Effect of thermo-coupled processes on the behaviour of a clay barrier submitted to heating and hydration

The storage of high level radioactive waste is still an unresolved problem of the nuclear industry, being geological disposal the most favoured option and, naturally, the one requiring the strongest geo-mechanical input. Most conceptual designs for the deep geological disposal of nuclear waste envis...

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Main Authors: Marcelo Sánchez, Antonio Gens, Sebastia Olivella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2010-03-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652010000100013