Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Preface to the first edition
- Part 1 Introduction to rock mechanics
- Part 2 Rock material and rock masses
- 3 Fundamental concepts and description of fissures
- 4 Physical and mechanical properties of rock material
- 5 Residual stresses in rock masses in situ
- 6 Strains, modulus of deformation and failure in rock masses
- 7 Mathematical approach to strain–stress distribution in rock masses
- 8 Interstitial water in rock material and rock masses
- Part 3 Rock mechanics and engineering
- Part 4 Case histories
- References
- Appendix 1 Comments on the bibliography
- Appendix 2 Measurement conversion tables
- Appendix 3 Table of geological formations and earth history
- Appendix 4 Some petrographic properties of rocks
- Author Index
- Index of geographical names, dam sites, reservoirs, tunnels and caverns
- Subject Index
5 - Residual stresses in rock masses in situ
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Preface to the first edition
- Part 1 Introduction to rock mechanics
- Part 2 Rock material and rock masses
- 3 Fundamental concepts and description of fissures
- 4 Physical and mechanical properties of rock material
- 5 Residual stresses in rock masses in situ
- 6 Strains, modulus of deformation and failure in rock masses
- 7 Mathematical approach to strain–stress distribution in rock masses
- 8 Interstitial water in rock material and rock masses
- Part 3 Rock mechanics and engineering
- Part 4 Case histories
- References
- Appendix 1 Comments on the bibliography
- Appendix 2 Measurement conversion tables
- Appendix 3 Table of geological formations and earth history
- Appendix 4 Some petrographic properties of rocks
- Author Index
- Index of geographical names, dam sites, reservoirs, tunnels and caverns
- Subject Index
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- Rock Mechanics and Engineering , pp. 85 - 101Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1979