Gas flow through clay barriers

Geotechnique

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 157-176

  Olivella, S ^a   Alonso, E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Case history; Clays; Numerical modelling; Partial saturation; Permeability; Pore pressures; Radioactive waste disposal

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BENTONITE; CAPILLARITY; CLAY; CLAY MINERALS; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW SIMULATION; GAS DYNAMICS; GASES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; LIQUIDS; PORE PRESSURE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CASE HISTORY; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PARTIAL SATURATION; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURES;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CLAY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; FLOW PATTERN; GAS FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; PRESSURE EFFECT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; THERMOHYDROMECHANICS; TWO PHASE FLOW; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 55949108528     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2008.58.3.157     Document Type: Article

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