Investigating the time-dependent behaviour of Boom clay under thermomechanical loading

Geotechnique

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 319-329

  Cui, Y J ^a   Le, T T ^a   Tang, A M ^a   Delage, P ^a   Li, X L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b EIG Euridice   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clay; Creep; Laboratory tests; Pore pressures; Temperature effects; Time dependence

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; BOOM CLAYS; CONSTANT STRESS; CONTROLLED TEMPERATURES; DISPOSAL FACILITIES; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURES; GEOLOGICAL DISPOSALS; HIGH LOADINGS; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSALS; IN-SITU EXPERIMENTS; ISOTHERMAL COMPRESSIONS; LABORATORY STUDIES; LABORATORY TESTS; LOW PERMEABILITIES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MECHANICAL LOADINGS; OVER-CONSOLIDATION RATIOS; PORE-WATER PRESSURES; PRECONSOLIDATION PRESSURES; RESEARCH FACILITIES; SAMPLE VOLUMES; STEP LOADINGS; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; THERMAL CONTRACTIONS; THERMAL DILATIONS; THERMO-HYDRO-MECHANICAL BEHAVIOURS; THERMO-MECHANICAL LOADINGS; TIME DEPENDENCE; TIME-DEPENDENT BEHAVIOURS; TRIAXIAL TESTS; VOLUME CHANGES;

CREEP; EXTRACTION; HEATING; HEATING RATE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; IONIZING RADIATION; PORE PRESSURE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; STRESSES; TEMPERATURE; TESTING; THERMAL EFFECTS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER;

CLAY MINERALS;

BOOM CLAY; COMPRESSION; CREEP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; THERMOHYDROMECHANICS; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE FACILITY;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 65249147815     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 00168505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2009.59.4.319     Document Type: Article

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