ion that there is a statistical ccrrela~.ion between the 2178
orlentatio~s of microfractures in ~rains an~ the stresses ~NSON, DE UNIV. I~E~ MEEICO, A Y ~ U Q ~ J ~ , USA actlmg across the boundaries of the rock aggregate in ~AFILIDIS, GE UNI~. NE~ MEXICO, ALBUQ~ERQL~, USA bulk. The research was carried out in two phases, one Influence of specimen size amd g e ~ on umlaxial deali~ with uncemez~ed a~d the o t h ~ with cemented c~essive stre~ of rock. llF,6T,11R. a~gre~tes. Both ~ e s o f a ~ e g a t e s were studied us- BULL. ASSOC . E ~ . G E O L . V l l , NI, 1974, F29-47. ing a s y ~ e s i s of l ~ h o t ~ c s , experimental rock The compressive strengths of three rock types (tonelite, defc~matlon azd petrofabrlcs. Study of uncemented granite, and limestone) were investi@~ted in relation to models was initiated with simple photoels~tic arrays, their specimen size and ge~mrt~Ic shape in a luBca~tcry culminatlmg with a three-disc model. Stresses in this study as pert of a laburatc~y/field testing prO~'~-~. model were come,red with fracture patterns in three Specimens of two geometries, cylindrical and ~ I r i a ~ rock discs. S~m~ler comparisons were performed for prismatic, were ~epared and tested in uniaxial ccerpreaslo] larger arrays, some with circular, and others wi%h natur- Strain measmwments were also made along the length of ally shaped elements. Work on uncemented a~gregates the specimens to determine modulus and strain distribut- was concluded with petrofabric study of experimen~mlly ion. Auth. d e f a m e d glass spheres and unconsolidated quartz sand. 2179 2175 LAED, CO MIT, L~X/~aTON, MASSACHUSETTS, USA K~,WW ~ U R . M I ~ , TWIN CITIFY, MINN. USA FO~, R MIT, L E X I E N , MASSAC~US~S, USA CHAM~N, PG BUR.MINES, TWIN CITIES, MTNN. USA New design l~rocedure far stability of soft clays. New technique for measuri:~ rock fracture energy. 1OF, 3T, 39R. SOC •P ~ A ' ~ ~ . J, %r14,N3, J U ~ , 1974~ P237- 242. J. GEOTECN.EN3NG. DIV. VI00, N •GT7, JULY, 1974, F763"786 • The use of cloeod-loop, servocontrolled test systems to A new method for evaluatir~ the undrai:~-d atrer6th obtain rock fracture encTgy measurements in unlaxial of clay foundations is presented. The paper includes tension, ~ s l o : ~ and direct shear is described. Results a short review of l~esent design practice, which is of fractt~e e n c ~ tests performed on three rock types widely used to determine the stability of clay f~?~-t- are ;resented. A~alyais of the test results substantia- ions, and recent research; and an analysis of the tes the validit~ of ~ i ~ fracture e~ergy by the new present design ~ c t i c e before introducing the new test t e ~ q u e s . F r a c ~ e energy values for three rock method of design framed SHANS~P, Cstress history and types tested ~1~er four different load co~fig~rstions normalised soil er~ineering properties. ) Four case indicate that fracture energy requirements depend on the studies, involving the use of SHANSEP on different type of loading applied to the specimen. The ratio of clay types are included. fracture energy required in uniaxial compression to that required in uniaxial tension r a r e s from 140 for Berea 2180 sardstone to 560 for Barre granite. SHACEEL, B Repeated loadi~ of soils - a review. 4F, ST,64R. AUSTRAL. RD.RES .VS,N3,1973, P22-49. Strength characteristics 2181 WINDHAM, JE 2176 A qualitative study of the stress-strain behavlour BARTON, N NORWEG.GEOT~CH. INST. OSLO, N of a cohesionlesm material within the framework of Review of a ne~ shear stremgth criterion for rock a second order Cauchy elastic cormtitutive relation. J oirf~s. 20F, 6T, 5~R • Thesis. Figs,Tabls, Ref s. ENGNG.GEGLDGY, VT, E%, 1973, P287-332 • TEXAS A AND M UNIV.CGLLEGE STATION, USA,1973,BI6P. Methods of es~.~tlng the strer~h of weathered rock are discussed amd the predicted values of shear strength 2182 are in a~reement with experimental results from the lit- YUDHBIR INDIAN INST.TECHNOL.KANPt~, IND erature, for bo%h weathered ani ur~eathered rough Joints. Residual strength and landslides in clay and shale. A simple r o t ~ s s classification involving a sliding Discussion of original paper by H.L. Noble. J. Soil scale of r o t ~ s s was used to aid the evaluation of the Mech. Found. Div. Ng, SeI~.I973. 3F, SR. sheer s t r e ~ of tu~illed Joints of intermediate rough- J .GEOTECH.ENG~.DIV.VI00, N. G ~ , 1974, P956-958. hess. The presence of water is found to reduce the The significance of er~ineerir6 neology on colluvial shear s t r e ~ of rough unfilled Joints but hardly to slopes and its effect on shearing resistance operating affect the s t r e ~ of planar surfaces. This result on failure surfaces in these materials is discussed. is predicted by the peak stre~ah criterion for rough- umdulatimg Joints which is proposed in this paper. 2183 FEDOROV, VI 2177 SERGEVNINA, W Effect of clay filler on the stremghh characteris- ~{A.R~ALEI~'O, "v'D tics of ruBble-clay soils. 2F,2T, SR. Spatial periodicity in the strengths of rocks. 2F, SOIL MECH.FOUNDATION ENG.VIO, N6,1973,P394-397. 12R. LabQratory tests were carried out on the sheer resis- S O V I ~ MIN.SCI.V~,N2,MAR-APR.1973, P153-156. tance of rubble-clay mixtures, tests were also carried The distribution of stremgth in rocks was investigated out in semimatural conditions (in a flmze). The re- by meam~ of local probing of the surfaces and specimens suits of the experiments were suBjected to statistical of polymlct sa~Istome, granite and white marble. On the treatment with the use of the correlation analysis surfaces of the specimens re~ions of unlf~rm mineralogi- method. An analysis of the results of the investigation cal ccmpositlon a ~ structural pattern were distimguished. shows that the values of the angles of internal frict- The aggregate hardness was determined on a coc~iinate ion of the rubble-clay soils increases with an increase lattice marked on the specimen surfaces and then the of the ruBble and gravel content and a decrease in the distributions of mineralogical composition and punch values of specific cohesions. hardness of the tested rocks were compared by referring these ir~Idces to the co-c~xlir~tes on the surfaces of the specimens. A regular periodic character in the variation of stremgth in the rocks urger test was established.