Energy geotechnics involves the use of geotechnical principles to understand and engineer
the coupled thermo-hydro-chemo-mechanical processes encountered in collecting …

A substantial and rapid decarbonisation of the global economy is required to limit
anthropogenic climate change to well below 2° C average global heating by 2050. Yet …

Grain-based models (GBMs) are widely used to analyse the micromechanical characteristics
of granite. However, the classical two-dimensional (2D)-GBM has some shortcomings: poor …

This paper proposes a new 2D continuous-discontinuous heat conduction model to simulate
heat transfer and thermal cracking in fractured quasi-brittle materials by combining with …

In this paper, a weakly coupled thermo-mechanical model within the framework of ordinary
state-based peridynamics is proposed to investigate thermal cracking behaviors of rocks …

In this study, granite wastes based glass-ceramics containing Eu 2 O 3 as simulated
radionuclides is successfully synthesized via solid-state sintering method. The structure …

Sufficient swelling pressure of compacted bentonite upon wetting is necessary to provide
long-term stability to an engineered barrier system under conditions of thermal gradient and …

To rapidly treat soil contaminated with radioactive tailings and high aluminum content, such
soil samples with different Na 2 CO 3 (0–30 wt%) contents were vitrified using microwave …

An optimal strategy for building realistic geological models must combine different
geophysical techniques, each with its advantages and limitations. However, dealing with …

Compacted bentonite–sand (B/S) mixtures have been used as a barrier material in
engineered barrier systems (EBSs) of deep geological repositories (DGR) to store nuclear …