Rock mass mechanical property estimation strategy for the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project
Conference
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OSTI ID:138880
- Agapito (J.F.T.) and Associates, Inc., Grand Junction, CO (United States)
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
This paper presents a method of estimating the rock mass properties for the welded and nonwelded tuffs based on currently available information on intact rock and joint characteristics at the Yucca Mountain site. Variability of the expected ground conditions at the potential repository horizon (the TSw2 thermomechanical unit) and in the Calico Hills nonwelded tuffs is accommodated by defining five rock mass quality categories in each unit based upon assumed and observed distributions of the data.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 138880
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--92-2826C; CONF-930408--13; ON: DE93006771
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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