A micro- and macro-mechanical investigation of creep mechanisms for the WIPP rock salt

Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Restoration

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 73-91

  Chen, Z ^a   Wang, M L ^b   Lu, T ^b   Zhou, S J ^b  

^a New Mexico Engineering Research Institute

^b University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE PARTICLE METHOD; LOCALIZED DAMAGE ZONE; MACROMECHANICAL INVESTIGATION; MICROMECHANICAL INVESTIGATION; ROCK SALT; WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT;

CRACK PROPAGATION; CREEP; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROCRACKS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

CHLORIDE MINERALS;

EID: 0029771243     PISSN: 1065609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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