Influence of water-insoluble content on the short-term strength of bedded rock salt from three locations in China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 6951-6963

  Wang, Guan ^a   Xing, Wei ^a,b   Liu, Jianfeng ^a   Hou, Zhengmeng ^a,b   Were, Patrick ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hou s strength model; Rock salt; Short term strength; Underground storage of energy; Water insoluble content

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; DIGITAL STORAGE; ENERGY STORAGE; ROCK PRESSURE; ROCKS;

CONFINING PRESSURES; DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY; ROCK SALT; SHORT TERM; STRENGTH MODELS; TRI-AXIAL COMPRESSION TESTS; UNDERGROUND SALT CAVERNS; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

SALT DEPOSITS;

EID: 84937760010     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4403-x     Document Type: Article

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