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  • rock size
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    / Stress and strain

    …simple compression—or shear (tangential), or all-sided (e.g., hydrostatic compression). The terms stress and pressure are sometimes used interchangeably, but often stress refers to directional stress or shear stress and pressure (P) refers to hydrostatic compression. For small stresses, the strain is elastic (recoverable when the stress is removed and linearly…

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    …simple compression—or shear (tangential), or all-sided (e.g., hydrostatic compression). The terms stress and pressure are sometimes used interchangeably, but often stress refers to directional stress or shear stress and pressure (P) refers to hydrostatic compression. For small stresses, the strain is elastic (recoverable when the stress is removed and linearly…

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