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. (Equation F14)<br />

Substituting this definition into equation 11,<br />

, (Equation F15)<br />

this ratio can be states as:<br />

. (Equation F16)<br />

This is <strong>the</strong> definition used to contour areas <strong>of</strong> slip in Chapter 4, based on <strong>the</strong> friction angle.<br />

F.2 Definitions for Deviatoric and Differential Stress<br />

Differential and deviatoric stress are plotted in UDEC and Phase 2 , respectively. There exists a<br />

need to define <strong>the</strong>se parameters. Differential stress is defined as<br />

.<br />

It is a scalar quantity and is not to be confused with deviatoric stress, which defined by a tensor.<br />

Notation used to describe <strong>the</strong> deviatoric stress tensor is that used by Jaeger et al., (2007).<br />

The deviatoric stress tensor is obtained from subtracting <strong>the</strong> isotropic component <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> stress<br />

tensor<br />

, (Equation F17)<br />

,<br />

where τ m is <strong>the</strong> mean <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> principal stresses, from <strong>the</strong> full stress tensor, (Equation F18)<br />

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