?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F551%2F&rft.title=Analysis+of+the+potential+mechanisms+of+rockbursts&rft.creator=Napier%2C+J.A.L.&rft.subject=Materials&rft.description=Sudden+slip+on+geological+faults+or+other+discontinuities+in+rock+may+be+preceded+by+an+initial+phase+of+%22slow%22+fault+creep.+A+simple+plane+strain+model+of+a+suddenly+loaded+fault+is+analysed+to+illustrate+the+possible+transition+from+stable+slip+behaviour+to+accelerated%2C+unstable+slip.+The+model+assumes+that+a+peaked+shear+load+is+applied+suddenly+to+the+fault+region.+The+rate+of+slip+movement+is+assumed+to+be+proportional+to+the+difference+between+the+applied+shear+stress+and+the+cohesive+and+frictional+slip+resistance.+It+is+found+that+the+evolutionary+fault+movement+can+be+described+succinctly+by+a+non-linear+ordinary+differential+equation+describing+the+activated+length+of+the+sliding+fault+as+a+function+of+time.+The+differential+equation+is+found+to+depend+on+a+single%2C+dimensionless+parameter+whose+value+determines+whether+the+fault+slip+decays+monotonically+or+accelerates+in+an+unstable+manner.&rft.date=2006&rft.type=Study+Group+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F551%2F1%2FAnalysis-of-the-potenital-mechanisms-of-rockbusts.pdf&rft.identifier=++Napier%2C+J.A.L.++(2006)+Analysis+of+the+potential+mechanisms+of+rockbursts.++%5BStudy+Group+Report%5D+++++