Events and discussions - Theme 4. Residual stresses in rock masses
Panel members discussing this theme touched on the topics of measuring procedures, stress distributions and their relations with tectonics. In rock mechanics one is concerned with the stress in rock masses due to mining or tunneling, pressure from water in storage dams and forces originating from foundations. The actual stress at any point in the rock mass is the resultant of the stresses caused by such engineering activities and the stresses prevent in the rock mass before these activities started. The latter stresses are referred to as virgin stresses, while the former are known as induced stresses. As far as the virgin stress is concerned, it is convenient to distinguish between the gravitational stress (due to the weight of the super-incumbent rock mass) and the latent stress (due to other natural causes). The induced stress is limited to regions in the vicinity of mining excavations, tunnels, foundations or water storage dams. Its magnitude may attain values many times greater than the virgin stress and its knowledge is therefore of utmost importance in engineering design. (18 refs.)
- OSTI ID:
- 6140546
- Journal Information:
- 1st Internat. Soc. Rock. Mech. Congr.; (United States), Vol. 3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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