Mechanical Properties of Rocks

The below table contains notes distributed to the class to supplement the lectures.

Strength Profiles in the Earth

Mode, Mechanism, and Scaling of Strength: Preliminary Issues (PDF)

Stress Strain Strength Profiles (PDF 1) (PDF 2)

Constitutive Relations, Elasticity

Friction in Rocks

Friction on Rock Interfaces (PDF)

Fracture Surface Energy and Elastic Solutions of Interest

Fracture Surface Energy (PDF)

Some Elastic Solutions of Interest (PDF)

Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM)

Brittle Failure Modes

Brittle Fracture Micromechanics (PDF)

Brief Comments on Effects of Fluids (PDF)

Crystal Plastic Mechanisms: Diffusion Creep

Point Defects in Minerals (PDF)

Diffusion Creep in Mono Atomic Crystal (PDF)

Strain Production and Preferred Orientation (PDF)

Line Defects in Minerals (PDF)

Low Temperature High Stress Laws (PDF)

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