| WEEK # | TOPICS | LECTURE NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strength Profiles in the Earth | Mode, Mechanism, and Scaling of Strength: Preliminary Issues (PDF) Stress Strain Strength Profiles (PDF 1)# (PDF 2)# |
| 2 | Constitutive Relations, Elasticity | |
| 3-4 | Friction in Rocks | Friction on Rock Interfaces (PDF) |
| 5-6 | Fracture Surface Energy and Elastic Solutions of Interest | Fracture Surface Energy (PDF) Some Elastic Solutions of Interest (PDF) |
| 7 | Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM) | LEFM I (PDF) LEFM II (PDF) |
| 8-9 | Brittle Failure Modes | Brittle Fracture Micromechanics (PDF) Brief Comments on Effects of Fluids (PDF) |
| 10 | Crystal Plastic Mechanisms: Diffusion Creep | Point Defects in Minerals (PDF) Diffusion Creep in Mono Atomic Crystal (PDF)# |
| 11-12 | Dislocation Creep | Strain Production and Preferred Orientation (PDF) Crystal Geometry (PDF) Line Defects in Minerals (PDF) Low Temperature High Stress Laws (PDF) |
| 13-14 | Student Papers |