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IEQ-05Deformation Stress and Strain Notes
IEQ-05Deformation Stress and Strain Notes
Stress is the force applied to material that tends to change its dimensions. Strain is
the effect of stress shown by the material. Strength is the limiting stress that a material
can withstand without failing by rupture or continuous plastic flow. The response of a
rock to stress depends on the type of stress, the amount of pressure, the temperature, the
type of rock, and the length of time the rock is subjected to the stress. Stress is defined
as Force per unit area σ = F/A
Lithostatic Stress
• F=V.ρ.a
(1500m x 1500m x 1500m) x 2700kg/m3 x 9.8m/s2
= 8.93 x 1013 kg.m/s2
• Stress is force acting over some surface area, we divide this value by the area of
the base of the cube of granite.
Types of Stress
1. Compressional stress - Forces are directed toward one another. Decreases the
volume of a material. Lithostatic pressure is an all-sided confining pressure
produced by burial.
2. Tensional stress - Stretching stress that tends to increase the volume of a material.
3. Shear stress - Force is parallel, but in opposite directions resulting in displacement
of adjacent layers along closely spaced planes.
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Rock Response to Stress
Time Factor
Strength of Rocks
Different types of rock respond to stress differently. Rocks have different strengths
for different types of applied stress. Tensional strength is less than compressional
strength.
1. Material is brittle when the difference is large. Rock behaves as a brittle material
near surface where temperature and pressure are low.
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2. Material is ductile when the difference is small. Rock behaves as a ductile
material before it fails at high confining pressures and/or high temperatures.
1. Concentric (Flexural Slip) folding - The bending of surface rock beds without
change of thickness or volume (= elastic deformation).
2. Flow Folding - Occurs in plastic rocks subjected to directed stress at high
pressures and temperatures (= plastic deformation). Thickness and volume of rock
beds can change.
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Homogeneous Strain- Situation in which strain in all points of a rock body is the
same
Measuring Deformation
Length Changes
Volume Changes
Length Deformation
e (Extension) = (L - Lo)/ Lo
Lo=Original Length
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Quadratic Elongation (λ)
• λ = (L / Lo)2
• λ = ( 1 + e )2
Rotational Deformation
Some rocks at shallow depths and for short periods of time, approach ideal elastic
behavior during small magnitudes of deformation.
The equation of the straight line describing the proportional relationship of stress to
strain for elastic bodies is Hook’s Law
σ=Ee
E = Young’s Modulus
E = σ / e = stress/strain
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Young’s modulus describes the slope of the straight line stress-strain curve. E varies
from rock to rock reflecting natural differences in the resistance of rock to elastic
deformation.
Ductile Rocks- exhibit elastic-plastic behavior before rupture. The onset of plastic
deformation deformation during the experiment occurs when the load-displacement curve
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(or stress-strain curve) departs from its straight-line elastic mode and begins to bend to
form a convex-upward curve.
Elastic Limit – The point of departure from elastic behavior to plastic behavior is called
the elastic limit. Its value is measured in stress. It is known as yield strength. Below its
yield strength, a rock behaves as an elastic solid. Above the elastic limit, the rock begins
to flow.
Young’s modulus (E) can be thought of as an elastic modulus that describes how
much stress is required to achieve a given amount of length-parallel elastic shortening
of a core of rock.
A second elastic modulus known as Poisson’s ratio ( ν ) describes the degree to which
core of rock bulge as it shortens. Poisson’s ratio describes the ratio of lateral strain to
longitudinal strain.
ν = e lat / e long
A force applied to an area (stress) may be resolved into a normal force (Fn) perpendicular
to a plane and a shear force (Fs), parallel to a plane in questions.
Compressive Stress
σ1- Maximum Compressive Stress
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σn - Normal Stress - oriented perpendicular to a plane
θ - angle formed by an inclined plane with the maximum and minimum compressive
stress directions, and measured from the minimum stress position.
Experimental rock fracturing has shown that the difference in magnitude between σ1 and
σ3 is the most important factor in causing rocks to fracture. The magnitude of σ2 is not
believed to play a major role in the initiation of fracture.
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Stress acting on a plane
If we know the orientations and magnitudes of σ1 and σ3 then we can determine the
normal and shear stress acting across any plane perpendicular to the σ1 - σ3 plane
Now we want to determine the normal and shear stress acting on the above shown plane
Viewed in the σ1 - σ3 plane, we will call these surfaces A and B and define the angle θ as
the angle between the plane and σ3 direction. No change occurs in the triangle i.e. in
equilibrium.
