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12.524 is a survey of the mechanical behavior of rocks in natural geologic situations.

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Topics will include a brief survey of field evidence of rock deformation, physics of plastic deformation in minerals, brittle fracture and sliding, and pressure-solution processes. We will compare results of field petrologic and structural studies to data from experimental structural geology.

Course content

  • Mode, Mechanism, and Scaling of Strength: Preliminary Issues Unlimited
  • Stress Strain Strength Profiles Unlimited
  • Friction on Rock Interfaces Unlimited
  • Fracture Surface Energy Unlimited
  • Some Elastic Solutions of Interest Unlimited
  • LEFM I Unlimited
  • LEFM II Unlimited
  • Brittle Fracture Micromechanics Unlimited
  • Brief Comments on Effects of Fluids Unlimited
  • Point Defects in Minerals Unlimited
  • Diffusion Creep in Mono Atomic Crystal Unlimited
  • Strain Production and Preferred Orientation Unlimited
  • Crystal Geometry Unlimited
  • Line Defects in Minerals Unlimited
  • Low Temperature High Stress Laws Unlimited

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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