Brazilian Disc Tensile Strength (BDTS) data of tests conducted on salt samples from the Northwich Halite Member
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- 2025-03-10
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- Physical properties
- Halite
- Salt
- Tensile strength
- Geomechanics
- Rock mechanics
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- Geoscientific information
- Geographic identifier
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Cheshire County [id=12343]
- Date (Revision)
- 2009
- Geographic identifier
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Winsford [id=1449153]
- Date (Revision)
- 2002
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- Begin date
- 2023-06-09
- End date
- 2023-06-22
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- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)
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Citation Information - Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
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Valdez II, R., Ougier-Simonin, A. (2025). Brazilian Disc Tensile Strength (BDTS) data of tests conducted on salt samples from the Northwich Halite Member. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/67dd5a63-0ffd-426a-9f72-a4612272e465
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Brazilian Disc Tensile Strength (BDTS) data of tests conducted on salt samples from the Northwich Halite Member
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The dataset contains indirect tensile strength data of salt samples collected from the Northwich Halite Member at the Winsford Mine in Cheshire, UK. Each sample was unconfined and deformed under uniaxial compression, where the primary principal stress corresponds to the axial stress and the intermediate and minimum principal stresses are equal to 0. Each sample was deformed using a constant loading rate of 200 N/s. The tests were completed using a servo-controlled stiff load frame equipped with an indirect tension fixture in the Rock Mechanics and Physics Laboratory at the British Geological Survey, Keyworth UK. The data are separated into individual Microsoft Excel files, with each file representing a single test. Each file contains time, axial force, axial displacement, and tensile stress data.
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Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2011
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- See the referenced specification
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Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
- See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
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- No
- Statement
- The samples were unconfined and subjected to uniaxial compression using a servo-controlled stiff load frame equipped with an indirect tension fixture at the Rock Mechanics and Physics Laboratory, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, UK. Each test was conducted under a constant loading rate of 200 N/s until sample failure. The samples, prepared as right circular discs, were positioned between steel curved loading jaws to ensure uniform stress distribution and promote tensile failure at the sample centre. Load cell calibrations were performed annually by an ISO-accredited service provider to ensure measurement accuracy. Tensile strength was calculated using the peak load and sample dimensions according to standard ISRM methods. A separate summary file details the key mechanical properties and experimental parameters for all tests.
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- 3023aec2-9cf6-2a50-e063-3050940ab902 XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
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- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2026-03-28
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
- Dataset URI
- http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608392
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