Abstract
This chapter includes the following topics: composition of rock; characteristics of rock fracture; definitions of rock strengths; effects of geological structures on rock fracture; Griffith theory such as theoretical strength and Griffith strength relation; relation between rock strengths; relation between rock strength and fracture toughness; process of rock fracture in microscale; energy required for rock fracture; energy expenditure in rock fracture; energy consumed in rock fracture.
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