Guidance on numerical modelling of thermo-hydro-mechanical coupled processes for performance assessment of radioactive waste repositories

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 5-6 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 850-870

  Hudson, Jah A ^a,c,e   Stephansson, O ^b,c   Andersson, J ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d Streamflow AB   (Sweden)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coupled; Guidance; Modeling; Numerical; Radioactive

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

ENGINEERING PERTURBATIONS; GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; THERMO-HYDRO-MECHANICAL (THM) COUPLED PROCESSES;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

REPOSITORY; THERMOHYDROMECHANICS;

EID: 22744455747     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2005.03.018     Document Type: Article

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