Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical modelling of bentonite buffer material

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1281-1307

  Kanno, T ^a,c   Fujita, T ^a   Takeuchi, S ^a   Ishikawa, H ^a   Hara, K ^a   Nakano, M ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Nuclear Power Division   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bentonite; Coupled analysis; Hydraulic conductivity; Radioactive waste disposal; Swelling pressure; Water diffusivity

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; TEMPERATURE;

COUPLED ANALYSIS; THERMOHYDRAULIC MECHANICAL PROCESSES; WATER DIFFUSIVITY;

BENTONITE;

BENTONITE; CONTAINMENT BARRIER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SWELLING; THERMOHYDROMECHANICS;

EID: 0033213452     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9853(199910)23:12<1281::AID-NAG32>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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