Test plan: Small scale seal performance tests. Test Series B.

摘要

The purpose of this appendix to ''Test Plan: Small Scale Seal Performance Tests (SSSPT)'' is to provide details regarding the installation and testing of Test Series B. The original test plan provides the technical motivation and test design in general terms for Test Series A through E and the details of the installation and testing of Test Series A. As specified in the test plans operations plans for the remaining test series are to be prepared when the details become available. This is now the case for Test Series B. It is emphasized that the original test plan remains valid and is the general reference for the conduct of all of the test series of the SSSPT. Test Series B will evaluate the performance of horizontally emplaced concrete seals and as such will be a small scale evaluation of the concrete component of the planned panel seal. The objectives of Test Series B are: (1) To develop and evaluate a technique for the horizontal emplacement of a concrete seal; (2) To obtain data on the fluid flow performance of horizontally emplace concrete seal systems; (3) To obtain data on the structural performance of horizontally emplaced concrete seal systems; and (4) To provide data for the development and validation of predictive numerical codes and models.