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Creep of Rock Salt Under a Large Range of Deviatoric Stresses
The design of underground facilities in rock salt relies on constitutive models whose parameters are derived from laboratory tests and (when possible) recalibrated on the basis of field data. In this sense, la...
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Salt Creep: Transition Between the Low and High Stress Domains
In 2014–2016, creep tests were performed in a dead-end drift of the Altaussee mine, where temperature and relative humidity experience very small fluctuations. These tests, which were several months long, prov...
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Open AccessTOUGH3-FLAC3D: a modeling approach for parallel computing of fluid flow and geomechanics
The recent development of the TOUGH3 code allows for a faster and more reliable fluid flow simulator. At the same time, new versions of FLAC3D are released periodically, allowing for new features and faster ex...
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On the Representativity of Rock Salt Specimens During Laboratory Tests
Experimental measurements during laboratory tests on salt specimens are important for the design of underground facilities in salt formations. These measurements, especially of the volumetric strain, can be in...
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Coupled Processes Modeling in Rock Salt and Crushed Salt Including Halite Solubility Constraints: Application to Disposal of Heat-Generating Nuclear Waste
This paper presents numerical modeling of coupled thermal, hydraulic and mechanical processes in rock salt and crushed salt considering halite solubility constraints. The TOUGH-FLAC simulator is used, with a r...
