Published 1991 | Version v1
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Correlation of hydraulic conductivity and sonic velocity in water-saturated tuff

  • 1. Taisei Corp., Yokohama (Japan)

Description

A laboratory study was conducted to investigate the correlation of hydraulic and sonic properties of water-saturated tuff. The hydraulic test used a new rock block testing machine, which has the capability of applying biaxial stresses and pore pressure on a 30 cm cube of rock. The hydraulic conductivity tensor obtained by the cross-hole injection test was clearly anisotropic with principle directions close to those for shear wave velocity to hydraulic conductivity reflects the effect of water bearing voids in retarding the wave propagation. This result suggests that the seismic exploration method may be used for the evaluation of the hydraulic anisotropy of the large volume of rock at the repository site

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Publishing Information

Publisher
American Society of Civil Engineers.
Imprint Place
New York, NY (United States)
Imprint Title
High Level Radioactive Waste Management: Proceedings of the second annual international conference. Proceedings, Volume 1
Imprint Pagination
891 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 572-577.

Conference

Title
2. annual American Nuclear Society (ANS) international high level radioactive waste management conference.
Dates
28 Apr - 3 May 1991.
Place
Las Vegas, NV (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
26004795
Subject category
S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; CORRELATIONS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; TUFF; WASTE STORAGE; WATER SATURATION
Descriptors DEC
IGNEOUS ROCKS; MANAGEMENT; ROCKS; SATURATION; STORAGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT