Preliminary geotechnical results from the Mock-Up-CZ experiment

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 139-146

  Svoboda, J ^a   Vasicek, R ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bentonite; Dismantling; Mock up; Waste

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; ACTIVE AREA; CENTRAL AXIS; DEEP GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORY; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; DISMANTLING; DISMANTLING PROCESS; ENGINEERED BARRIERS; GEOTECHNICAL; GEOTECHNICS; HYDRATION SYSTEMS; IN-LINE; INTENSIVE RESEARCH; LIQUID LIMITS; MONITORING SYSTEM; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; OUTER SURFACE; PHYSICAL MODEL; PROJECT SCHEDULES; QUARTZ SAND; SECOND PHASE; SWELLING PRESSURES;

BENTONITE; GRAPHITE; HYDRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MODELS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTENT;

EXPERIMENTS;

BACKFILL; BENTONITE; CONTAINMENT BARRIER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GRAPHITE; HYDRATION; MODELING; PERMEABILITY; QUARTZ; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTENT;

CZECH REPUBLIC; PRAGUE;

EID: 72649095491     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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