J. S. Lee’s pioneering contribution to Geomechanics：the 135<sup>th</sup> anniversary of J. S. Lee’s birth

TONG Hengmao

doi:10.12090/j.issn.1006-6616.2024085

Volume 31 Issue 1

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TONG H M，2025. J. S. Lee’s pioneering contribution to Geomechanics：the 135th anniversary of J. S. Lee’s birth[J]. Journal of Geomechanics，31（1）：1−7 doi: 10.12090/j.issn.1006-6616.2024085

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TONG H M，2025. J. S. Lee’s pioneering contribution to Geomechanics：the 135^th anniversary of J. S. Lee’s birth[J]. Journal of Geomechanics，31（1）：1−7 doi: 10.12090/j.issn.1006-6616.2024085

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J. S. Lee’s pioneering contribution to Geomechanics：the 135^th anniversary of J. S. Lee’s birth

doi: 10.12090/j.issn.1006-6616.2024085

TONG Hengmao^{1, 2
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State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Exploration, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, China
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Geoscience institute, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, China

Funds: This research is financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants No. 41272160 and 20772086).

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Received: 2024-11-06
Revised: 2024-12-29
Accepted: 2025-01-12
Published: 2025-02-27

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Objective The Chinese academic community is well known for J. S. Lee’s creation of geomechanics, but the academic community’s understanding of “geomechanics” is still different, and some scholars have doubts about J. S. Lee’s creation of geomechanics. As a result, the understanding of J. S. Lee’s academic contributions is biased, and there is also an obvious dispute whether J. S. Lee’s Geomechanics and geomechanics as used by the international community belong to the same term, which will more or less affect the use of geomechanics terms and the development of the discipline. Methods On the basis of long-term practice in geomechanics research, the author, through systematic study and analysis of J. S. Lee’s geomechanics works (especially J. S. Lee’s book entitled “Fundamentals and Methods of Geomechanics”, 1945 edition), combined with in-depth research and analysis. Results & Conclusion The author confirms that J. S. Lee not only founded geomechanics, but also made a number of groundbreaking contributions to geomechanics such as proposing the concept of principal stress plane and principal stress; introducing the Mohr’s circle into the analysis of structural deformation mechanics; establishing the analytical expression of the generalized Hooke’s law, etc. On this basis, the geomechanics established by J. S. Lee is briefly reviewed, and the development history and prospects of geomechanics are concisely summarized and envisioned. Significance This article was completed on the 135^th anniversary of J. S. Lee’s birth to commemorate his pioneering contributions to geomechanics.
- J. S. Lee,
- Geomechanics,
- mechanical analysis of structural deformation,
- tectonic system

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