Rock Dynamics and Geophysical Exploration
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Rock Dynamics and Geophysical Exploration

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Rock Dynamics and Geophysical Exploration

About this book

Rock Dynamics and Geophysical Exploration: Introduction to Stress Waves in Rocks deals with a theoretical tool for predicting stress waves in rocks. The book considers both elastic and Kelvin type materials, and also explains some experiments of stress waves in rocks. The book reviews concepts in the analysis of stresses and deformations, the fundamental equations used to examine the propagation of stress waves in certain types of solids, and the characteristics features of plane waves in elastic mediums. The text explains wave propagation in rocks due to a detonating charge (resulting in stress waves with a spherical symmetry), the response of a cylinder to an outside excitation (resulting in a cylindrical wave), or a harmonically oscillating stress from an outside excitation (resulting in a harmonic input pulse). The text explains Kelvin materials as a generalization of the behavior of the material where a damping effect is incorporated with the elastic medium being studied. The book also compares experimental results of the application of stress waves in rocks with theory, and explains the sensitivity criteria for tunnels. The text cites as an example, the significance of the interaction between tunnels and shock waves before any tunnel expansion can be made by engineers. The book will prove valuable for geologists or for structural, civil, and mining engineers.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Rock Dynamics and Geophysical Exploration: Introduction to Stress Waves in Rocks
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Chapter 1. Fundamental equations
  7. Chapter 2. Some characteristic features of plane waves (elastic medium)
  8. Chapter 3. Some characteristic features of spherical waves (elastic medium)
  9. Chapter 4. Some characteristic features of a cylindrical wave (elastic medium)
  10. Chapter 5. The harmonic input pulse (elastic medium)
  11. Chapter 6. Characteristic features of plane waves (Kelvin medium)
  12. Chapter 7. The spherical wave (Kelvin medium)
  13. Chapter 8. Experimental study of stress waves in rocks
  14. Chapter 9. Experimental results compared with theory
  15. Chapter 10. Evaluation of data
  16. Chapter 11. Dispersion and particle acceleration: application in the evaluation of data
  17. Chapter 12. Surface explosions
  18. Chapter 13. Some practical problems
  19. Chapter 14. Sensitivity criteria for tunnels
  20. Appendix I: Evaluation of the inverse Laplace transform
  21. Appendix II: Tables for Smax
  22. Appendix III:Tables for dS/dτ| max
  23. References
  24. Index