Thermal-hydraulic experiments with bentonite/crushed rock mixtures and estimation of effective parameters by inverse modeling

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 111-120

  Engelhardt, I ^a   Finsterle, S ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Backfill; Bentonite; Inverse modeling; Specific heat; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROCKS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

LOGNORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

BENTONITE;

BACKFILL; BENTONITE; INVERSE ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0042389585     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-1317(03)00093-0     Document Type: Article

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