Rock mechanics

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  • The theoretical and applied science of the physical behavior of rocks, representing a "branch of mechanics concerned with the response of rock to the force fields of its physical environment".
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Abstract from DBPedia
    Rock mechanics is a theoretical and applied science of the mechanical behavior of rock and rock masses; compared to geology, it is that branch of mechanics concerned with the response of rock and rock masses to the force fields of their physical environment.

    岩石力学（がんせきりきがく）は、岩石（岩盤）の力学的性質とその応用、またはその変形や破壊に関する学問。土木関係においては「岩盤力学」と呼ばれるが、この場合は「地盤工学（Geotechnics）」とも呼ばれる。土壌を対象とする場合に土質力学（Soil mechanics）と呼ばれ、岩石を対象とする場合に岩石力学と呼ぶ。

    (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Rock_mechanics)