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A constitutive model for representing coupled creep, fracture, and healing in rock salt

Conference ·
OSTI ID:231860
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  1. Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, TX (United States)
  2. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)

The development of a constitutive model for representing inelastic flow due to coupled creep, damage, and healing in rock salt is present in this paper. This model, referred to as Multimechanism Deformation Coupled Fracture model, has been formulated by considering individual mechanisms that include dislocation creep, shear damage, tensile damage, and damage healing. Applications of the model to representing the inelastic flow and fracture behavior of WIPP salt subjected to creep, quasi-static loading, and damage healing conditions are illustrated with comparisons of model calculations against experimental creep curves, stress-strain curves, strain recovery curves, time-to-rupture data, and fracture mechanism maps.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
231860
Report Number(s):
SAND--96-0376C; CONF-9606115--2; ON: DE96006991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English