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Geomechanical analyses in support of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
A variety of geomechanical analyses are presented that support the WIPP project. The scale of the analyses ranged through laboratory experiments, small-scale in-situ tests, large-scale in-situ tests, underground rooms, shafts and shaft keys, and multi-room panels. The structural behavior of underground rooms, shafts, and experiments was investigated using the finite element method. Both two and three dimensional analyses simulated the time-dependent behavior of the salt host rock. Two different constitutive models were used to represent the creeping motion of the salt. The investigations aided in experimental planning, code validation, and assessing excavation responses for safety and performance assessment. This report compiles ten different structural analyses which assess the performance of excavations and experiments located at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, NM. Chapter 2 discusses the constitutive models used to represent the salt behavior. Each of Chapters 3 through 12 presents an analysis. Chapter 13 concludes the report. 36 refs., 48 figs., 17 tabs. (ERA citation 15:032237)
Geomechanical analyses in support of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
A variety of geomechanical analyses are presented that support the WIPP project. The scale of the analyses ranged through laboratory experiments, small-scale in-situ tests, large-scale in-situ tests, underground rooms, shafts and shaft keys, and multi-room panels. The structural behavior of underground rooms, shafts, and experiments was investigated using the finite element method. Both two and three dimensional analyses simulated the time-dependent behavior of the salt host rock. Two different constitutive models were used to represent the creeping motion of the salt. The investigations aided in experimental planning, code validation, and assessing excavation responses for safety and performance assessment. This report compiles ten different structural analyses which assess the performance of excavations and experiments located at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, NM. Chapter 2 discusses the constitutive models used to represent the salt behavior. Each of Chapters 3 through 12 presents an analysis. Chapter 13 concludes the report. 36 refs., 48 figs., 17 tabs. (ERA citation 15:032237)
Geomechanical analyses in support of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
B. Ehgartner (author)
1990
129 pages
Report
No indication
English
Radiation Pollution & Control , Radioactive Wastes & Radioactivity , Geology & Geophysics , Soil & Rock Mechanics , Shaft Excavations , WIPP , Brines , Compiled Data , Finite Element Method , Mathematical Models , Mechanical Tests , Radioactive Wastes , Rock Mechanics , Structural Chemical Analysis , Three-Dimensional Calculations , Two-Dimensional Calculations , Underground Disposal , Underground Facilities , Tables(data) , Alpha-bearing wastes , EDB/052002 , EDB/990200 , Rock salt , Creep
Geotechnical Perspectives on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
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Ground-Penetrating Radar Studies of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Near Carlsbad, New Mexico
| Online Contents | 1997