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Title: Rock and soil mechanics

Abstract

Although theoretical in character, this book provides a useful source of information for those dealing with practical problems relating to rock and soil mechanics - a discipline which, in the view of the authors, attempts to apply the theory of continuum to the mechanical investigation of rock and soil media. The book is in two separate parts. The first part, embodying the first three chapters, is devoted to a description of the media of interest. Chapter 1 introduces the main argument and discusses the essence of the discipline and its links with other branches of science which are concerned, on the one hand, with technical mechanics and, on the other, with the properties, origins, and formation of rock and soil strata under natural field conditions. Chapter 2 describes mechanical models of bodies useful for the purpose of the discourse and defines the concept of the limit shear resistance of soils and rocks. Chapter 3 gives the actual properties of soils and rocks determined from experiments in laboratories and in situ. Several tests used in geotechnical engineering are described and interconnections between the physical state of rocks and soils and their rheological parameters are considered.

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OSTI Identifier:
7004264
Resource Type:
Book
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 58 GEOSCIENCES; ROCKS; GEOLOGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SOILS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOPHYSICS; REVIEWS; RHEOLOGY; ROCK MECHANICS; SHEAR; SOIL MECHANICS; TESTING; DOCUMENT TYPES; MECHANICS; 360603* - Materials- Properties; 580300 - Mineralogy, Petrology, & Rock Mechanics- (-1989); 580100 - Geology & Hydrology- (-1989)

Citation Formats

Derski, W, Izbicki, R, Kisiel, I, and Mroz, Z. Rock and soil mechanics. United States: N. p., 1988. Web.
Derski, W, Izbicki, R, Kisiel, I, & Mroz, Z. Rock and soil mechanics. United States.
Derski, W, Izbicki, R, Kisiel, I, and Mroz, Z. 1988. "Rock and soil mechanics". United States.
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abstractNote = {Although theoretical in character, this book provides a useful source of information for those dealing with practical problems relating to rock and soil mechanics - a discipline which, in the view of the authors, attempts to apply the theory of continuum to the mechanical investigation of rock and soil media. The book is in two separate parts. The first part, embodying the first three chapters, is devoted to a description of the media of interest. Chapter 1 introduces the main argument and discusses the essence of the discipline and its links with other branches of science which are concerned, on the one hand, with technical mechanics and, on the other, with the properties, origins, and formation of rock and soil strata under natural field conditions. Chapter 2 describes mechanical models of bodies useful for the purpose of the discourse and defines the concept of the limit shear resistance of soils and rocks. Chapter 3 gives the actual properties of soils and rocks determined from experiments in laboratories and in situ. Several tests used in geotechnical engineering are described and interconnections between the physical state of rocks and soils and their rheological parameters are considered.},
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