Strength Parameters of Cement Borehole Seals in Rock

1996-01-01
Akgün, Haluk
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Sealing of penetrations (e.g. boreholes, shafts, mine drifts and tunnels) may be required for a variety of reasons. Penetrations of and near a high-level nuclear waste repository need to be sealed reliably to retard any radionuclide migration to the accessible environment (US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1983, 1985). Design of seals may also be required in (1) water dams, barriers, water wells, mine drifts or shafts, to prevent flooding of underground operations (e.g. Garrett and Campbell Pitt, 1961; Loof-bourow, 1973), (2) diversion tunnels for the construction of hydroelectric power plants (e.g. Mitchell, 1982; Kinstler, 1983; Moller et al., 1983; Pett-man, 1984), (3) mine openings in order to control mine effluents (e.g. Mining Waste Study Team 1988; Einarson and Abel, 1990), (4) oil, gas and chemical disposal wells (e.g. Smith, 1976; Calvert, 1980; Halliburton Services, undated), and (5) blasthole stemming studies (e.g., Konya, Otounye and Skidmore, 1982; Otuonye, Konya and Skidmore, 1983).
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/82561
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-009-1505-3_3
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H. Akgün, Strength Parameters of Cement Borehole Seals in Rock. 1996, p. 39.
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