FRACTURES AND FAULTS IN THE EARTH

LECTURE NOTES

by

Stephen J. Martel

Professor
Department of Geology and Geophysics
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
University of Hawai'i at Manoa

September, 2001

Copyright © 2001 by S. J. Martel

NOTE: These notes have numerous errors as of 4/2008. They are being corrected as time allows.

Lecture notes are available as PDF files. You may need to install Acrobat Reader to obtain the PDF documents.


LECTURES
1-Introduction
2-Vectors
3-Tensors
4-Stress
5-Cauchy's Formula
6-Strain
7-Equilibrium & Compatibility
8-Boundary Value Problems
9-Stress Functions
10-Elasticity: Polar coordinates
11-Stresses around holes
12-Displacements
13-Dislocations
14-Fractures (1)
15-Fractures (2)
16-Fractures (3)
17-Stress Intensity Factors
18-Fracture energy release rate
19-Boundary element coding


HOMEWORK ASSIGNEMNTS
Homework #1
Homework #2
Homework #3
Homework #3.5
Homework #4
Homework #4.5
Homework #5
Homework #6
Homework #7
Homework #8
Homework #8a


MATLAB SCRIPTS
angp.m
ave.m
sig1.m
sig2.m
stress_trans.m
taumax.m
traj2.m
uniaxiahole2.m

easy_anti
easy_anti.coeff
easy_anti_input


OTHER NOTES
Reading