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Two-dimensional continuum model for jointed media with orthogonal sets of joints

Conference ·
OSTI ID:59949
This investigation involves the development of two-dimensional continuum model for the description of jointed media. Specific application of the model developed here is for the potential geological disposal of radioactive waste in the layered sequence of fractured volcanic tuffs under Yucca Mountain, Nevada. This is currently being considered by the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations Project, administered by the Nevada Operations Office of the U.S. Department of Energy.
Research Organization:
Applied Mechanics Div. III, Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM 87185
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
59949
Report Number(s):
CONF-860609--; ISBN 0-87335-059-6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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05 NUCLEAR FUELS
58 GEOSCIENCES
COULOMB ENERGY
DEFORMATION
DYNAMIC LOADS
ELASTICITY
FRICTION
GEOLOGIC MODELS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
ROCK MECHANICS
SHEAR
SLIP
STRESS ANALYSIS
STRESSES
TUFF
TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
Yucca Mountain Project