Site study plan for non-routine laboratory rock mechanics, Deaf Smith County Site, Texas: Revision 1
Abstract
This Site Study Plan describes the non-routine rock mechanics and thermal properties laboratory testing program planned for the characterization of site-specific geologic materials for the Deaf Smith County site, Texas. The study design provides for measurements of index, mechanical, thermomechanical, thermal and special properties for the host salt, and where appropriate, for nonhost lithologies. The types of tests which will be conducted are constant stress (creep) tests, constant strain (stress relaxation) tests, constant strain-rate tests, constant stress-rate tests, cyclic loading tests, hollow cylinder tests, uniaxial and triaxial compression tests, direct tension tests, indirect (triaxial) shear tests, thermal property determinations (conductivity, specific heat, expansivity, and diffusivity), fracture healing tests, thermal decrepitation tests, moisture content determinations, and petrographic and micromechanics analyses. Tests will be conducted at confining pressures up to 30 MPa and temperatures up to 300/degree/C. These data are used to construct mathematical models for the phenomenology of salt deformation. The models are then used in finite-element codes to predict repository response. A tentative testing schedule and milestone log are given. The duration of the testing program is expected to be approximately 5 years. 44 refs., 13 figs., 13 tabs.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH (USA). Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6834059
- Report Number(s):
- BMI/ONWI/C-168
ON: TI88016508
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-87CH10290
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; GEOLOGY; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL; SALT DEPOSITS; ROCK MECHANICS; COMPLIANCE; LABORATORY SYSTEM; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; REGULATIONS; SPENT FUELS; ENERGY SOURCES; FUELS; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; MECHANICS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUCLEAR FUELS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REACTOR MATERIALS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES; 052002* - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Disposal & Storage; 053000 - Nuclear Fuels- Environmental Aspects
Citation Formats
. Site study plan for non-routine laboratory rock mechanics, Deaf Smith County Site, Texas: Revision 1. United States: N. p., 1987.
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. Site study plan for non-routine laboratory rock mechanics, Deaf Smith County Site, Texas: Revision 1. United States.
. 1987.
"Site study plan for non-routine laboratory rock mechanics, Deaf Smith County Site, Texas: Revision 1". United States.
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abstractNote = {This Site Study Plan describes the non-routine rock mechanics and thermal properties laboratory testing program planned for the characterization of site-specific geologic materials for the Deaf Smith County site, Texas. The study design provides for measurements of index, mechanical, thermomechanical, thermal and special properties for the host salt, and where appropriate, for nonhost lithologies. The types of tests which will be conducted are constant stress (creep) tests, constant strain (stress relaxation) tests, constant strain-rate tests, constant stress-rate tests, cyclic loading tests, hollow cylinder tests, uniaxial and triaxial compression tests, direct tension tests, indirect (triaxial) shear tests, thermal property determinations (conductivity, specific heat, expansivity, and diffusivity), fracture healing tests, thermal decrepitation tests, moisture content determinations, and petrographic and micromechanics analyses. Tests will be conducted at confining pressures up to 30 MPa and temperatures up to 300/degree/C. These data are used to construct mathematical models for the phenomenology of salt deformation. The models are then used in finite-element codes to predict repository response. A tentative testing schedule and milestone log are given. The duration of the testing program is expected to be approximately 5 years. 44 refs., 13 figs., 13 tabs.},
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year = {Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1987},
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