| Title | University of Waterloo - faculty of science effect of loading rate on pinawa granite |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
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| Author | Tibble, P A |
| Source | Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology, Mining Research Laboratories, Division Report 89-148, 1989, 39 pages  Open Access |
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| Year | 1989 |
| Publisher | Canada Department of Mines and Technical Surveys |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Manitoba |
| Released | 1989 01 01; 2020 04 22 |
| Abstract | This report investigates the effect of loading rate on the material properties and dynamic constants of granitic samples from the Underground Research Laboratory (URL), near Pinawa, Manitoba. Atomic
Energy Canada Limited (A.E.C.L.) is presently investigating the feasibility of long-term underground storage of nuclear waste using test samples from the Pinawa batholith. It was concluded that the loading rates studied had no significant effect on
the Tangent Modulus of Elasticity or Poisson's ratio. The uniaxial compressive strength of the samples, however, decreased with the loading. It is recommended that more testing programmes be initiated and new methods for longterm effects of load, and
other natural geologic occurrences be devised to better reflect the storage conditions. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 325846 |
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