Intense precipitation infiltration and intricate excavation processes are crucial factors that
impact the stability and security of towering and steep rock slopes within mining sites. The …

Argillite is considered a privileged candidate for long term nuclear waste storage. Yet
argillite rock drilling often induces surface cracks that locally modify its permeability. This …

Hydraulic fracturing is a key technology in the exploitation of shale gas. Shale formations are
a type of typical transverse isotropic material. The mechanisms that generate complex …

Unconventional natural gas reservoirs usually have composite or heterogeneous
microstructures, and heterogeneity has significant influence on the initiation and …

This paper presents simulation results related to coupled thermal–hydraulic–mechanical
(THM) processes in engineered barrier systems (EBS) and clay host rock, in one case …

Various national programmes in the assessment of deep geological repositories for
radioactive waste have shown that argillaceous formations, considered in these …

The Callovo-Oxfordian (COx) argillite is a possible host rock for radioactive waste disposal
in which the ANDRA underground laboratory of Bure (East of France) has been excavated …

In the framework of research into radioactive waste disposal, it was decided to investigate
the thermally induce pore pressure occurring in the Callovo-Oxfordian claystone (a possible …

The macroscopic description of deformation and fluid flow in mudrocks can be improved by
a better understanding of microphysical deformation mechanisms. Here we use a …

Abstract MX80 bentonite/Callovo-Oxfordian (COx) claystone mixture has been proposed as
a sealing/backfilling material in a deep geological repository of radioactive waste in France …