Mesoscale characterization of coupled hydromechanical behavior of a fractured-porous slope in response to free water-surface movement

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 862-878

  Guglielmi, Y ^a   Cappa, F ^a,b   Rutqvist, J ^b   Tsang, C F ^b   Thoraval, A ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

Author keywords

Damage; Fracture; Hydromechanics; In situ poroelastic measurements; Mesoscale; Numerical modeling; Rock slope; Tiltmeter monitoring

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DEWATERING; DILATOMETERS; GROUNDWATER; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE;

COUPLED HYDROMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; FRACTURED-POROUS SLOPE; NONLINEAR CORRELATION; SLOPE DEFORMATION;

ROCK MECHANICS;

DAMAGE MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; DEWATERING; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDROMECHANICS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; PERMEABILITY; ROCK MECHANICS; SLOPE; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 42949168888     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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