Assessment of the long-term stability of cementitious barriers of radioactive waste repositories by using digital-image-based microstructure generation and reactive transport modelling

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1278-1289

  Galíndez, Juan Manuel ^a   Molinero, Jorge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b AMPHOS 21 CONSULTING S L   (Spain)

Author keywords

Durability (C); Hydration (A); Microstructure (B); Modeling (E); Silica Fume (D)

Indexed keywords

CEMENT-BASED; CEMHYD3D; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTINUOUS EXPOSURE; DEGREES OF HYDRATION; DETERIORATION PROCESS; DIGITAL RECONSTRUCTION; EARLY AGE; EMPIRICAL DATA; HARDENED PASTE; HIGH POROSITY; HIGH WATER; IMAGE-BASED; INJECTION ABILITY; LONG TERM STABILITY; MICROSTRUCTURE (B); MINERALIZED GROUNDWATER; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; MIX DESIGNS; MODELING (E); NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORIES; PORE SOLUTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELLING; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELS; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM SILICATE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CEMENTS; DESIGN; DURABILITY; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; GROUNDWATER; GROUTING; HYDRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORTAR; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SILICA; SILICA FUME; WATER INJECTION;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 77953729094     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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