Theory of Effective Stress in Soil and Rock and Implications for Fracturing Processes: A Review

The effective stress principle (ESP) plays a basic role in geology and engineering problems as it is involved in fundamental issues concerning strain and failure of rock and soil, as well as of other porous materials such as concrete, metal powders, biological tissues, etc. Although since its introd...

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Main Authors: Vincenzo Guerriero, Stefano Mazzoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-03-01
Series:Geosciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/11/3/119