Pilot-scale evaluation of engineered barrier systems for the Yucca Mountain project

DC Rocks 2001 - 38th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics (USRMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 605-612

  Webb, S W ^a   Georg, J T ^a   Finley, R E ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS;

CAPILLARY BARRIER DESIGN; CAPILLARY BARRIERS; ENGINEERED BARRIER SYS-TEM; GRANULAR BACKFILLS; PILOT SCALE EVALUATION; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; UNSATURATED FLOWS; YUCCA MOUNTAIN PROJECT;

WATER INJECTION;

EID: 0242460868     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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