Thermal analysis supporting the design of the Avery Island field experiments
This report documents the thermal analysis that was performed in support of the design effort of the three Avery Island field tests. The Avery Island experiments use simulated waste canisters to generate quantitative data to validate analytical predictions that use laboratory-measured properties and numerical models to simulate effects in the field. Results from the field tests will include the determination of the thermal conductivity of a field salt formation, temperatures and temperature gradients in the adjacent salt formation, and room and canister-hole deformations. This report furnishes the necessary documentation to compare these a priori calculations with experimental results from the Avery Island field tests, as well as time-temperature histories at selected points of interest.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-26
- OSTI ID:
- 6783311
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/ENG/TM-21; TRN: 81-008234
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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