Inhaltsbereich
Infrastructure
Experimental Rock Deformation Laboratory
Geomechanics and Rheology
Each earthquake and every rock fall demonstrate that "solid rock" is not as solid and permanent as we always think. When the mechanical forces on it are large enough, rock can burst, break or slowly deform plastically. We investigate the details of how such ruptures happen and under which physical condition rock can begin to flow, that is how it deforms.