3023aec2-9cf6-2a50-e063-3050940ab902 English dataset British Geological Survey +44 115 936 3100 Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-04-12 UK GEMINI 2.3 http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608392 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700) WGS 84 (EPSG::4326) Brazilian Disc Tensile Strength (BDTS) data of tests conducted on salt samples from the Northwich Halite Member 2025-03-10 creation http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608392 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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Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]" vector English geoscientificInformation British Geological Survey Gazetteer: OS Boundary Line 2009 revision Cheshire County [id=12343] British Geological Survey Gazetteer: OS gazetteer 2002 revision Winsford [id=1449153] -2.5200 -2.5100 53.2000 53.2100 2023-06-09 2023-06-22 Microsoft Word (DOCX) witheld Comma-separated values (CSV) witheld Adobe Acrobat document (PDF) witheld Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3143 0115 936 3276 Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk distributor Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available distributor https://doi.org/10.5285/67dd5a63-0ffd-426a-9f72-a4612272e465 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related Citation Information - Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 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 information https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item187105 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Brazilian Disc Tensile Strength (BDTS) data of tests conducted on salt samples from the Northwich Halite Member 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. download dataset dataset INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology 2011 publication See the referenced specification false Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF false 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.