Stability evaluation of the underground gas storage in rock salts based on new partitions of the surrounding rock

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 6911-6925

  Ma, Hongling ^a   Yang, Chunhe ^a   Li, Yinping ^b   Shi, Xilin ^a   Liu, Jianfeng ^c   Wang, Tongtao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Jiangsu Jingshen Salt Chemical Stock Company Limited   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Partitions of the surrounding rock; Rock salt; Stability; Underground gas storage; Yield dilatancy failure model

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GEOLOGIC MODELS; HARDENING; ROCK PRESSURE; ROCKS; SALT DEPOSITS; SALT MINES; SALTS; STABILITY; STABILITY CRITERIA; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

FAILURE MODEL; HARDENING PARAMETERS; ISOTROPIC HARDENINGS; ROCK SALT; STABILITY EVALUATION; SURROUNDING ROCK; TRESCA YIELD CRITERION; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION;

UNDERGROUND GAS STORAGE;

EID: 84939998734     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4019-1     Document Type: Article

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