Hydro-mechanical modelling of the excavation damaged zone around an underground excavation at Mont Terri Rock Laboratory

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Levasseur, Séverine ^a,b   Charlier, Robert ^a   Frieg, Bernd ^c   Collin, Frédéric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b FNRS   (Belgium)

^c NAGRA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Fracturing; Hydro mechanical coupling; Indurated clay; Permeability tensor; Underground excavation

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; DILATOMETERS; EXCAVATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; TENSORS;

EXCAVATION DAMAGED ZONES; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; FRACTURING; HYDRO-MECHANICAL MODELING; HYDROMECHANICAL COUPLING; INDURATED CLAY; IRREVERSIBLE DEFORMATION; PERMEABILITY TENSORS; STRESS PERTURBATIONS; UNDERGROUND EXCAVATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

CLAY; CRACK; DEFORMATION; EXCAVATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDROMECHANICS; PERMEABILITY; CRACK PROPAGATION; DAMAGE; FRACTURE; MODELING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; ROCK MECHANICS;

JURA [SWITZERLAND]; MONT TERRI; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77649338011     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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