Structural geology . rushing strength, it flows if sufficient pressure is brought to bearupon it. Expressed more technically, the pressure acting uponany one unit of the rock mass may be resolved into three mutuallyperpendicular components, called the three principal axes of one or two of these axes of stress are less than the crushingstrength of the rock and the others are above it, the rock breaks,in directions determined by the relative intensities of the threeprincipal stresses. Where all of the stresses are greater than thecrushing strength of the rock, that is, when the rock
Structural geology . rushing strength, it flows if sufficient pressure is brought to bearupon it. Expressed more technically, the pressure acting uponany one unit of the rock mass may be resolved into three mutuallyperpendicular components, called the three principal axes of one or two of these axes of stress are less than the crushingstrength of the rock and the others are above it, the rock breaks,in directions determined by the relative intensities of the threeprincipal stresses. Where all of the stresses are greater than thecrushing strength of the rock, that is, when the rock mass is con-fined on all sides by pressures greater than its crushing strength, 1 Adams, Frank D., and Nicolson, J. T., An experimental investigation into theflow of marble: Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. of London, Vol. 195, 1901, pp. 363-401. Seealso, Adams, Prank D., and Coker, Ernest G., The flow of marble: Amer. , Vol. 29, 1910, pp. 465-487. 2 Engineering News, Vol. 54, Nov. 2, 1905, p. 459. STRUCTURAL GEOLOGYcu31924004094623. 21
Size: 1860px × 1344px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookpublishernewyo, bookyear1913
