Thermal expansion as a function of confining pressure for welded tuff from Yucca Mountain

2nd North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, NARM 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1659-1666

  Martin, R J ^a   Noel, J S ^a   Boyd, R J ^a   Price, R H ^b  

^a New England Research   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPANSION; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCK PRESSURE; WELDING;

CONFINING PRESSURES; ROCK TYPES; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMAL EXPANSION MEASUREMENTS; WELDED TUFF; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

THERMAL EXPANSION;

EID: 84887337425     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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