Thermo-hydraulic characterisation of soft rock by means of heating pulse tests

Geotechnique

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 293-306

  Munoz J J ^a,b   Alonso, E E ^b   Lloret, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Numerical modelling; Permeability; Pore pressures; Radioactive waste disposal; Soft rocks; Temperature effects

Indexed keywords

BACK-ANALYSIS; CHARACTERISATION; CLAYEY ROCKS; COMPUTER CODES; CONDUCTION COEFFICIENTS; CONSTANT-TEMPERATURE BATHS; CONTROL EXPERIMENTS; HEAT CAPACITIES; HEATING PULSE; HEATING TESTS; HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES; HOST ROCKS; HYDRO MECHANICALS; LIQUID PERMEABILITIES; LOW PERMEABILITIES; NUMERICAL MODELLING; OPALINUS CLAYS; PERMEABILITY; PORE-WATER PRESSURES; PROGRAM CODES; ROCK CORES; SOFT ROCKS; STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS; STRAIN GAUGES; SWELLING BEHAVIOURS; SWELLING PRESSURES; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; TEST RESULTS; TESTING PROTOCOLS; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMO-HYDRAULIC; UNDISTURBED SOILS; UNDRAINED; WATER TESTS;

AIR PERMEABILITY; BIOMECHANICS; CAPILLARITY; CLAY MINERALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAGES; GAS PERMEABILITY; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; HEATING; HYDRAULICS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PORE PRESSURE; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; ROCKS; SOIL TESTING; STAINLESS STEEL; STEEL TESTING; SWELLING; TEMPERATURE; TESTING; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL EXPANSION; TRANSDUCERS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

HEATING; HOST ROCK; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOFT ROCK; STEEL; STRAIN ANALYSIS; SWELLING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOHYDROMECHANICS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 65249119764     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2009.59.4.293     Document Type: Article

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