William Francis Brace

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Earth Sciences

#742

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#1188

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#267

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Geophysics

#85

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#103

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#37

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William Francis Brace

Biology

#5886

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#8473

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#1960

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Botany

#131

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#633

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#43

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William Francis Brace's Degrees

PhD Geophysics California Institute of Technology
Bachelors Botany University of California, Berkeley

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According to Wikipedia, William Francis Brace was an American geophysicist. Career Education Brace matriculated in 1943 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology , and after 1944–1946 service in the Navy, graduated with bachelor's degrees in 1946 in naval architecture and in 1949 in civil engineering. In 1953 he received his PhD from MIT's department of geology and geophysics. In 1953–1954 he was a Fulbright scholar at Bruno Sander's laboratory in Austria.

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William Francis Brace's Published Works

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Published Works

Limits on lithospheric stress imposed by laboratory experiments (1980) (1693)
Dilatancy in the fracture of crystalline rocks (1966) (1455)
Permeability of granite under high pressure (1968) (1354)
Stick-Slip as a Mechanism for Earthquakes (1966) (870)
A note on brittle crack growth in compression (1963) (757)
Development of stress-induced microcracks in Westerly Granite (1976) (703)
Permeability of crystalline and argillaceous rocks (1980) (657)
The effect of pressure on porosity and the transport properties of rock (1984) (460)
Post-failure behavior of a granite and diabase (1971) (383)
The effect of pressure on the electrical resistivity of water‐saturated crystalline rocks (1965) (360)
Some new measurements of linear compressibility of rocks (1965) (306)
A test of the law of effective stress for crystalline rocks of low porosity (1968) (306)
Comparison of static and dynamic measurements of compressibility of rocks (1965) (251)
Friction in faulted rock at high temperature and pressure (1974) (248)
Permeability of crystalline rocks: New in situ measurements (1984) (243)
Direct observation of microcavities in crystalline rocks (1974) (232)
Electrical resistivity changes in saturated rocks during fracture and frictional sliding (1968) (229)
Two models for earthquake forerunners (1975) (209)
Stick slip, stable sliding, and earthquakes—Effect of rock type, pressure, strain rate, and stiffness (1968) (207)
Permeability from resistivity and pore shape (1977) (193)
Further studies of the effects of pressure on electrical resistivity of rocks (1968) (193)
Some direct measurements of the surface energy of quartz and orthoclase (1962) (183)
California Earthquakes: Why Only Shallow Focus? (1970) (181)
A fracture criterion for brittle anisotropic rock (1964) (168)
An extension of the Griffith theory of fracture to rocks (1960) (166)
Dependence of Fracture Strength of Rocks on Grain Size (1961) (162)
The effect of speciment size on the mechanical properties of unjointed diorite (1972) (151)
Effect of Porosity on Compressibility of Glass (1965) (142)
Electrical conductivity of serpentinized rocks to 6 kilobars (1973) (139)
Volume changes during fracture and frictional sliding: A review (1978) (138)
Permeability, porosity and pore geometry of hot-pressed calcite (1982) (132)
Cracks and Pores: A Closer Look (1972) (129)
Comparison of uniaxial deformation in shock and static loading of three rocks (1971) (126)
Thermal expansion of rocks; some measurements at high pressure (1979) (123)
Velocity Behavior of a Growing Crack (1960) (121)
Laboratory studies of stick-slip and their application to earthquakes (1972) (108)
A note on permeability changes in geologic material due to stress (1978) (104)
Laboratory Observations of High-Temperature Rheology of Rocks (1972) (104)
Isothermal compressibility of kyanite, andalusite, and sillimanite from synthetic aggregates (1969) (98)
An Experimental Study of Tectonic Overpressure in Franciscan Rocks (1970) (97)
Elasticity of rock; a review of some recent theoretical studies (1966) (91)
Elastic and transport properties of an in situ jointed granite (1977) (84)
