Modeling of damage, permeability changes and pressure responses during excavation of the TSX tunnel in granitic rock at URL, Canada

Environmental Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1263-1274

  Rutqvist, Jonny ^a   Börgesson, Lennart ^b   Chijimatsu, Masakazu ^c   Hernelind, Jan ^d   Jing, Lanru ^e   Kobayashi, Akira ^f   Nguyen, Son ^g  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CLAY TECHNOLOGY AB   (Sweden)

^c Hazama Cooperation   (Japan)

^d I Tech AB   (Sweden)

^e ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g CANADIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMISSION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coupled processes; Damage; Excavation disturbed zone; Permeability; TSX

Indexed keywords

COUPLED PROCESSES; DAMAGE; EXCAVATION DISTURBED ZONE; PERMEABILITY; TSX;

CAPILLARITY; CEMENTS; DRILLS; EXCAVATION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; GRANITE; INTERNET; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TUNNELS;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

DAMAGE; DRILL AND BLAST; FLUID PRESSURE; GRANITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; SEALING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRESS ANALYSIS; TUNNEL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67349201434     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1515-6     Document Type: Article

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