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Application of uniaxial stress to a sample of granite causes elastic wave velocity anisotropy. Compressional waves travel fastest in the direction of the applied stress. Two shear waves travel with generally different speeds in any direction, exhibiting acoustic double refraction which increases with increasing stress.
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