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Hudson, J. A. and Harrison, J. R. - Rock Mechanics (Part1) - 52
Hudson, J. A. and Harrison, J. R. - Rock Mechanics (Part1) - 52
shear stresses acting on them and are therefore principal stress planes. This
results from Newton's Third Law ('to every action there is an equal and
opposite reaction'). Furthermore, and also from Newton's Third Law, the
normal stress component acting on such surfaces is zero. Thus, we
know at the outset that the stress state at all unsupported excavation
surfaces will be
on = Txl = 0
TXy
excavation surface
(a) (b)