Even a small stress anomaly can cause seismic events under high pre-stressed conditions (Gibowicz and Kijko 1994).
In 2009, doctors found a small stress fracture in the left foot of receiver Michael Crabtree.
With Okafor day-to-day because of back spasms that have resulted from a small stress fracture in his fifth lumbar vertebrate, Calhoun is asking his young players to grow up in a hurry.
Even a small stress increase can cause a fault to fail, Dr. Seeber said; humans tend to do it in two ways.
And it's a very important thing for us to feel a sense of control, so much so that a small stress where you have no control generally is in fact a very big stress.
But whether the Huskies will be able to contend for a sixth Big East tournament championship, let alone a second national title, will depend on whether Okafor can fend off the back spasms that have resulted from a small stress fracture discovered in his fifth lumbar vertebrate.
In contrast, the cluster activity included earthquakes with significantly small stress drops.
This could result from the small stress drop in that area.
On the other hand, the cluster activity included earthquakes with significantly small stress drops.
Compressive creep-fatigue experiments on PTFE gaskets with small stress amplitude were tested.
However, this does not lead to a large slip at depth because of the overall small stress drop.
