Thermo-hydro-mechanical modeling of damage in unsaturated porous media: Theoretical framework and numerical study of the EDZ

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 272-306

  Arson, C ^a,b   Gatmiri, B ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^d ANDRA   (France)

Author keywords

Continuum damage mechanics; Excavation damaged zone; Finite element method; Heating test; Multi phase transfers; Nuclear waste repository; Poromechanics; Thermo hydro mechanical couplings; Unsaturated rock

Indexed keywords

EXCAVATION DAMAGED ZONES; FINITE ELEMENT; HEATING TEST; MULTI-PHASE TRANSFERS; NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORIES; PORO-MECHANICS; THERMO-HYDRO-MECHANICAL COUPLING; UNSATURATED ROCK;

COMPRESSION TESTING; CONTINUUM DAMAGE MECHANICS; EXCAVATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER VAPOR;

POROUS MATERIALS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; DAMAGE MECHANICS; HELMHOLTZ EQUATION; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POROUS MEDIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; STRAIN RATE; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRESS; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMOHYDROMECHANICS; TRIAXIAL TEST; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 84856941786     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.1005     Document Type: Article

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