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Title: Preliminary design and definition of field experiments for welded tuff rock mechanics program

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:59467

The preliminary design contains objectives, typical experiment layouts, definitions of equipment and instrumentation, test matrices, preliminary design predictive modeling results for five experiments, and a definition of the G-Tunnel Underground Facility (GTUF) at the Nevada Test Site where the experiments are to be located. Experiments described for investigations in welded tuff are the Small Diameter Heater, Unit Cell-Canister Scale, Heated Block, Rocha Slot, and Miniature Heater.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
59467
Report Number(s):
SAND-81-1972; ON: DE82018916
Resource Relation:
Other Information: DN: Portions of document are illegible; PBD: Jun 1982
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English