Rock salt dilatancy boundary from combined acoustic emission and triaxial compression tests

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 108-119

  Alkan, H ^a   Cinar, Y ^b   Pusch, G ^c  

^a ISTec GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Dilatancy boundary; Loading rate; Microcracks; Nuclear waste disposal; Pore pressure; Porosity permeability of rock salts; Rock salt; Triaxial compression tests

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; COMPRESSION TESTING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MICROCRACKS; PORE PRESSURE; STRESSES; VISCOSITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

DILATANCY BOUNDARY; LOADING RATE; NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL; ROCK SALT; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION TESTS;

SALTS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; COMPRESSION; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DILATANCY; LOADING TEST; MICROCRACK; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCK SALT; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TRIAXIAL TEST;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33750975646     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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