MEASUREMENT OF ROCK STRESS USING THE HYDRAULIC FRACTURING METHOD IN CORNWALL, UK. PART 2: DATA REDUCTIONS AND STRESS CALCULATIONS

Data from two series of hydraulic fracturing experiments at the carwynnen test site were used to estimate the state of in situ stress in the cornwall granite. The authors discuss several techniques of pressure record interpretation, and alternate methods of in situ stress calculation. (TRRL)

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  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

  Headington Hill Hall
  Oxford OX30BW,    
• Authors:
  • HAIMSON, B C
  • Tunbridge, L W
  • Lee, M Y
  • Cooling, C M
• Publication Date: 1989-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 361-72
• Serial:
  • Intl J of Rock Mech & Mining Sci & Geomechanic Abs
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Pergamon Press, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0148-9062

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calculation; Failure; Field tests; Granite; Mathematical analysis; Pressure; Rock mechanics
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 6464: Calculation; 5520: Failure; 4101: Granite; 6226: In situ; 5412: Pressure; 5757: Rock mechanics; 5575: Stress (in material); 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00497760
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM