Geomechanical Investigations of the Rock Bases of Hydraulic Structures

The following topic areas are discussed: Nature of force transmission in block and fractured media; initial stresses in rock massifs; stress distribution in a block medium from external load; deformability of rock massifs; strength and supporting power of rock massifs; and geomechanical investigatio...

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Main Authors: Sapegin,D. D, Shiryaev,R. A
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
Civil Engineering
DAMS
FORCE(MECHANICS)
FOUNDATIONS(STRUCTURES)
FRACTURE(MECHANICS)
Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralogy
MODEL THEORY
ROCK MECHANICS
STRAIN(MECHANICS)
STRESS CONCENTRATION
STRESSES
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Summary:The following topic areas are discussed: Nature of force transmission in block and fractured media; initial stresses in rock massifs; stress distribution in a block medium from external load; deformability of rock massifs; strength and supporting power of rock massifs; and geomechanical investigations. Edited machine trans. of Vsesoyuznyi Nauchno-Issledovatelskii Institut Gidrotekhniki. Izvestiya (USSR) n100 p335-348 1972, by Charles T. Ostertag, Jr.