SURFSCAN: Program to operate a LASER profilometer. Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project

Technical Report · Fri Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/111914· OSTI ID:111914

Hardy, R D

This paper is written to document the SURFSCAN program. A large section of the code is devoted to error recovery. The heavy emphasis on error recovery allows unattended operation for extended periods. By combining error recovery with the use of control files, SURFSCAN has been operated for periods of several days with no operator intervention. At this time, the Surface Profilometer is a useful and productive tool in the Rock Mechanics Laboratory at Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico. In the Rock Mechanics Laboratory we have been conducting studies of the normal and shear mechanical behavior of fractures and the flow of fluid through fractured rock formations. To estimate these properties, we need to know the average aperture size and surface texture of a fracture. These data may be obtained from surface profiles of mating pieces of rock. By scanning corresponding regions on two mating surfaces, the aperture size may be easily determined.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 111914
• Report Number(s): SAND--94-0437; ON: DE96000207
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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05 NUCLEAR FUELS
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
58 GEOSCIENCES
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MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
ROCKS
S CODES
SURFACE PROPERTIES
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
Yucca Mountain Project