Behaviour of a bentonite barrier in the laboratory: Experimental results up to 8 years and numerical simulation

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Villar, M V ^a   Sanchez M ^b   Gens, A ^c  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bentonite; Engineered barrier; Laboratory tests; Modelling; THM formulation

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; BIOMECHANICS; CLAY; CLAY MINERALS; CURING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SURFACES; TESTING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER INJECTION;

BENTONITE BARRIERS; BOTTOM SURFACES; CLAY BARRIERS; CLAY SWELLINGS; CYLINDRICAL CELLS; DRY DENSITIES; ENGINEERED BARRIER; ENGINEERED BARRIERS; FULLY COUPLED; GENERAL FRAMEWORKS; LABORATORY TESTS; MODEL RESULTS; MODELLING; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; POST MORTEM ANALYSIS; SPANISHS; THM FORMULATION; TOP SURFACES; TOTAL LENGTHS; WATER INTAKES;

WATER CONTENT;

BENTONITE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRY DENSITY; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL METHOD; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; SWELLING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 55949131748     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.10.055     Document Type: Article

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