Thermal and mechanical behaviour of refrigerated caverns in hard rock

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 341-353

  Glamheden, R ^a   Lindblom, U ^b  

^a Sycon Teknikkonsult AB ^*  (Sweden)

^b Gecon AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Igneous rock; Refrigeration; Rock cavern; Thermal deformation; Thermal properties; Thermal strain; Underground storage

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ICE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REFRIGERATION; ROCKS;

CAVERNS;

FRACTURE;

CAVERN; FRACTURE NETWORK; IGNEOUS ROCK; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMOMECHANICS; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

EID: 0036815837     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-7798(02)00029-9     Document Type: Article

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