Influence of lithophysal geometry on the uniaxial compression of tuff-like rock

Authors

Douglas B. Rigby, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Moses KarakouzianFollow
Amy J. Smiecinski, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Technical Report

Publication Date

6-2007

Publisher

Nevada System of Higher Education

Abstract

The purpose of this report is to summarize the work and present conclusions of Project Activity Task ORD-FY04-013 conducted under Cooperative Agreement No. DEFC28- 04RW12232 between the U.S. Department of Energy and the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE). This document describes results of laboratory testing on analog lithophysal tuff (Hydro-StoneTB®) conducted in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV) from 2004 to 2006.

Keywords

Nevada – Yucca Mountain; Rock mechanics; Topopah Spring tuff; Volcanic ash; tuff; etc. – Mechanical properties

Disciplines

Earth Sciences | Geology

Language

English

Comments

Signatures have been redacted for privacy and security measures.
Report Document Identifier: TR-07-001
Task ORD-FY04-013

Repository Citation

Rigby, D. B., Karakouzian, M., Smiecinski, A. J. (2007). Influence of lithophysal geometry on the uniaxial compression of tuff-like rock.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/yucca_mtn_pubs/57