page_title: Rock mechanics
hierarchical_section_title: Rock mechanics
caption_attribution_description: English: A mountainside gabion. Reinforced earth with gabions, Sveti Rok, Croatia.
context_page_description: Rock mechanics is a theoretical and applied science of the mechanical behavior of rock and rock masses; compared to geology, it is that branch of mechanics concerned with the response of rock and rock masses to the force fields of their physical environment.
context_section_description: Rock mechanics is a theoretical and applied science of the mechanical behavior of rock and rock masses; compared to geology, it is that branch of mechanics concerned with the response of rock and rock masses to the force fields of their physical environment.
caption: Reinforced earth with gabions supporting a multilane roadway, Sveti Rok, Croatia.
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