Fault mechanics and transport properties of rocks : a festschrift in honor of W.F. Brace (1992) (76)
Recent Experimental Studies Of Brittle Fracture Of Rocks (1966) (74)
The microstructure of gouge from a mining-induced seismic shear zone (1983) (65)
Fault stability and pore pressure (1972) (63)
Relation of elastic properties of rocks to fabric (1965) (62)
Effect of pressure on electric-resistance strain gages (1964) (61)
Dilatancy-related electrical resistivity changes in rocks (1975) (60)
Electrical Resistivity Changes in Saturated Rock under Stress (1966) (53)
Distribution of Brachiopod and Pelecypod Shells by Currents (1958) (49)
High-Pressure Mechanical Instability in Rocks (1969) (49)
Mohr Construction in the Analysis of Large Geologic Strain (1961) (43)
Behavior of Quartz during Indentation (1963) (42)
Static uniaxial deformation of 15 rocks to 30 kb (1972) (42)
Earthquake research in China (1975) (41)
Behavior of rock salt, limestone, and anhydrite during indentation (1960) (38)
Archie's law for rocks modeled by simple networks (1969) (36)
Cracks And Pores In Rocks (1966) (31)
Electrical resistivity changes in tuffs due to stress (1981) (31)
Chapter 2: Orientation of Anisotropic Minerals in a Stress Field: Discussion (1960) (30)
The effect of size on mechanical properties of rock (1981) (30)
Pore Pressure in Geophysics (2013) (29)
Elasticity of rock in uniaxial strain (1971) (26)
Deformation and Fracture of Berea Sandstone (2013) (25)
Quartzite pebble deformation in central Vermont (1955) (22)
Current laboratory studies pertaining to earthquake prediction (1968) (17)
RECENT LABORATORY STUDIES OF EARTHQUAKE MECHANICS AND PREDICTION (1977) (16)
Resistivity of Saturated Crustal Rocks to 40 Km Based on Laboratory Measurements (2013) (15)
Experimental studies of seismic behavior of rocks under crustal conditions (1974) (15)
Grain-size sensitive deformation of a stretched conglomerate from Plymouth, Vermont (1980) (14)
The Mechanical Effects of Pore Pressure On Fracturing of Rocks (1968) (8)
MECHANICS OF ROCK DEFORMATION (1973) (8)
Interaction of basement and mantie during folding near Rutland, Vermont (1958) (6)
SECTION OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES: LABORATORY STUDIES PERTAINING TO EARTHQUAKES* (1969) (6)
Measurement of Permeability at Elevated Stresses and Temperatures (1985) (5)
A New Technique for Determining the Deformation and Frictional Characteristics of In Situ Rock (1974) (5)
Mechanical instabilities observed in laboratory experiments on rocks (1969) (4)
Attenuation of Stress Waves in Cedar City Quartz Diorite. (1970) (4)
Field Mechanical Properties of a Jointed Sandstone (2013) (3)
Static Uniaxial Strain Behavior of 15 Rocks to 30 KB (1970) (3)
Static Uniaxial Deformation of 15 Rocks (1971) (3)
In Situ Determination Of Strength Properties In A Quartz Diorite Rock Mass (1970) (2)
Earthquake‐related experimental studies in the USSR (1975) (2)
Earthquake prediction. (1966) (2)
Mechanics of crustal earthquakes (1971) (1)
Geomechanics abstract Properties of rocks and soils Friction in rocksFriction in faulted rock at high temperature and pressure : 15F, 5T, 36R. TECTONOPHYSICS, V23, N1–2, JULY, 1974, P177–203 (1974) (1)
Electrical resistivity of partially saturated rocks. Abstract of paper for fall annual meeting, December 1973. Paper T50 : EOS. TRANS. AMER. GEOPHYS. UNION, V54, N11, NOV. 1973, P1209 (1974) (1)
Velocity Behavior of a Growing Crack: Comments on a Discussion by J. P. Berry (1962) (1)
Brittle Failure Mechanisms of Rock. (1979) (0)
Rock deformation in the Rutland, Vermont area (1953) (0)
Rock Mechanics in Engineering Practice. K. G. Stagg and O. C. Zienkiewicz, Eds. Wiley, New York, 1968. xiv + 442 pp., illus. $14.50 (1969) (0)
Behavior of Rock Under Static Loading (1961) (0)
1987 Bucher Medal presented to William F. Brace (1988) (0)
Laboratory and Theoretical Studies Pertaining to Earthquake Hazards Reduction. (1976) (0)
A plea for peer review (1982) (0)
Engineering Properties of Rocks. I. W. Farmer. Spon, London, 1968 (U.S. distributor, Barnes and Noble, New York). x + 182 pp., illus. $5.75 (1969) (0)
Elasticity and rigidity of rock (1987) (0)
Effect of size on mechanical properties of rock : Geophys Res Lett, V8, N7, July 1981, P651–652 (1983) (0)
Hydraulic motion amplifier with composite for piezo actuator (2007) (0)
Christopher Goetze (1978) (0)
Discussion: “The Mechanical Behavior of Anisotropic Sedimentary Rocks” (McLamore, R., and Gray, K. E., 1967, ASME J. Eng. Ind., 89, pp. 62–73) (1967) (0)
Some effects of temperature and hydrostatic pressure on the microporosity of rock. Abstract of paper for fall annual meeting, December 1973. Paper T47 : EOS. TRANS. AMER. GEOPHYS. UNION, V54, N11, NOV. 1973, P1208 (1974) (0)
Test of a New Model of Fractured Rock. (1982) (0)

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