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  title info:
    title: Fracture mechanics of rock
  name:
    name part: Atkinson, Barry Kean.
  name:
    name part: Knovel (Firm)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 1987
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xi, 534 pages) : illustrations.
  table of contents: Front Cover; Fracture Mechanics of Rock; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO FRACTURE MECHANICS AND ITS GEOPHYSICAL APPLICATIONS; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Concepts, Definitions and Theory; 1.3 Overview of Geophysical Applications; 1.4 Future Perspectives; 1.5 Plan of this Volume; References; CHAPTER 2. JOINTS AND SHEAR FRACTURES IN ROCK; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Historical Background; 2.3 The Isolated Crack; 2.4 Microcracks; 2.5 Joints: Record of a Rupture; 2.6 Recracking; 2.7 Shear Fracturing; 2.8 Patterns of Multiple Fractures and Joints.
  table of contents: 2.9 Loading Conditions Leading to Propagation of Joints2.10 Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 3. THEORY OF CRACK INITIATION AND PROPAGATION IN ROCK; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Crack Initiation; 3.3 Crack Propagation; 3.4 Notes on Implementation of Crack Initiation and Propagation Theories; References; CHAPTER 4. THE THEORY OF SUBCRITICAL CRACK GROWTH WITH APPLICATIONS TO MINERALS AND ROCKS; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Micromechanisms of Fracture; 4.3 Mechanisms of Subcritical Crack Growth; 4.4 Constitutive Modelling of Subcritical Crack Growth; 4.5 Overview of Experimental Data.
  table of contents: 4.6 Extrapolation of Subcritical Crack Growth Data to the Crustal Environment4.7 Requirements for Further Studies; References; CHAPTER 5. TIME-DEPENDENT DEFORMATION AND FAILURE; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Microcrack Growth; 5.3 Prediction of Rate-dependent Properties; 5.4 Closure; References; CHAPTER 6. FRACTURE MECHANICS APPROACH TO HYDRAULIC FRACTURING STRESS MEASUREMENTS; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Experimental Observations; 6.3 Fracture Mechanics Approach to Hydraulic Fracturing; 6.4 Application of Fracture Mechanics to Experimental Results; 6.5 Concluding Comments; References.
  table of contents: CHAPTER 7. FRACTURE MECHANICS APPLIED TO HOT, DRY ROCK GEOTHERMAL ENERGY7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Theoretical Consideration of the Behaviour of Artifical Cracks; 7.3 Fracture Behaviour of Crustal Rock Mass; 7.4 Concluding Remarks; References; CHAPTER 8. THEORETICAL DISPLACEMENTS AND STRESSES NEAR FRACTURES IN ROCK: WITH APPLICATIONS TO FAULTS, JOINTS, VEINS, DIKES, AND SOLUTION SURFACES; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Elementary Elastic Crack Theory; 8.3 The Displacement Field; 8.4 The Stress Field; 8.5 Approximate Fields in Special Regions.
  table of contents: 8.6 Applications to Selected Problems in Structural Geology and TectonicsReferences; CHAPTER 9. MECHANICS OF SHEAR RUPTURE APPLIED TO EARTHQUAKE ZONES; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Shear Fracture Mechanics; 9.3 Slip-weakening Model of Shear Rupture; 9.4 Slip Distributions and Interactions; 9.5 Summary and Conclusion; References; CHAPTER 10. DYNAMIC ROCK FRAGMENTATION; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Dynamic Fracture Strength; 10.3 Fragment Size Predictions in Dynamic Fragmentation; 10.4 Particle Size Distributions in Dynamic Fragmentation; 10.5 Continuum Modelling of Dynamic Fracture and Fragmentation.
  note: edited by Barry Kean Atkinson.
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Rocks
    topic: Fracture
  subject:
    topic: Rock mechanics
  subject:
    topic: Roches, Mécanique des
  subject:
    topic: Roches
    topic: Fracturation
  subject:
    topic: Rock mechanics
  subject:
    topic: Rocks
    topic: Fracture
  subject:
    topic: Aufsatzsammlung
  subject:
    topic: Bruchmechanik
  subject:
    topic: Bruchverhalten
  subject:
    topic: Fels
  subject:
    topic: Gebirgsmechanik
  subject:
    topic: Gestein
  subject:
    topic: Gesteinsmechanik
  subject:
    topic: Rocks
    topic: Fracture
  classification: TA706 .F73 1987eb
  classification: 624.1/5132
  classification: GEO 364f
  classification: RB 10121
  classification: TG 4000
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    title info:
      title: Fracture mechanics of rock
    origin info:
      publisher: London ; Orlando : Academic Press, 1987
    identifier: (DLC) 87169787
    identifier: (OCoLC)17507374
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    title info:
      title: Academic Press geology series
  identifier: 9780123822383
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    record creation date: 100222
    record change date: 20260609152355.1
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    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng