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Loads (Mechanics); Nevada – Yucca Mountain; Rock mechanics; Rocks – Testing; Volcanic ash
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Point Load Strength Testing Of Irregular Rock Fragments Of Welded Tuff, Jaak J.K. Daemen, George Danko, Amy J. Smiecinski
Point Load Strength Testing Of Irregular Rock Fragments Of Welded Tuff, Jaak J.K. Daemen, George Danko, Amy J. Smiecinski
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Yucca Mountain is composed of a thick sequence of variably welded and nonwelded ashflow tuffs (Rautman and Engstrom, 1996). The understanding of the rock mechanical properties is useful for characterizing the mechanical stability of the potential repository and for estimating the amount of ground support needed in underground construction (Sweetkind et al, 2003). According to Brook (1993), knowledge of lump point load strength is helpful because it can help in estimating the compressive strength. Lump point load testing is one basic mechanical characterization test to support the study of long term drift stability at the potential High Level Waste repository …