Design and analysis of a shaft seal system for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-98

  Hansen, F D ^a   Knowles, M K ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HYDROLOGY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; ROCK MECHANICS; SEALS; SHAFTS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DISTRIBUTED ROCK ZONES; WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANTS (WIPP);

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0343889815     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(00)00026-0     Document Type: Article

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