Review of in-situ stress measurement methods
Abstract：After reviewing the origin and development process of in-situ stress measurement, major present-day methods to measure in-situ stress are classified and their fundamental principles, advantages and disadvantages, and applications are introduced. Meanwhile, new development trends about in-situ stress measurement as well as the problems and challenges that emerge in in-situ stress measurement in China now are analyzed in detail. The study has a guiding significance for using different methods of in-situ stress measurement and thereby improving its measuring accuracy.
Keywords：methods of in-situ stress measurementabsolute stress measurementrelative stress measurement
Publication Date：2012-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 305-310 )