A Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical stress-strain framework for modelling the performance of clay barriers in deep geological repositories for radioactive waste

Unsaturated Soils: Advances in Geo-Engineering - Proceedings of the 1st European Conference on Unsaturated Soils, E-UNSAT 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 63-80

  Laloui, L ^a   Francois B ^a   Nuth, M ^a   Peron, H ^a   Koliji, A ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER MATERIALS; CLAY BARRIERS; CLAYEY MATERIALS; CONSTITUTIVE BEHAVIOUR; DEEP GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDRO-MECHANICAL; INDUCED CRACK; ISOLATION SYSTEMS; MATERIAL BEHAVIOUR; MATERIAL STRUCTURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NON-ISOTHERMAL CONDITION; NON-SATURATED CONDITIONS; NUCLEAR WASTE; PLASTIC BEHAVIOUR; STRESS-STRAIN; UNSATURATED MATERIALS;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; SOILS; STRESSES; UNSATURATED POLYMERS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

EID: 67949106984     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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