All rock masses contain bedding planes, fissures, fractures, joints and other mechanical defects which are here referred to as discontinuities. The requirement to provide numerical data on discontinuities for engineering design calculations has created the need to apply the mathematical methods of probability theory, statistics, vector analysis and mechanics to a topic that has previously been handled in a largely qualitative way.
| ISBN-13: | 9780412476006 |
| ISBN-10: | 0412476002 |
| Publisher: | Springer Science & Business Media |
| Publication date: | 1993 |
| Edition description: | 1 |
| Pages: | 473 |
| Product dimensions: | Height: 9 Inches, Length: 6 Inches, Weight: 1.10010668738 Pounds, Width: 1 Inches |
| Author: | Stephen Donald Priest |
| Language: | en |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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