Pore‐Scale Modeling of Water and Ion Diffusion in Partially Saturated Clays

Y Yang, SV Churakov, RA Patel… - Water Resources …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
An accurate mechanistic understanding of solute diffusion in partially saturated clays is
critical for assessing the safety of deep geological repositories for radioactive waste. In this …

Identifying the pore structure and permeability anisotropy of coral reef limestone based on CT image analysis

J Wang, X Huang, J Xu, S Wang, G Jin… - Marine Georesources & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Coral reef limestone is a biogenic limestone with a hyperdeveloped pore structure. The
complex structural features of coral reef limestone can directly affect its mechanical and …

Characterization of heterogeneities in the sandy facies of the Opalinus Clay (Mont Terri underground rock laboratory, Switzerland)

S Lüth, F Steegborn, F Heberling… - Geophysical Journal …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
This contribution is presenting a multidisciplinary investigation of heterogeneities in a clay
rock formation, based on seismic tomography, logging and core analysis, as a …

[HTML][HTML] Retention of 226Ra in the sandy Opalinus Clay facies from the Mont Terri rock laboratory, Switzerland

N Ait-Mouheb, Y Yang, G Deissmann… - Applied …, 2024 - Elsevier
The safety assessment of deep geological disposal of nuclear waste requires a sound
understanding of radionuclide retention in the repository host rocks. Here, we investigate the …

Design-of-Experiment (DoE) based history matching for probabilistic integrity analysis—A case study of the FE-experiment at Mont Terri

J Buchwald, O Kolditz, T Nagel - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2024 - Elsevier
We present an application of design-of-experiment (DoE) based history matching as an
approach to reduce and investigate parameter uncertainties in finite-element models for …

Elucidating the role of water films on solute diffusion in unsaturated porous media by improved pore‐scale modeling

Y Yang, RA Patel, NI Prasianakis… - Vadose Zone …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Solute diffusion in partially saturated porous media is an important fundamental process in
many natural and environmental systems. At low water saturation, the solute transport is …

Effects of organic degradation products on the migration behaviour of radionuclides in cementitious materials

N Ait-Mouheb, N Macé, P Henocq, D Bosbach… - MRS Advances, 2024 - Springer
The impact of phthalates, which might be present in a cementitious repository as
degradation products of superplasticisers or PVC additives, on the migration behaviour of …

[PDF][PDF] Fachlicher Schlussbericht des BMBF Forschungsvorhabens „Verbundprojekt iCross: Integrität von Endlagersystemen für radioaktive Abfälle …

NA Mouheb, D Bosbach, G Deissmann, MI Lönartz… - 2022 - edocs.tib.eu
Übergeordnetes Ziel des Verbundvorhabens iCross war es, einen Beitrag zur sicheren
Entsorgung insbesondere wärmeentwickelnder und langlebiger nuklearer Abfälle zu leisten …