A fully coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical model for simulating multiphase flow, deformation and heat transfer in buffer material and rock masses

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-217

  Tong, Fuguo ^a   Jing, Lanru ^a   Zimmerman, Robert W ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buffer; FEM; Multiphase flow; Phase change; Porous media; Radioactive waste repositories; Relative humidity; Theory of mixtures; Thermo hydro mechanical processes

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DEFORMATION; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW OF WATER; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MIXTURES; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE TRANSPORTATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BUFFER; FULLY-COUPLED; GEOMATERIALS; MULTI-PHASE FLUID FLOW; PHASE CHANGE; POROUS MEDIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY; THEORY OF MIXTURES; THERMO-HYDRO-MECHANICAL MODELS; THERMO-HYDRO-MECHANICAL PROCESS;

POROUS MATERIALS;

BENTONITE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW MODELING; GAS FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; REPOSITORY; THERMOHYDROMECHANICS; WATER FLOW;

EID: 76349100273     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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