- Physical properties of rock (origin, types of rock, porosity, anisotropy, etc.)
- Mechanical behaviour (experimental observations)
- Constitutive modeling (general principles, anisotropic elasticity, elastoplasticity)
- Failure, rupture, damage, localized deformation
- Hydromechanics of rock, poroelasticity
- Wave propagation in rock
- Creep, time‐dependent processes
- Discontinuities, joints, interfaces
Advanced Rock Mechanics
- Institution:
- University of Grenoble Joseph Fourier
- Specialization:
- ES - Engineering Seismology
- Term:
- Fall 2010
- Teacher(s):
- GIOACCHINO (CINO) VIGGIANI, STEPHEN A. HALL
- Credits:
- 3
- Date (from - to):
- 01/11/2010 – 31/01/2011
Suggested readings:
Other lecturers
- P. Bésuelle
Suggested reading
- Y. Guéguen and M. Boutéca (Editors) (2004) ‐ Mechanics of Fluid‐Saturated Rocks. Academic Press
- J.C. Jaeger, N.G.W. Cook, R. Zimmerman (2007) - Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics (Fourth Edition). Blackwell
- M.S. Paterson and T.F. Wong (2005) ‐ Experimental Rock Deformation ‐ The Brittle Field. Springer