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Heating pulse tests under constant volume on natural Boom clay
(2009)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialBoom clay formation is a potential natural host rock for geological disposal of High Level Nuclear Waste in Belgium. Heating pulse tests with controlled power supply (maximum temperature was limited to 85ºC) and controlled ... -
Heating pulse tests under constant volume on natural Boom clay. Experimental results and numerical simulations
(2009)
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Accés obertBoom clay is a potential geological host formation for High Level Nuclear Waste in Belgium. Impact of thermal loads may play an important role on this clay formation. To this aim, heating pulse tests on intact borehole ... -
Heating pulse tests under constant volumen on natural Boom clay.
(Science Press, 2010-08-20)
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Accés obertBoom clay formation is a potential natural host rock for geological disposal of high-level nuclear waste in Belgium. Heating pulse tests with controlled power supply (maximum temperature was limited to 85°C) and controlled ... -
Hydration kinetics of compacted low-density bentonite
(CRC Press, 2014)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialThe hydration kinetics of a compacted low-density bentonite is investigated from both experimental and numerical points of view. A water retention curve and water permeability under saturated conditions were determined to ... -
Hydro-mechanical behaviour of bentonite pellet mixtures
(Elsevier, 2007)
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Accés obertGranular mixtures made of high-density pellets of bentonite are being evaluated as an alternative buffer material for waste isolation. Ease of handling is an often-mentioned advantage. The paper described the experimental ... -
Hydro-mechanical behaviour of sandy silt under generalised stress conditions
(E3S Web of Conferences, 2016)
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Accés obertThis paper presents results on the deformation response of an artificially prepared sand-silt mixture in a hollow cylinder apparatus. The wetting stage was performed under constant mean net stress (p¿=200 kPa) and deviatoric ... -
Hydro-mechanical response to gas transfer of deep argillaceous host rocks for radioactive waste disposal
(2022-03)
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Accés obertDuring recent decades, argillaceous sedimentary formations have been studied as potential host formations for the geological disposal of long-living and heat-emitting radioactive waste—Boom Clay in Belgium and Opalinus ... -
Hydromechanical behaviour of compacted granular expansive mixtures: experimental and constitutive study
(2011-04-01)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialCompacted granular mixtures of high-density bentonite pellets have been evaluated as an alternative buffer material to fill the empty space around nuclear waste disposal canisters in horizontal drifts. Despite the obvious ... -
Hygroscopicity issues in powder and grain technology
(The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), 2018)
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Accés obertThe effect of hygroscopicity on flowability of powders and bulk solids with applications in the packaging industry is experimentally and numerically investigated. Firstly, four granular materials are tested at different ... -
Ice formation in unsaturated frozen soils
(The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), 2018)
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Accés obertThis paper presents a procedure for determining unfrozen water saturation in a partially saturated frozen soil (clayey silt) using bulk electrical conductivity (EC) measurements. A modification of Archie’s law is proposed ... -
Impact of colloidal silica treatment on an earthfill dam
(American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2022)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialThe impact of the use of sand treated with Colloidal Silica (CS) on a model 80 m high-earthfill dam was assessed through numerical modelling. The hydro-mechanical properties of the CS-Treated soil were taken from a previous ... -
Importance of sample volume changes and material degradation on gas transport properties in Boom Clay
(Engineers Australia, 2014)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialAn experimental study on Boom Clay –one of thepotential deep clay formationsin Belgium for the geological disposal of long-living and heat-emitting radioactive waste–has been performed using controlled volume-rate gas ... -
Inclusion of chemical effect in a fully coupled THM finite element code
(The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), 2018)
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Accés obertBentonite-rich clays can be used as a buffer / backfill material in deep geological repositories for nuclear waste. The prediction of the long-term performance of a buffer / backfill in such a complex environment, where ... -
Influence of electroosmotic treatment on the hydro-mechanical behaviour of clayey silts: preliminary experimental results
(2008)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialPreliminary results of an investigation focused on the influence of electrokinetic treatment on the mechanical and hydraulic behaviour of clayey soils are presented. The experimental programme aims at providing a contribution ... -
Influence of soil microstructure on air permeability in compacted clay
(Thomas Telford, 2021-05)
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Accés obertThis paper describes an experimental study aimed at evaluating the influence of soil microstructure on air permeability in compacted clay. Air permeability measurements, estimated using the gas pressure decay method, were ... -
Influence of the microstructure on the hydro-mechanical behaviour of a natural silty clay.
(Taylor & Francis, 2010)
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Insight into decision support systems for sustainable geotechnical engineering
(EWG-DSS — EURO Working Group on Decision Support Systems, 2019)
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Accés obertGeotechnical engineering has a significant role in sustainability, due to its early place in the construction process and thus with a higher possibility to limit the impact of the project. Nevertheless, there is a lack of ... -
Interface direct shear tests simulating post-grouting pile installation with novel binders
(Society for Underwater Technology, 2023)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialDriven, and recently vibrated piles, are routinely employed offshore. Since the 1970s, much study has been conducted on the behaviour of the soil-pile interface, and small-scale studies have demonstrated that if grout could ... -
Investigation of crack desiccation in soil from a flood protection embankment
(CRC Press, 2009)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialDrying causes shrinkage in soils and may yield the formation of crack. This paper reports on various experimental observations on desiccation tests performed in the laboratory under controlled conditions over samples of ... -
Laboratory experiments on swelling due to crystal growth in sulphate argillaceous rocks
(CRC Press, 2013)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialCrystal growth is a frequent cause of expansive deformations in natural soils, compacted soils, rocks and concrete. The sulphate crystallization in discontinuities and cracks due to evaporation of highly mineralized solutions ...
