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Table 4

Physical and mechanical properties of natural salt rock

Parameter	Loose	Consolidated	Strongly consolidated
Uniaxial compressive strength (MPa)	<1.0	1∼2.5	2.5∼5.0
Shear strength (MPa)	<0.02	0.02∼0.1	>0.1
Elastic modulus (MPa)	<100	100∼200	>200
Longitudinal wave velocity (km/s)	2.0	2.0∼3.0	>3.0
Dynamic poison’s ratio	0.3	0.2∼0.3	0.2
Dry density $(g / {c m}^{3})$	1.48∼1.6	1.6∼1.8	1.8∼1.95
Porosity	0.36∼0.42	0.26∼0.36	0.198∼0.26

Parameter	Loose	Consolidated	Strongly consolidated
Uniaxial compressive strength (MPa)	<1.0	1∼2.5	2.5∼5.0
Shear strength (MPa)	<0.02	0.02∼0.1	>0.1
Elastic modulus (MPa)	<100	100∼200	>200
Longitudinal wave velocity (km/s)	2.0	2.0∼3.0	>3.0
Dynamic poison’s ratio	0.3	0.2∼0.3	0.2
Dry density $(g / {c m}^{3})$	1.48∼1.6	1.6∼1.8	1.8∼1.95
Porosity	0.36∼0.42	0.26∼0.36	0.198∼0.26

Source(s): Chen et al. (1988)