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In equilibrium condition Normal Stress (σn) and Shear Stress (σs) acting on the plane
must be equal to σ1 and σ3 acting on surfaces A and B.
The vertical and horizontal forces acting on this line are as shown in the figure.
σ A=
A
(σn cosθ + σs sinθ ) σ3 B =
B
(σn sinθ − σs cosθ)
sin θ
1
cos θ
Add 1 & 2
σ cos θ +σ sin θ = σn (cos θ + sin θ )
1
2
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2 2 2
σn σ cos θ +σ sin θ
= 1
2
3
2
=σ 1 (1 + cos2
2
θ)
+σ 3
(1 − cos2θ )
2
cos 2θ =
(1 + cos2θ )
2
sin 2θ =
(1 − cos2θ )
2
=σ 1 +σ2 1 cos2θ +
σ 3 −σ 3 cos2θ
2
Substract 3 & 4
σs (σ −σ
= 1 3 ) cosθ sinθ
sin 2θ + cos 2θ = 1
Knowing the magnitude of the principal stresses, the normal and shear stresses on any
plane, with values of θ between 0o and 180o, can be determined using these
equations.
If the normal and shear stresses for all values of θ are plotted, they form a circle,
known as the Mohr’s stress circle.
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Plotting Mohr's Diagram
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Shearing stresses that have a sinistral
(counterclockwise) sense are, by
convention, considered positive and are
plotted above the origin. Dextral
(clockwise) shearing stresses are plotted on
the lower, negative half of the diagram.
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Because of the properties of a circle, the
angle between Point P, the center of the
circle and the maximum compressive stress
direction = 2 θ, as measured counter-
clockwise from the center of the circle.
Differential stress, that is the difference between the maximum and minimum
compressive stress, is the most important factor in rock fracturing. The intermediate
principal stress generally does not cause rock fractring.
Mohr's Diagram
Angles 2 θ associated with planes experiencing sinistral shear plot in the upper
hemisphere. Angles 2 θ associated with planes experiencing dextral shear plot in
the lower hemisphere
Note that the axes of Mohr’s diagram do not have a geographic orientation.
For any value of maximum compressive stress value and minimum compressive stress
value, one can determine the normal and shear stress for any planes that lie at an angle θ.
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Depicts the attitude of planes along which shear stress is the greatest for a given stress
state.
The most important aspect of Mohr’s diagram is that it facilitates a quick, graphical
determination of stresses on planes of any orientation.
Example
Angle θ is the angle between the fault plane and σ3, which in this case is 35o.
So 2θ is 70o. Shearing stress on this fault have a dextral or negative sense, so angle 2θ is
located in the lower hemisphere of the Mohr circle.
The normal and shear stress coordinates can be read from graph.
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Mohr Envelop of Failure
The main objective was to understand or predict the orientation and magnitude of stresses
that would cause a particular rock to fracture or fail.
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Mohr Envelop of Failure
We would find hat the fracture strength of the rock increases with confining pressure.
Refer to the table.
In experiment 2 the confining pressure was raised to 150 MPa, and in experiment 3 to
400 MPa.
Three resulting Mohr circles are drawn. Because each experiment in this series has a
higher confining pressure than the previous one, the Mohr circles of failure become
progressively larger.
The Mohr circles at failure under different confining pressures together define a
boundary called the Mohr envelope or failure envelope for a particular rock.
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The failure envelop is an empirically derived characteristic that expresses the
combination of σ1 and σ3 magnitude that will cause a particular rock (or manmade
material such as concrete) to fracture.
Coulomb coefficient
At intermediate confining pressures the fracture strength usually increases linearly with
increasing confining pressure, producing a failure envelop with straight lines.
The angle between these lines and the horizontal axis is called the angle of internal
friction φ and the slope of the envelop is called the Coulomb coefficient µ
µ = tan φ
Angle of internal friction determines the angle between the fault surface and the
direction of greatest principal stress. Most rocks in nature posses an angle of internal
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friction about 30 .
Anderson pointed out that the magnitudes of the horizontal stresses, relative to that of
the vertical geostatic stress, could change in one or three ways and (if the changes in
the magnitudes of the stresses were sufficient) could cause faults to develop.
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