Benchmarking the thermomechanical behaviour of clays - A progress report - The CEC interclay project

Engineering Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 65-71

  Knowles, N C ^a   Jeffries, R M ^a   Come, B ^b  

^a ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

^b BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; THERMODYNAMICS; UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES;

BENCHMARK; BOOM CLAY; GEOMECHANICS; PREDICTIVE MODELING; UNDERGROUND WASTE STORAGE; VALIDATION; VERIFICATION;

CLAY;

BENCHMARK EXERCISE; CLAY; INTERCLAY II; INTERNATIONAL PROJECT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; REPOSITORY DESIGN; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 0029668430     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-7952(95)00026-7     Document Type: Article

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