Rock Stress and Its Measurement /

Unlike man made materials such as concrete, steel, etc, natural materials such as rocks and soils are subject to natural (virgin) stresses called in-situ stresses. Knowledge of the in-situ stress field is very important in many problems dealing with rocks in civil, mining and petroleum engineering a...

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Main Author:	Amadei, Bernard
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Stephansson, Ove
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint : Springer, 1997.
Subjects:	Rocks > Testing. Strains and stresses > Measurement. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book