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Explore advanced geomechanics concepts through this comprehensive university-level course delivered at The University of Texas at Austin. Master fundamental principles of continuum mechanics including stress tensors, principal stresses, Mohr circles, and stress tensor decomposition. Delve into elasticity problems by studying equilibrium, kinematic, and constitutive laws while solving Navier equations for plane-strain scenarios and wellbore stress determination from sonic logs. Examine the mechanics of saturated porous solids, covering particle-fluid interactions, poroelasticity, effective stress principles, drained and undrained loading conditions, and consolidation theory with applications to overpressure and reservoir depletion stress paths. Investigate inelastic behavior through failure criteria analysis including Coulomb and Griffith models, plasticity yield surfaces, post-peak behavior, creep mechanisms, and grain crushing phenomena. Study the mechanics of open mode fractures using linear elastic fracture mechanics, PKN-KGD models, wellbore fracture tests, hydraulic fracture propagation in heterogeneous media, stress interference in multistage fracturing, and fracture behavior in unconsolidated sands. Apply theoretical knowledge through practical workshops covering stress log interpretation, vertical stress computation from density data, fracture stress calculations, mechanical earth model population, poroelastic parameter determination, failure analysis in deviated wellbores, Cam-clay model applications, and stress shadow effects in fracture interaction scenarios.
