Eshelby's solution for ellipsoidal inhomogeneous inclusions with applications to compaction bands

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 67, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 1-19

  Meng, Chunfang ^a   Pollard, David D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compaction band; Ellipsoidal inhomogeneous inclusion; Eshelby solution; Shear enhanced compaction band; Stress analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; ELASTIC MODULI; MATRIX ALGEBRA; STRAIN; TECTONICS;

AXISYMMETRIC GEOMETRIES; AZTEC SANDSTONES; COMPACTION BANDS; ESHELBY; INFINITE ELASTIC BODY; INHOMOGENEOUS INCLUSIONS; LABORATORY DATUM; POROSITY CHANGES;

STRESS ANALYSIS;

COMPACTION; ELASTIC MODULUS; SANDSTONE; SHEAR STRAIN; STIFFNESS; STRAIN RATE; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONIC SETTING; TRIAXIAL TEST; ELLIPSE; INCLUSION; INHOMOGENEITY; POROSITY; SHEAR STRESS;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; VALLEY OF FIRE STATE PARK;

EID: 84905257672     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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