Workshop proposal for development of a fracture processes facility at DUSEL Homestake

DUSEL Homestake 开发断裂加工设施的研讨会提案

• 批准号: 0969053
• 负责人: Leonid Germanovich
• 金额: $ 4.99万
• 依托单位: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-12-15 至 2013-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0969053&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; proposal; development; fracture; processes

The Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) at Homestake presents an opportunity to conduct a unique experimental program by providing access to locations with vertical stresses as large as 60 MPa (down to 2400m depth), more than sufficient to create faults. It also allows facilities at different depths, permitting experiments to be conducted under different stress levels. These proposed experiments require a facility providing access to large rock volumes in the deep subsurface in a controlled setting, and one where interdisciplinary collaborations are encouraged; all the conditions are met at DUSEL Homestake.This award will bring together key members of the scientific community in a series of two planning workshops with the ultimate goal to develop a proposal that will be included in the NSF DUSEL Major Research Equipment and Facility Construction (MREFC) project in 2011.Workshop 1 - The first of the proposed workshops will bring together 6 investigators in Lead, SD with the objectives of planning the project, interfacing with other research groups and the facility, and identifying suitable locations for the experiment. This planning exercise will take place 30 Sept. to 2 Oct. 2009.Workshop 2 - A second workshop is planned for Berkeley, CA in March 2010 with the purpose of reviewing designs of experiments that will be described in the proposal. This workshop will bring together 15-20 scientists working on various aspects of the experiments with engineers working on instrumentation and equipment to address various aspects of implementation. In addition, experts from appropriate fields who are not currently involved with the project will be invited to the workshop to review progress and provide suggestions. The objective of the design workshop is to finalize scientific objectives and approach of the S5 DUSEL proposal.

Homestake 的深层地下科学与工程实验室 (DUSEL) 提供了进行独特实验计划的机会，可进入垂直应力高达 60 MPa（深达 2400 m）的位置，足以产生断层。它还允许在不同深度设置设施，从而允许在不同压力水平下进行实验。这些拟议的实验需要一种设施，能够在受控环境下接触地下深处的大量岩石，并且鼓励跨学科合作； DUSEL Homestake 满足所有条件。该奖项将汇集科学界的主要成员参加一系列的两个规划研讨会，最终目标是制定一项提案，该提案将包含在 NSF DUSEL 主要研究设备和设施建设中（ MREFC) 项目于 2011 年进行。研讨会 1 - 第一个拟议研讨会将汇集南达科他州利德市的 6 名研究人员，其目标是规划项目、与其他研究小组和设施进行交流，并确定合适的地点为了实验。该规划活动将于 2009 年 9 月 30 日至 10 月 2 日举行。研讨会 2 - 计划于 2010 年 3 月在加利福尼亚州伯克利举行第二次研讨会，目的是审查提案中将描述的实验设计。该研讨会将汇集 15-20 名从事实验各个方面的科学家以及从事仪器和设备研究的工程师，以解决实施的各个方面。此外，目前尚未参与该项目的相关领域的专家将被邀请参加研讨会，回顾进展并提出建议。设计研讨会的目标是最终确定 S5 DUSEL 提案的科学目标和方法。