Micromechanics-based prediction of creep failure of hard rock for long-term safety of high-level radioactive waste disposal system

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 35, Issue 3-6, 2003, Pages 587-601

  Miura, Kazuhiko ^a   Okui, Yoshiaki ^b   Horii, Hideyuki ^c  

^a RWMFRC   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crack interaction; Creep; Granite; Subcritical crack growth

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CREEP; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GRANITE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ROCK FORMATION;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 0037340784     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6636(02)00286-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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