Mandl G. Rock Joints: The Mechanical Genesis

Springer, 2005. — 222 p. — ISBN13: 978-3-540-24553-7.By considering jointing as a mechanical process of fracturing one hopes to obtain a simpler, more intelligible and coherent picture of the bewildering multiformity and complexity of joints and joint systems in the field, and to facilitate the engineering assessment of jointed rocks. However, one has to admit that the mechanics of jointing is still at the stage of being a loose patchwork of theoretical models, each of which cope with a special aspect of jointing; but it still leaves many gaps and unsolved problems.Experimental Evidence and Elementary Theory
Hydraulic Fractures
Termination and Spacing of Tension Joints in Layered Rocks
Multiple Sets of Tension Joints
Joints in Faulting and Folding
Échelon Joints and Veins
Appendix: The Stress Circle