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The below table contains notes distributed to the class to supplement the lectures.
Lecture notes files.
| WEEK # |
TOPICS |
LECTURE NOTES |
| 1 |
Strength Profiles in the Earth |
Mode, Mechanism, and Scaling of Strength: Preliminary Issues (PDF)
Stress Strain Strength Profiles (PDF 1)# (PDF 2)# |
| 2 |
Constitutive Relations, Elasticity |
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| 3-4 |
Friction in Rocks |
Friction on Rock Interfaces (PDF) |
| 5-6 |
Fracture Surface Energy and Elastic Solutions of Interest |
Fracture Surface Energy (PDF)
Some Elastic Solutions of Interest (PDF) |
| 7 |
Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM) |
LEFM I (PDF)
LEFM II (PDF) |
| 8-9 |
Brittle Failure Modes |
Brittle Fracture Micromechanics (PDF)
Brief Comments on Effects of Fluids (PDF) |
| 10 |
Crystal Plastic Mechanisms: Diffusion Creep |
Point Defects in Minerals (PDF)
Diffusion Creep in Mono Atomic Crystal (PDF)# |
| 11-12 |
Dislocation Creep |
Strain Production and Preferred Orientation (PDF)
Crystal Geometry (PDF)
Line Defects in Minerals (PDF)
Low Temperature High Stress Laws (PDF) |
| 13-14 |
Student Papers |
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