geomechanics
Sign in to saveGeomechanics (from the Greek γεός, i.e. prefix geo- meaning "earth"; and "mechanics") is the study of the mechanical state of the Earth's crust and the processes occurring in it under the influence of natural physical factors. It involves the study of the mechanics of soil and rock.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- geophysics
- Has part
- rock mechanics
- Image
- Diedre normal.jpg
Show 1 more fact
- Commons category
- Geomechanics
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
~3 min read
Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Background
- Reservoir Geomechanics
- See also
- References
- Additional sources
Geomechanics (from the Greek γεός, i.e. prefix geo- meaning "earth"; and "mechanics") is the study of the mechanical state of the Earth's crust and the processes occurring in it under the influence of natural physical factors. It involves the study of the mechanics of soil and rock.
==Background== The two main disciplines of geomechanics are soil mechanics and rock mechanics. Former deals with the soil behaviour from a small scale to a landslide scale. The latter deals with issues in geosciences related to rock mass characterization and rock mass mechanics, such as applied to petroleum, mining and civil engineering problems, such as borehole stability, tunnel design, rock breakage, slope stability, foundations, and rock drilling.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “geomechanics” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.