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    This document summarizes the Coulomb-Navier failure criterion and Byerlee's law. The Coulomb-Navier failure criterion states that failure will occur on a plane if the shear stress exceeds the coefficient of friction times the normal stress plus the cohesive strength. Byerlee's law gives the frictional properties of rock samples with pre-cut fault surfaces, stating that below 300 MPa the shear stress is 0.85 times the normal stress, and above 300 MPa it is 0.6 times the normal stress plus 50 MPa.

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    This document summarizes the Coulomb-Navier failure criterion and Byerlee's law. The Coulomb-Navier failure criterion states that failure will occur on a plane if the shear stress exceeds the coefficient of friction times the normal stress plus the cohesive strength. Byerlee's law gives the frictional properties of rock samples with pre-cut fault surfaces, stating that below 300 MPa the shear stress is 0.85 times the normal stress, and above 300 MPa it is 0.6 times the normal stress plus 50 MPa.

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    This document summarizes the Coulomb-Navier failure criterion and Byerlee's law. The Coulomb-Navier failure criterion states that failure will occur on a plane if the shear stress exceeds the coefficient of friction times the normal stress plus the cohesive strength. Byerlee's law gives the frictional properties of rock samples with pre-cut fault surfaces, stating that below 300 MPa the shear stress is 0.85 times the normal stress, and above 300 MPa it is 0.6 times the normal stress plus 50 MPa.

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    CN Byerlees Law Mohr Circle

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    This document summarizes the Coulomb-Navier failure criterion and Byerlee's law. The Coulomb-Navier failure criterion states that failure will occur on a plane if the shear stress exceeds the coefficient of friction times the normal stress plus the cohesive strength. Byerlee's law gives the frictional properties of rock samples with pre-cut fault surfaces, stating that below 300 MPa the shear stress is 0.85 times the normal stress, and above 300 MPa it is 0.6 times the normal stress plus 50 MPa.

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    The Coulomb - Navier Failure Criterion and Byerlee's Law

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    Simple Coulomb - Navier behavior.


    = n + Co
    is the shear stress at failure
    n is the normal stress on the plane at failure

    is the coefficient of friction


    Co is the cohesive strength of the material

    This example might represent a series of axial compression experiments on the same type of rock, say limestone, where
    the samples are intact when the experiment begins. During an experiment, 3 is fixed, and 1 is steadily increased. If
    for any plane (i.e., planar direction) in the sample, the shear stress exceeds n + Co on the plane, failure will occur (it
    will break and slide). On a Mohr diagram, the initial conditions of the experiment are a point on the sn axis, because 1
    = 3. As 1 is increased, the Mohr circle representing stress in the sample increases in diameter. When the circle
    becomes tangent to the line that marks the Coulomb-Navier failure criterion, failure occurs - a fault forms in the rock
    sample. The orientation of the fault is given - approximately - by the point on the Mohr circle that contact the failure
    criterion line (i.e., the 2 value of the point). is the internal angle of friction, and also is the angle the failure criterion
    makes with the n axis. Put another way, tan = .

    0.6

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    500 MP a

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    500

    1000 MP a

    Byerlee's Law Behavior: Nearly all rock types have the frictional properties given by Byerlee's Law, with the
    important exception of many clay minerals.
    Byerlee's Law gives the frictional properties of samples with pre-cut fault surfaces. At normal stress below about
    300 MPa, resistance to shearing is given by
    = 0.85n
    Above about 300 MPa, resistance to shearing is given by
    = 0.6n + 50MPa
    2/14/03, M. Bunds, Dept of Earth Science, Utah Valley State College

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