Analysis of a full scale in situ testing simulating repository conditions

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 515-548

  Gens, A ^a   Garcia Molina, A J ^a   Olivella, S ^a   Alonso, E E ^a   Huertas, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radiactivos SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; GRANITE; HYDRATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COUPLED-THERMO-HYDRO MECHANICAL (THM) ANALYSES;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES;

GRANITE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY; THERMOHYDROMECHANICS;

EID: 0032124476     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9853(199807)22:7<515::AID-NAG926>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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