Mechanical Behaviour of Salt VII

<p>This collection of papers on research into and management of underground structures in salt formations represents the state-of-the-art on applications of salt mechanics in mines and storage caverns for gas/hydrocarbon radioactive waste and toxic waste disposal. The contributions cover laboratory experiments constitutive numerical modeling and field investigations and deal with creep damage thermo-hydro-mechanical and chemical-coupled effects lessons learnt from real sites and structures and in-situ monitoring. The book is organized into eight topics:<br>• Laboratory investigations and constitutive modeling<br>• Coupled processes and hydro-chemical effects (THMC)<br>• Field measurements and back-analyses<br>• Numerical modeling<br>• Dry mining post-mining and backfilling<br>• Liquid hydrocarbon storage and brine-production caverns<br>• Gaseous hydrocarbon storage and compressed air energy storage<br>• Hazardous and radioactive waste disposal<br><em>Mechanical Behavior of Salt VII</em> will appeal to academics engineers and professionals involved in salt mechanics.</p>