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Numerical and Experimental Investigations on the Time Dependent Behaviour of a Salt Dome With a High-Level Waste Repository

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Jan Prij
Affiliation:
Netherlands Energy Research Foundation (ECN), P.O. Box 1, 1755 ZG PETTEN, The Netherlands
Leo H. Vons
Affiliation:
Netherlands Energy Research Foundation (ECN), P.O. Box 1, 1755 ZG PETTEN, The Netherlands
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Abstract

Results are presented of in-situ measurements, performed in a 300 m deep dry-drilled borehole, in the ASSEmine. Convergence measurements at ambient as well as elevated temperatures and pressure measurements at elevated temperatures are discussed. Creep equations derived from these experiments are used for the numerical analysis of the time dependent behaviour of a salt dome with a HLW repository. The analyses show that the total stresses in the salt remain compressive with deviatoric components smaller than 3 MPa.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1984

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