12.524 | Fall 2005 | Graduate

Mechanical Properties of Rocks

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WEEK # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Strength Profiles in the Earth

2 Constitutive Relations, Elasticity Problem set 1: Strength of the Lithosphere due
3-4 Friction in Rocks

Lab I: Image Analysis

5-6 Fracture Surface Energy and Elastic Solutions of Interest Lab II: Mechanical Properties of Rocks
7 Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM) Problem set 2: Stresses, Friction, and Elastic Problems due
8-9 Brittle Failure Modes Midterms
10 Crystal Plastic Mechanisms: Diffusion Creep

11-12 Dislocation Creep

13-14 Student Papers

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