Dear All
Do rocks retain a residual stress?
This is a concept I have often heard implied but I had never seen any research that looked to directly test it. I have one rock mechanics paper (Bott, 1970) that used stress gauges in a basalt to suggest the presence of a residual stress (due to volume change during crystallisation I assume but not stated), but am having difficulty in finding more on the topic of residual stress.
Therefore, I am seeking research papers, experiments, and options from a geological and rock mechanics perspective on the concept of residual stress in rocks due to factors such as lithofication/burial, brittle and ductile deformation, volume change during solidification of magma, and/or mechanical loading (intact rock testing etc.).
References and/or reprint PDF of hard to find texts would be greatly appreciated and best sent off list to: [log in to unmask]
Many thanks,
Mark
Monash University
Melbourne
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