Research Projects

Dimensioning of Rock Salt Caverns

• LARISSA: Laboratory Tests and Numerical Calculations on Crack Propagation in Salt Rock

  Led by: Dr.-Ing. Dirk Zapf

  Team: M.Sc. Lukas Baumgärtel, M.Sc. Feline Körner, Dipl-Ing. Bastian Leuger

  Year: 2023

  Funding: BMWi / PtJ

  Duration: 01.01.2021 - 30.06.2024
• WEIMOS: Further Development and Qualification of Rock Mechanical Modelling for HAW Disposal in Rock Salt

  Led by: Dr.-Ing. Dirk Zapf

  Team: Dr.-Ing. Savas Yildirim

  Year: 2021

  Funding: BMWi

  Duration: 01.04.2016 – 30.09.2021
• RiSa: Expansion of Thermally Induced and Pressure-Driven Cracks in Salt Rock

  Led by: Dr.-Ing. Dirk Zapf

  Team: Dipl.-Ing. Bastian Leuger

  Year: 2020

  Funding: BMWi / PTJ

  Duration: 01.08.2015 - 31.01.2020
• La-thi-ga: Laboratory Tests of Thermally-Induced and Gas-Pressure-Driven Cracking in Salt Rock

  Led by: Dr.-Ing. Dirk Zapf

  Team: Dipl.-Ing. Bastian Leuger, M.Sc. Lenart Siemann

  Year: 2020

  Funding: BMWi / PTJ

  Duration: 01.06.2017 - 31.12.2020