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Appendix F<br />

Fracture Reactivation<br />

F.1 Maximum-to-minimum Principal Stress Ratio<br />

Mapping fracture reactivation, as done in Chapter 4, is a function <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> maximum-to minimum<br />

principal stress ratio. This is described in terms <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> friction angle when <strong>the</strong>re is no cohesion.<br />

Using <strong>the</strong> Mohr-Coulomb failure envelope as well as <strong>the</strong> Mohr circle, <strong>the</strong> Sine Law can be<br />

written as<br />

, (Equation F1)<br />

as shown in for triangle PBR in Figure F.1.<br />

Figure F1: Mohr-Coulomb failure envelope with Mohr circle depicting angles and quantities used in<br />

derivation<br />

Defining lengths BR and PB,<br />

(Equation F2)<br />

These can be substituted into Equation F1,<br />

206<br />

(Equation F3)

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