Project salt vault: A case study in rock mechanics

Autor: A.M. Starfield, W.C. McClain
Rok vydání: 1973
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Zdroj: International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts. 10:641-657
ISSN: 0148-9062
DOI: 10.1016/0148-9062(73)90011-9
Popis: This paper outlines the rock mechanics investigations associated with Project Salt Vault, a feasibility study of radioactive waste disposal in an underground salt formation. Laboratory and large-scale in situ experiments are briefly described, and a theoretical model is developed which is consistent with laboratory and field observations of creep and thermal effects. The approach outlined in the paper can readily be extended from the experimental scale to full-scale design.
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