Scoping analyses of the coupled thermal-hydrological-mechanical behaviour of the rock mass around a nuclear fuel waste repository

Engineering Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 379-400

  Selvadurai, A P S ^a   Nguyen, T S ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMISSION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coupled processes; Finite element; Groundwater flow; Nuclear wastes; Rock stress; Thermal effects

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGY; PORE PRESSURE; ROCKS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COUPLED PROCESSES; SOFTWARE PACKAGE FRACON; THERMAL HYDROLOGICAL MECHANICAL ROCK BEHAVIOR;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; THERMAL EFFECT; THERMOHYDROMECHANICS;

EID: 0031556345     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7952(96)00100-7     Document Type: Article

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