THMC analysis of saturation and heating processes of an expansive clay barrier in radioactive waste isolation

Unsaturated Soils - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 1389-1393

  Do Guimaraes L N ^a   Gens, A ^b   Sanchez M ^c   Olivella, S ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION EXCHANGES; CHEMICAL FORMULATION; CLAY BARRIERS; COMPLEX FORMATIONS; CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS; EXPANSIVE CLAYS; FULLY-COUPLED; HEATING PROCESS; HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY; IN-SITU HEATING; KINETICALLY CONTROLLED; NUMERICAL CODE; REACTIVE TRANSPORT;

SOILS;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

EID: 84859944113     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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