FRACOD modeling of rock fracturing and permeability change in excavation-damaged zones

International Journal of Geomechanics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 302-313

  Shen, B ^a   Stephansson, O ^b   Rinne, M ^c   Amemiya, K ^d   Yamashi, R ^d   Toguri, S ^e   Asano, H ^e  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c FRACOM Ltd   (Finland)

^d Hazama Corporation   (Japan)

^e Research and Development of Geological Disposal Barrier System   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cracking; Damage; Excavation; Permeability; Rock mechanics; Validation

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; EXCAVATION; FORECASTING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURING (FOSSIL FUEL DEPOSITS); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; ROCK MECHANICS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

DAMAGE; DEEP GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL; EXCAVATION DAMAGED ZONES; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; ROCK-MASS PERMEABILITY; TUNNEL SEALING EXPERIMENTS; UNDERGROUND RESEARCH LABORATORIES; VALIDATION;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CRACKING; DAMAGE; EXCAVATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LOADING; MODELING; PERMEABILITY; PREDICTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; ROCK MECHANICS; TESTING METHOD; TUNNEL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 79961039235     PISSN: 15323641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000034     Document Type: Article

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