Determination of the thermal conductivity of opalinus clay via simulations of experiments performed at the Mont Terri underground laboratory

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 112-129

  Mügler, Claude ^a   Filippi, M ^b   Montarnal, Ph ^b   Martinez, J M ^b   Wileveau, Y ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c ANDRA   (France)

Author keywords

Neural network; Numerical simulation; Opalinus clay; Optimization; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CLAY MINERALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS; OPALINUS CLAY; UNDERGROUND LABORATORY;

GEOLOGY;

CONTAINMENT BARRIER; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 30944467955     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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