Mechanical behavior of deep rock salt under the operational conditions of gas storage

International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 6 SPECIAL ISSUE 1, 2012, Pages 1670-1676

  Du, Chao ^a   Yang, Chunhe ^a,b   Yao, Yuanfeng ^b   Li, Zhe ^a   Chen, Jie ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Confining pressure; Gas storage; Mechanical behavior; Rock salt; Temperature

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; CREEP; ROCK PRESSURE; STAGES; TEMPERATURE;

CONFINING PRESSURES; DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS; GAS STORAGE; HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HIGH PRESSURES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; ROCK SALT; TRI-AXIAL COMPRESSION TESTS;

SALT DEPOSITS;

CONFINING PRESSURE; CREEP; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FAILURE MECHANISM; GAS STORAGE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; POISSON RATIO; ROCK SALT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84890875665     PISSN: 09745904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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