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1 online resource (xxiv, 270 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-259) and index. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1 Strength, in Particular Rock Strength: Concepts, Definitions -- and Experimental Techniques 1 -- 11 Rock as a Mechanical Mixture of Phases: A Composite -- with History 1 -- 12 Properties of Mechanical Mixtures: Composition and -- Construction 3 -- 121 The Essential Distributions of Solid, Crystalline -- Particles in Space 31 -- 122 Porosity and Its Determination as well as Some -- Remarks on Pore Shapes 36 -- 123 Intergranular Materials (Cements) 45 -- 124 Strength and Notch Systems at the Sample Surface 52 -- 13 The Physical Definition of Strength: A General -- Measuring Instruction 57 -- 131 Experimental Methods for the Determination of -- Strength of Rock 60 -- 1311 The Hoop Test 60 -- 1312 A Comparison of Tensile Strength Values -- of Rocks Determined by Point Load and -- Direct Tension Tests 70 -- 14 Physico-Chemical Reactions, Suitable for a Selective -- Destruction of Rock Structure 80 -- 141 Adsorption 83 -- 142 The Formation of Changed Surface Structures -- During Weathering Reactions 84 -- 2 Physico-Chemical Elements of the Strength of Pure Phases -- with Ionic Linkage 92 -- 21 Force- and Energy-Distance Functions 96 -- 211 Formation of Ion Pairs 96 -- 212 Formation of Ion Chains 101 -- 213 Force-elongation Curves for Uniform and -- Composed Chains 108 -- 214 Estimate of the Theoretical Strength 117 -- 215 Silicic Acid Chains 120 -- 22 The Lattice Energy 124 -- 23 Strength According to Orowan's and Griffith's -- Considerations 127 -- 24 The Order of Magnitude of Thermal Surface Stresses -- for a Central Symmetric Phase Arrangement 133 -- 25 Surface- and Interfacial-Energy 136 -- 26 Overview of the Problems of Strength in Relation to -- Different Bondings in Materials 149 -- 3 Strengthening of Grain Packings by Intermolecular Forces 165 -- 31 Surface Tension of Liquid Water in Selected, Simple -- Systems 167 -- 311 The Stresses Resulting from Wetting a Solid by -- a Liquid 170 -- 312 Effect of Adhesion Tension in Selected, Simple -- Systems 171 -- 32 Water Strengthened Grain Packings 174 -- 4 The Behaviour of Sandstone Samples under Water; -- Weathering Processes 184 -- 41 Definitions and Conventions 185 -- 411 Sign Conventions for Forces 185 -- 412 Swelling of Rocks 186 -- 413 System and System Changes 186 -- 42 Direct Observations and Photographic Registration -- of the Bunter Sandstone/Water System 189 -- 421 Averaged Reaction Temperature and Weathering -- Regime on the Surface of the Earth 191 -- 422 Results of Direct Observation by Photographic -- Registration 193 -- 423 Inorganic-chemical Brutto Analysis (EDX) of the -- Mechanically Distinguishable Phases 198 -- 424 Preliminary Remarks on the Morphology of the -- Suspended Phases 202 -- 425 Substances and Products of Lateritic Weathering -- Set Free when Immersing Bunter Sandstone -- Samples in Water 207 -- 426 Observations on Volume Changes of Bunter -- Sandstone Samples when Ageing in Water 210 -- 427 Whereabouts of Pore Air 218 -- 5 Conclusions from the Ageing Experiments of Bunter -- Sandstone in Water and the Distribution of Substances -- and Forces in Samples 220 -- 51 Models for the Material and Pore Distribution in -- Bunter Sandstone 220 -- 511 Experimental Pore Diameter Distribution Function 224 -- 512 Diameters of Colloidal Sediments from Suspensions -- of Landslide Masses of Miirlenbach, Eifel (1989) 225 -- 513 Diameters of the Colloidal Suspension Load of -- Rivers 227 -- 514 Contact Bridges and Their Load Bearing Cross -- Section 228 -- 515 Local and Time Dependent Influences, which -- Can Affect the Carrying Cross Section of -- Sandstone Samples 233 -- 52 Summarising Remarks in View to the Results of the -- Ageing Experiments 244. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rock mechanics.
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Rock mechanics. |
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Weathering.
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Weathering. |
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Boundary element methods.
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Boundary element methods. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Butenuth, Christine. Strength and weathering of rock as boundary layer problems. London : Imperial College Press, 2001 1860942474 9781860942471 (DLC) 2001275566 (OCoLC)47939189 |
| ISBN |
9781848161658 (electronic book) |
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1848161654 (electronic book) |
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9781860942471 |
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1860942474 |
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