Design, Testing, and Field Pumping of Grout Mixtures,

Abstract

Project SMALL BOY involved the detonation of a low-yield nuclear device in Area 5 of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission's Nevada Test Site. In connection with this project, the U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station was respon sible for (a) design of a grout mixture with specified physical properties matching as nearly as possible those of the silt formation at the test site, (b) grouting of instrument holes and surface pressure-gage mounts, and (c) determining from specimens of the field-mixed grout its physi cal properties at shot time. Results of physical tests on the field-mixed grout specimens indicate that the maximum static tangent modulus of elas ticity in compression was somewhat higher than desired; however, the density and ultrasonic pulse velocity of the grout satisfactorily matched that of the in-situ silt and fulfilled the job specifications. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 29, 1963
Accession Number
AD0411344

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  • James E. McDonald

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Compression
  • Detonations
  • Energy
  • Engineers
  • Gages
  • Grout
  • Grouting
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Motion
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Physical Properties
  • Pressure Gages
  • Specifications
  • Waterways

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