Modelling the three-dimensional behaviour of a prototype nuclear waste repository

Engineering Geology

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 212-220

  Cleall, P J ^a   Melhuish, T A ^a   Thomas, H R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bentonite; Coupled flow; Large scale test; Nuclear waste repository; Numerical modelling

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; ROCKS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SWELLING; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

COUPLED FLOW; LARGE SCALE TEST; MULTIPLE BARRIER SYSTEM; NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 33646569448     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2005.09.045     Document Type: Article

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