Stress-strain concepts and terminology are discussed, and definitions of basic terms given. The concepts of failure in the fields of Engineering, Soil Mechanics, and Geology are reviewed from a geological viewpoint. The conditions of rupture are discussed. Becker's (1893) paper is critically analyzed in the Appendix, and his principal conclusions are shown to be fallacious. [...]
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.119037 |
Date | January 1953 |
Creators | Averill, Edward Leonard. |
Contributors | Gill, J. (Supervisor) |
Publisher | McGill University |
Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
Format | application/pdf |
Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Geological Sciences. ) |
Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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