Monitoring roof beam lateral displacement at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., Carlsbad, NM (United States)
Lateral displacement in the immediate roof beam at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is a significant factor in assessment of excavation performance for the design of ground control systems. Information on roof beam lateral displacement, expansion, fracture formation, as well as excavation convergence, is gathered using a variety of manually and remotely read instruments. Visual observations are also used when possible. This paper describes the methods used to measure lateral displacement, or offset, at the WIPP. Offset magnitudes are determined by the degree of occlusion in drillholes that intersect the offset plane. The Borehole Lateral Displacement Sensor (BLDS) was developed for installation at WIPP to monitor offset at a high degree of accuracy at a short reading frequency. Offset measurements have historically been obtained by visual estimation of borehole conclusion. Use of the BLDS will enable relationships between time dependent roof beam lateral displacement and expansion to be established in much shorter periods than is possible using visual observations. The instrument will also allow remote monitoring of roof beam displacement in areas where visual estimations are not possible. Continued monitoring of roof beam displacement, convergence, and expansion, is integral to timely and pertinent assessments of WIPP excavation performance.
- OSTI ID:
- 405589
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9608121-; TRN: 97:000648
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 15. International conference on ground control in mining, Golden, CO (United States), 13-15 Aug 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 15th international conference on ground control in mining; Ozdemir, L.; Hanna, K.; Haramy, K.Y. [eds.] [and others]; PB: 783 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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