Visualization experiment to investigate capillary barrier performance in the context of a Yucca Mountain emplacement drift

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 62-63, Issue , 2003, Pages 287-301

  Tidwell, Vincent C ^a   Glass, Robert J ^a   Chocas, Connie ^a   Barker, Glenn ^a   Orear, Lee ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary barrier; Capillary barrier drainage; Engineered backfill systems; Flow visualization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; FRACTURE; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; ROCK MECHANICS;

DRIFT WALLS;

CAPILLARITY;

TRACER;

BACKFILL; BARRIER; CONTAINMENT; FLUID FLOW; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

BACKFILL; CONTAINMENT BARRIER; FLUID FLOW; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; VISUALIZATION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; GRAVITY; MASS; PERFORMANCE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SIMULATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER TRANSPORT;

CAPILLARITY; FRACTURE; GRAVITATION; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; ROCK; SIMULATION;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

YUCCA;

EID: 0037394703     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(02)00164-X     Document Type: Article

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