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Tunnel damage resulting from seismic loading
The proposed high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada will have many miles of underground openings. Because of the long-term nature of this project it is important to gain a high level of understanding of the dynamic behavior of its underground openings. The site, located on and adjacent to the Nevada Test Site (NTS), is subject to seismic loading from both natural events and underground nuclear explosions (UNEs). While ground motions from both of these seismic sources are of interest to the Yucca Mountain Project, those resulting from earthquakes are expected to be the larger of the two and, therefore, more significant in design. It would be difficult, however, to collect underground data from earthquakes because of their unpredictable nature. In contrast, UNEs have been conducted on a regular basis at the NTS and present an opportunity to obtain data useful in understanding the seismic behavior of underground openings. To this end, the Tunnel Dynamics Experiment (TDE) was fielded adjacent to a recent UNE in a pre-existing tunnel. The objective of this experiment was to document tunnel damage corresponding to measured and observed ground motions. 25 refs., 15 figs., 4 tabs.
Tunnel damage resulting from seismic loading
The proposed high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada will have many miles of underground openings. Because of the long-term nature of this project it is important to gain a high level of understanding of the dynamic behavior of its underground openings. The site, located on and adjacent to the Nevada Test Site (NTS), is subject to seismic loading from both natural events and underground nuclear explosions (UNEs). While ground motions from both of these seismic sources are of interest to the Yucca Mountain Project, those resulting from earthquakes are expected to be the larger of the two and, therefore, more significant in design. It would be difficult, however, to collect underground data from earthquakes because of their unpredictable nature. In contrast, UNEs have been conducted on a regular basis at the NTS and present an opportunity to obtain data useful in understanding the seismic behavior of underground openings. To this end, the Tunnel Dynamics Experiment (TDE) was fielded adjacent to a recent UNE in a pre-existing tunnel. The objective of this experiment was to document tunnel damage corresponding to measured and observed ground motions. 25 refs., 15 figs., 4 tabs.
Tunnel damage resulting from seismic loading
J. S. Phillips (author) / B. A. Luke (author)
1990
29 pages
Report
No indication
English
Radioactive Wastes & Radioactivity , Nuclear Explosions & Devices , Geology & Geophysics , Ground Motion , High-Level Radioactive Wastes , Tunnels , Underground Facilities , Correlations , Damage , Earthquakes , Nuclear Explosions , Poisson Ratio , Seismic Effects , Seismic Sources , Underground Disposal , Underground Explosions , Yucca Mountain , Meetings , EDB/052002 , EDB/580000
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