Rock mechanical design and field experience in subground excavation work in rock salt

The book discusses in great detail a subject field of underground construction, namely subground excavation work in rock salt, and man-made cavity construction. The material presented offers a survey of the current knowledge and research work in this field, together with evaluative comments, and reports on research results obtained by the author who for several years has been carrying out laboratory studies on the material behaviour of rock salt and computer calculations on the structural stability of caverns, and who has manifold experience in the design of man-made caverns for the purpose of radioactive waste storage and storage of petroleum reserves. The main idea was to dicuss the fundmentals of the new subject field of ''salt mechanics'' and, on the basis of the theoretical approach, to look for solutions of problems encountered in practice. The engineer involved in practical planning, design, and licensing of man-made cavities, and the engineer involved in theoretical research will find a variety of experimental results and new ideas to cope with practical problems. (orig./HP)