In situ thermal testing at AECL's underground research laboratory

2nd North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, NARM 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1487-1494

  Read, Rodney S ^a   Martino, Jason B ^a  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; BORING; EXCAVATION; INFILL DRILLING; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCK PRESSURE; ROCKS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION SENSORS; CONFINING PRESSURES; NUCLEAR FUEL WASTES; PROGRESSIVE FAILURE; THERMAL EXPERIMENT; THERMAL-MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL; UNDERGROUND RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING;

EID: 10144222864     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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