Stress relaxation experiments on compacted granular salt: Effects of water

Proceedings of the 6th Conference on the Mechanical Behavior of Salt 'SALTMECH6' - The Mechanical Behavior of Salt - Understanding of THMC Processes in Salt

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 159-166

  Zhang, X ^a   Peach, C J ^a   Grupa, J ^a   Spiers, C J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ARGON; COMPACTION; CREEP; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CURING; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INERT GASES; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MOISTURE; POROSITY; POWDERS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS RELAXATION; WATER CONTENT;

APPARENT POWERS; APPLIED STRESSES; BOUNDARY MIGRATIONS; COUPLED SOLUTIONS; CREEP RATES; DISLOCATION CREEPS; DISLOCATION GLIDES; DOMINANT DEFORMATION MECHANISMS; GRAIN SIZES; LOWER STRESSES; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSES; PORE FLUIDS; PRESSURE SOLUTIONS; RECRYSTALLIZATION; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SATURATED SOLUTIONS; STARTING MATERIALS; STRESS EXPONENTS;

STRESSES;

EID: 55549105465     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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