Utah FORGE: Triaxial Direct Shear Results - February 2025

Frash, Luke; K C, Bijay; Iyare, Uwaila; Meng, Meng; Li, Wenfeng; Madenova, Yerkezhan; Qiquan, Xiong; Smith, Meghan; Kroll, Kayla

doi:10.15121/2531105

Title: Utah FORGE: Triaxial Direct Shear Results - February 2025

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This dataset contains results from nine triaxial direct shear tests conducted by Los Alamos National Laboratory on samples from FORGE Well 16A(78)-32. The primary objectives of this work were to determine the shear strength in both intact and residual states, evaluate dilation against displacement, assess permeability in relation to displacement, time, and normal stress, understand the relationship between aperture and normal stress, and monitor the effluent chemistry as a function of time. The data includes time-series measurements of stress, displacement, permeability, and effluent chemistry, with and without experimental dilution corrections. Additional materials include profilometry data, photographic documentation of the experimental setups and apparatus, and test notes. The dataset is organized into folders corresponding to each test, containing hydromechanical data, effluent chemistry measurements, and images. The hydromechanical data consists of detailed time-series records capturing parameters such as shear force, confining pressure, permeability, and temperature. Effluent chemistry data tracks fluid composition changes over time. Also included are conference papers, presentation slides, and a summary document outlining the experiments.

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Frash, Luke; K C, Bijay; Iyare, Uwaila; Meng, Meng; Li, Wenfeng; Madenova, Yerkezhan; Qiquan, Xiong; Smith, Meghan; Kroll, Kayla

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Publication Date:: Thu Feb 27 23:00:00 EST 2025

Other Number(s):: 1718

DOE Contract Number:: EE0007080

Research Org.:: DOE Geothermal Data Repository; Los Alamos National Laboratory

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Geothermal Technologies Program (EE-4G)

Collaborations:: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Subject:: 15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; EGS; LANL; Lawrence Livermore; Los Alamos; Utah FORGE; core fracture testing; core testing; dilation; effluent chemistry; energy; fracture compressibility; geochemistry; geomechanics; geothermal; high temperature; hydromechanical data; injection; laboratory testing; permeability; profilometry; rock deformation; rock mechanics; shear strength; slickensides; stress-strain behavior; surface roughness; triaxial; triaxial core testing; triaxial direct shear; triaxial shear testing; triaxial testing; well 16A78-32

OSTI Identifier:: 2531105

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.15121/2531105

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                    Frash, Luke, K C, Bijay, Iyare, Uwaila, Meng, Meng, Li, Wenfeng, Madenova, Yerkezhan, Qiquan, Xiong, Smith, Meghan, and Kroll, Kayla. Utah FORGE: Triaxial Direct Shear Results - February 2025.  United States: N. p., 2025. 
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                    Frash, Luke, K C, Bijay, Iyare, Uwaila, Meng, Meng, Li, Wenfeng, Madenova, Yerkezhan, Qiquan, Xiong, Smith, Meghan, & Kroll, Kayla. Utah FORGE: Triaxial Direct Shear Results - February 2025.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15121/2531105

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                    Frash, Luke, K C, Bijay, Iyare, Uwaila, Meng, Meng, Li, Wenfeng, Madenova, Yerkezhan, Qiquan, Xiong, Smith, Meghan, and Kroll, Kayla. 2025.  
"Utah FORGE: Triaxial Direct Shear Results - February 2025".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15121/2531105.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2531105. Pub date:Thu Feb 27 23:00:00 EST 2025

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@article{osti_2531105,

  title        = {Utah FORGE: Triaxial Direct Shear Results - February 2025},

  author       = {Frash, Luke and K C, Bijay and Iyare, Uwaila and Meng, Meng and Li, Wenfeng and Madenova, Yerkezhan and Qiquan, Xiong and Smith, Meghan and Kroll, Kayla},

  abstractNote = {This dataset contains results from nine triaxial direct shear tests conducted by Los Alamos National Laboratory on samples from FORGE Well 16A(78)-32. The primary objectives of this work were to determine the shear strength in both intact and residual states, evaluate dilation against displacement, assess permeability in relation to displacement, time, and normal stress, understand the relationship between aperture and normal stress, and monitor the effluent chemistry as a function of time. The data includes time-series measurements of stress, displacement, permeability, and effluent chemistry, with and without experimental dilution corrections. Additional materials include profilometry data, photographic documentation of the experimental setups and apparatus, and test notes. The dataset is organized into folders corresponding to each test, containing hydromechanical data, effluent chemistry measurements, and images. The hydromechanical data consists of detailed time-series records capturing parameters such as shear force, confining pressure, permeability, and temperature. Effluent chemistry data tracks fluid composition changes over time. Also included are conference papers, presentation slides, and a summary document outlining the experiments.},

  doi          = {10.15121/2531105},

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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Feb 27 23:00:00 EST 2025},

  month        = {Thu Feb 27 23:00:00 EST 2025}

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