Uniaxial-compression-test series on Tram tuff

Technical Report · Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:59470

Price, R H; Nimick, K G

Twenty-five uniaxial compression experiments were performed on samples of the Tram Member of the Center Flat Tuff obtained from drill hole USW-G1 at Yucca Mountain on the Nevada Test Site. The water saturated samples were deformed at nominal strain rates ranging from 10{sup -2} to 10{sup -6} sec{sup -1}, atmospheric pressure and room temperature. Resultant unconfined compressive strengths, axial strains to failure, Young`s moduli and Poisson`s ratios ranged from 14.5 to 69.2 MPa, .0029 to .0052, 5.17 to 22.5 GPa and .09 to .38, respectively.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 59470
• Report Number(s): SAND-82-1055; ON: DE82018550
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Jul 1982
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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05 NUCLEAR FUELS
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RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
SITE SELECTION
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TUFF
COMPRESSION STRENGTH
YOUNG MODULUS
POISSON RATIO
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
MECHANICAL TESTS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
Yucca Mountain Project