Rock Mechanics (100% Error-free answers)

earth materials correct answers rocks, soils and fluids rocks correct answers solid dense aggregates of mineral grains soils correct answers anything that can be excavated by a shovel fluids correct answers water, magma, petroleum, natural gas, atmo rocks are a ______ system correct answers 3 phase system - solid liquid gas void space between grains of rocks correct answers are always filled with some type of fluid-either liquid or gas -the amount of void space and amount and type of fluid influence mechanical beh. of the material porosity and void ratio correct answers parameters used to quantify relative amount of void space permeability- correct answers rate at which fluids will move through a saturated material(temp viscosity and density) intrinsic permeability (k) correct answers permeability defined by the property of the materal properties for determining intrinsic permeability correct answers -size, shape, packing of the grains, -degree of cementation -degree of fracturing hydraulic conductivity, K (cm/s) correct answers measure of the ability of a rock or soil to transmit water if k and K are low relates tooq correct answers unfractured igneous and shale if k and K are high relates too correct answers karst limestone and gravel pressure correct answers force per unit area applied to solid by a load stress correct answers pressure transmitted form the external face to an internal location, also force per unit area types of stresses correct answers compressive, tensile, and shear compressive correct answers stresses of equal magnitude that act toward a point from opposite directions