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Modeling FEBEX Large-Scale In Situ Test

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

A. Gens ,
E.E. Alonso ,
A. Garcia-Molina ,
F. Huertas  and
J.L. Santiago
A. Garcia-Molina
Affiliation:
UPC, Barcelona, Spain
J.L. Santiago
Affiliation:
ENRESA, Madrid, Spain
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Abstract

This paper reports the coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) analyses of the “in situ” test carried out during the pre-operational stage of the FEBEX project. The determination of parameters has been performed using the results of the characterization stage and other available information. The results of the analyses provide a good understanding of expected test behaviour. This understanding is enhanced by the performance of a quite extensive programme of 1-D sensitivity analyses in which the values of critical parameters are varied. Two dimensional effects are discussed on the basis of the results of 2-D axisymmetric THM analyses carried out using a longitudinal section that provides a better representation of real test geometry.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 506: Symposium – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXI , 1997 , 329
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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