Digital Scholarship@UNLV

Title

Influence of lithophysae geometry on mechanical properties of Hydro-Stone®

Authors

Moses Karakouzian, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Doug Rigby, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

1-11-2007

Abstract

85 percent of YM drift tunnels will be constructed in lithophysal volcanic tuff.

Rock behavior depends on porosity.

Limited experimental data exists to characterize rock porosity and dependencies on properties such as σc , E, and n.

Keywords

Nevada – Yucca Mountain; Volcanic ash; tuff; etc. -- Mechanical properties; Volcanic ash; tuff; etc. – Permeability;

Disciplines

Earth Sciences | Geology | Materials Science and Engineering

Language

English

Comments

Task ORD-FY04-013
Consists of 35 PowerPoint slides.

Repository Citation

Karakouzian, M., Rigby, D. (2007). Influence of lithophysae geometry on mechanical properties of Hydro-Stone®.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/yucca_mtn_pubs/8