The abnormal deformation of rocks
The article presents the author’s discovery: the regularity of the release of internal energy of interatomic bindings prior to the fracture of solids. On the basis of the discovered regularity the reasons are explained for the natural and biological precursors of earthquakes as well as those for the zonal rock breaking around underground mines. The presented regularity makes it possible to comprehend the inner essence of abnormal phenomena in rocks which will enable one to specify the formulated problems of geomechanics and to obtain concrete solutions on the basis of the classical continuum mechanics.