The Äspö pillar stability experiment: Part I-Experiment design

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 865-878

  Andersson, J Christer ^a   Martin, C Derek ^b  

^a SWEDISH NUCLEAR FUEL AND WASTE MANAGEMENT CO   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; APSE; sp HRL; Confinement; Fracturing; Nuclear waste; Numeric modeling; Pillar; Rock mass strength; SKB; Spalling; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; STRESSES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC-EMISSIONS; APSE; ÄSPÖ HARD ROCK LABORATORY; CONFINEMENT; FRACTURING; HARD ROCKS; NUMERIC MODELS; PILLAR; ROCK MASS STRENGTH; SKB;

EXCAVATION;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; BOREHOLE; EXCAVATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FAILURE MECHANISM; FRACTURED MEDIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PILLAR; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; ROCK MECHANICS; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 67349146446     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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