澳大利亚的地壳应力测量开展较早,而且发展也较快。1957年,在新南威尔士的地下发电站,采用平面千斤顶法,取得了第一批岩石应力资料。1957至1971年间,有20多个测点使用了这种方法,其中大多数是水力发电工程。1963年之后,多数测点采用钻孔应变计法,如“门塞式”应变计和三轴应变计以及美国的钻孔形变计等。 1976年,澳大利亚学者G·沃罗特尼基等人,吸取了美国矿业局的钻孔形变计和葡萄牙 Crustal stress measurements in Australia were carried out earlier and developed rapidly. In 1957, the first batch of rock stress data was obtained using the ground jacking method at the underground power station in New South Wales. Between 1957 and 1971, more than 20 sites used this method, most of them hydropower projects. After 1963, most of the measuring points used borehole strain gages, such as “gated” strain gauges and triaxial strain gauges, and borehole gages in the United States. In 1976, Australian scholar G. Vorotniki and others learned from the US Bureau of Mines drilling deformation and Portugal