Deterioration of exposed buffer block: desiccation shrinkage and cracking

Hydraulic and mechanical properties of compacted bentonite after 18 years in barrier conditions

(2018) María Victoria Villar et al.   APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE

Nucleation and propagation mechanisms of soil desiccation cracks

(2018) Lin-Lin Wang et al.   ENGINEERING GEOLOGY

Effects of soil characteristics on moisture evaporation

(2018) Ni An et al.   ENGINEERING GEOLOGY

Swelling of Shales: A Multiscale Experimental Investigation

(2017) L. L. Wang et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Adsorptive removal of Eu(III) from simulated groundwater by GMZ bentonite on the repository conditions

(2017) Yong-Gui Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY

Theoretical analysis of desiccation crack spacing of a thin, long soil layer

(2017) Susanga Costa et al.   Acta Geotechnica

Desiccation of NaCl-contaminated soil of earthen heritages in the Site of Yar City, northwest China

(2016) Y. Zhang et al.   APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE

Numerical modelling of laboratory soil desiccation cracking using UDEC with a mix-mode cohesive fracture model

(2016) Y.L. Gui et al.   ENGINEERING GEOLOGY

Experimental investigations on thermo-hydro-mechanical properties of compacted GMZ01 bentonite-sand mixture using as buffer materials

(2016) L. Xu et al.   ENGINEERING GEOLOGY

Experimental investigations on the thermal conductivity characteristics of Beishan granitic rocks for China's HLW disposal

(2016) X.G. Zhao et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

Effects of heat and humidity gradients on MX-80 bentonite geochemistry and mineralogy

(2015) Roberto Gómez-Espina et al.   APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE

Modelling of laboratory soil desiccation cracking using DLSM with a two-phase bond model

(2015) Y. Gui et al.   COMPUTERS AND GEOTECHNICS

Study on the permeability evolution law and the micro-mechanism of CCL in a landfill final cover under the dry-wet cycle

(2014) Yong Wan et al.   Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Numerical simulation of desiccation cracking in a thin clay layer using 3D discrete element modeling

(2014) Jun Sima et al.   COMPUTERS AND GEOTECHNICS

Investigation of the thermal-hydro-mechanical (THM) behavior of GMZ bentonite in the China-Mock-up test

(2014) L. Chen et al.   ENGINEERING GEOLOGY

Laboratory determination of migration of Eu(III) in compacted bentonite–sand mixtures as buffer/backfill material for high-level waste disposal

(2013) Lang Zhou et al.   APPLIED RADIATION AND ISOTOPES

The effects of technological voids on the hydro-mechanical behaviour of compacted bentonite–sand mixture

(2013) Qiong Wang et al.   SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS

Desiccation cracking behavior of polypropylene fiber–reinforced clayey soil

(2012) Chao-Sheng Tang et al.   CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL JOURNAL

Desiccation cracking of soils

(2012) Hervé Peron et al.   European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering

Salt content impact on the unsaturated property of bentonite–sand buffer backfilling materials

(2012) Ming Zhang et al.   NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN

Experimental study on the swelling behaviour of bentonite/claystone mixture

(2011) Qiong Wang et al.   ENGINEERING GEOLOGY

Fundamentals of desiccation cracking of fine-grained soils: experimental characterisation and mechanisms identification

(2009) H. Peron et al.   CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL JOURNAL

Influencing factors of geometrical structure of surface shrinkage cracks in clayey soils

(2008) Chaosheng Tang et al.   ENGINEERING GEOLOGY

Theoretical Equations on Hydraulic Conductivities of Bentonite-Based Buffer and Backfill for Underground Disposal of Radioactive Wastes

(2008) Hideo Komine   JOURNAL OF GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Influence of the initial water content and dry density on the soil–water retention curve and the shrinkage behavior of a compacted clay

(2008) Emanuel Birle et al.   Acta Geotechnica