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In order to analyse in-situ stress measurements two approaches are discussed. These are eigen-value analysis and statistical techniques such as Arnold, Fisher and Bingham distributions. When these techniques are applied to field data, the results are quite consistent. Eigen-value analysis has the advantage of finding the mean stress magnitudes, and statistical distributions have the advantage of considering the dispersion factor.
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Ercelebi, S.G. TECHNICAL NOTE: Analysis of in-situ stress measurements. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering 15, 235–245 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018459608383
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