British Geological Survey data on unconfined compressive strength tests for salt samples from the Northwich Halite Member at Winsford Mine, Cheshire, UK. Each sample was deformed under uniaxial stress conditions at controlled strain or loading rates in a servo-controlled load frame. The data are separated into individual Excel files containing time, force, stress, displacement, and strain measurements.
Use Cases
- Modeling salt deformation behavior based on uniaxial stress-strain data.
- Calibrating constitutive models for halite based on controlled strain and loading rate tests.
- Analyzing material failure characteristics based on time, force, and displacement data.
- Benchmarking laboratory test procedures for rock mechanics based on servo-controlled load frame methodology.
Strengths
- Data originates from the British Geological Survey's Rock Mechanics and Physics Laboratory, an authoritative source.
- Tests were conducted under controlled conditions with specified strain (1e-5 per second) or loading (200 N/s) rates.
- Each test file contains multiple measurement types: time, force, stress, displacement, and strain.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to samples from a single UK mine location.
Provenance
- Source
- British Geological Survey (BGS)
- Collection Method
- Laboratory tests on collected salt samples using a servo-controlled stiff load frame.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04 09 08:27:00.366619; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Winsford Mine, Cheshire, UK (Northwich Halite Member)