbance associated
with those Various theories have been proposed regarding
structures. Stress in rock is usually described the origin of in
situ stresses and how gravity, within the context of continuum
mechanics. It is tectonics, erosion, lateral straining, rock
fabric, defined at a point and is represented by a glaciation and
deglaciation, topography, curva second-order Cartesian tensor with
six compo ture of the Earth and other active geological nents.
Because of its definition, rock stress is an features and processes
contribute to the current enigmatic and fictitious quantity
creating chal in situ stress field."
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