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Lecture 11—Stress III: Stress-Strain Relations

11.1 More on the Mohr’s Circle........................................................................................................85
11.1.1 Mohr’s Circle in Three Dimensions .............................................................................86
11.2 Stress Fields and Stress Trajectories ......................................................................................86
11.3 Stress-strain Relations.............................................................................................................87
11.4 Elasticity...................................................................................................................................88
11.4.1 The Elasticity Tensor...................................................................................................88
11.4.2 The Common Material Parameters of Elasticity..........................................................89
11.5 Deformation Beyond the Elastic Limit ......................................................................................90

Lecture 12—Plastic & Viscous Deformation............................................................ 9 2

12.1 Strain Rate...............................................................................................................................92
12.2 Viscosity...................................................................................................................................93
12.3 Creep .......................................................................................................................................94
12.4 Environmental Factors Affecting Material Response to Stress................................................ 95
12.4.1 Variation in Stress....................................................................................................... 95
12.4.2 Effect of Confining Pressure (Mean Stress)................................................................ 95
12.4.3 Effect of Temperature ................................................................................................. 96
12.4.4 Effect of Fluids ............................................................................................................96
12.4.5 The Effect of Strain Rate............................................................................................. 97
12.5 Brittle, Ductile, Cataclastic, Crystal Plastic .............................................................................. 97

Lecture 13—Deformation Mechanisms I: Elasticity, Compaction.......................... 1 0 0

13.1 Elastic Deformation................................................................................................................ 100
13.2 Thermal Effects and Elasticity................................................................................................ 102
13.3 Compaction............................................................................................................................ 103
13.4 Role of Fluid Pressure ........................................................................................................... 104
13.4.1 Effective Stress ......................................................................................................... 105

Lecture 14—Deformation Mechanisms II: Fracture............................................... 1 0 6

14.1 Effect of Pore Pressure.......................................................................................................... 111
14.2 Effect of Pre-existing Fractures.............................................................................................. 112
14.3 Friction ................................................................................................................................... 113

Lecture 15—Deformation Mechanisms III: Pressure Solution & Crystal Plasticity 1 1 4

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