Learn with Professor Jürgen Adam - Rock Mechanics at Your Breakfast Table

Explore rock mechanics through everyday breakfast items in this engaging 38-minute talk by Professor Jürgen Adam, Head of Department of Earth Sciences at Royal Holloway, University of London. Discover how eggs, cereal, and even cats relate to rock deformation and geological processes. Gain insights into the fundamental concepts of rock mechanics, including stress, strain, and rheology. Examine various rock deformation mechanisms such as elastic, plastic, and viscous deformation. Understand the differences between engineers' and geologists' perspectives on rock behavior. Delve into the rheological models of different rock types like basalt and limestone. Acquire a qualitative understanding of rock deformation processes and their importance in geoscience. Conclude with a discussion on the future of geoscience and its applications.

Intro
Rock Mechanics Overview
Engineers and Geologists
How can Rocks deform?
Rock Deformation - Geologist's View
Why do you need Rock Mechanics
What is Mechanics?
What is Rock Mechanics?
Stress & Strain
T-Rex - Force versus Stress
Rheology of materials
Explore Rock Deformation Mechanism Learning objective: Acquire a qualitative understanding of theological models for rock deford
Elastic Deformation
Plastic Deformation (Ductile)
Plastic Deformation (Brittle)
Viscous Deformation
On the Rheology of Cats! Fardin, M.A. (2014) On the theology of cats
Elastic-Plastic Deformation
What is now the Rheology of Rocks? Elastic/Plastic/Viscous?
Brittle Rock Rheology
Rock Material Behaviour
Basalt
Limestone
GEOSCIENCE FOR THE FUTURE