A specimen of rock was subjected to a ension force of (10 kN) which tends an axial deformation of (1 mm) and lateral deformation of (0.05 mm). If the sample dimensions (length 100 mm and Diameter 50 mm). Find: (1): Axial strain, Lateral strain, Volumetric strain, Young's Modulus, Bulk Modulus, and Shear Modulus. (2) If the applied load was compression? what would be walues of all the required parameters in (1)?

A specimen of rock was subjected to a ension force of (10 kN) which tends an axial deformation of (1 mm) and lateral deformation of (0.05 mm). If the sample dimensions (length 100 mm and Diameter 50 mm). Find: (1): Axial strain, Lateral strain, Volumetric strain, Young's Modulus, Bulk Modulus, and Shear Modulus. (2) If the applied load was compression? what would be walues of all the required parameters in (1)?

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