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Subject(s)

• Rocks—Testing [Browse]
• Strains and stresses—Measurement [Browse]

Related name

Stephansson, Ove, 1938- [Browse]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Estimating in situ stresses
• 3. Methods of in situ stress measurement
• 4. Hydraulic methods
• 5. Relief methods
• 6. Jacking methods
• 7. Strain recovery methods
• 8. Borehole breakout method
• 9. Case studies and comparison between different methods
• 10. Monitoring of stress change
• 11. The state of stress in the Earth's crust: from local measurements to the World Stress Map
• 12. Using stresses in rock engineering, geology and geophysics
• App. A. Analysis of stress
• App. B. Displacements, stresses and strains around a circular hole: anisotropic solution.

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ISBN

0412447002

LCCN

^^^96086755^

OCLC

37141014

RCP

H - O

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