Analytical and numerical solutions on the response of pore pressure to cyclic atmospheric loading: With application to Horonobe underground research laboratory, Japan

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Li, Qi ^a,b   Ito, Kazumasa ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric loading; Horonobe; Phase shift; Pore pressure; Poroelasticity; Underground research laboratory

Indexed keywords

2-D MODEL; ACCURATE ESTIMATION; ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC LOADING; FORMATION PARAMETER; HOKKAIDO; HORONOBE; INTEGRATED ANALYSIS; LONG TERM STABILITY; NUMERICAL SCHEME; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PORO-ELASTICITY; SEDIMENTARY FORMATION; SITE FORMATION; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL; UNDERGROUND RESEARCH LABORATORIES; WELL MONITORING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LOADING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE SHIFT; RESEARCH; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SYSTEM STABILITY;

PORE PRESSURE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LABORATORY METHOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PORE PRESSURE; POROELASTICITY; PRESSURE EFFECT; RESEARCH WORK; STABILIZATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

EID: 84855269699     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1058-0     Document Type: Article

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