Laboratory measurement and correction of thermal properties for application to the rock mass

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 773-791

  Gunn, D A ^a   Jones, L D ^a   Raines, M G ^a   Entwisle, D C ^a   Hobbs, P R N ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expansivity; Heat capacity; Sellafield; Thermal conductivity; Thermal corrections

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; POROSITY; SPECIFIC HEAT OF SOLIDS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CONSOLIDATED ROCKS; ROCK MASS; THERMAL CORRECTIONS; THERMAL EXPANSIVITY;

ROCKS;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; ROCK MECHANICS; THERMAL REGIME;

CUMBRIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SELLAFIELD; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 26444557374     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-003-3156-6     Document Type: Article

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