Frictional sliding and fracture behavior of some Nevada test site tuffs [electronic resource].
- Published:
- Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 1984.
- Physical Description:
- 8 pages : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators:
- United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Summary:
- Deformation studies were performed on tuffaceous rocks from Yucca Mountain, Nevada Test Site to determine the strengths and coefficients of friction under confining pressures from 10 to 50 MPa at room temperature. Frictional strengths of 30° sawcut samples increased with pressure and reached values of around 150 MPa at the higher confining pressures. However, the failure strengths of the intact samples were quite unpredictable. The coefficients of friction ranged between 0.7 and 0.9 for all specimens. These data can be used in conjunction with in situ stress measurements at Yucca Mountain, to evaluate the potential for earthquake activity in the region. 1 ref., 7 figs.
- Report Numbers:
- E 1.99:conf-840633--18
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- Published through SciTech Connect.
12/31/1984.
"conf-840633--18"
"DE87008463"
25. US symposium on rock mechanics, Evanston, IL (United States), 25-27 Jun 1984.
Morrow, C.; Byerlee, J.
Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA (United States) - Funding Information:
- AI08-78ET44802
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