Accounting for anisotropic effects in the prediction of the hydro-mechanical response of a ventilated tunnel in an argillaceous rock

Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 97-109

  Millard, Alain ^a   Bond, Alex ^b   Nakama, Shigeo ^c   Zhang, Chengyuan ^d   Barnichon, Jean Dominique ^e   Garitte, Benoit ^f  

^a DIF   (France)

^b QUINTESSA LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e Institute for Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety   (France)

^f UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Argillite; Hydro mechanical (HM) coupling; Mont Terri Underground Research Laboratory (URL); Numerical modelling; Ventilation experiment (VE)

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARGILLACEOUS DEPOSIT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORMATION MECHANISM; HYDROMECHANICS; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; POREWATER; POROUS MEDIUM; PREDICTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; REPOSITORY; TUNNEL; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION; VENTILATION;

JURA [SWITZERLAND]; MONT TERRI; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84925288294     PISSN: 16747755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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