During the long-term evolution process of the geological repository, the gas permeability
evolution of the buffer material is critical to its sealing performance evaluation. The purpose …

The successful simulation of the behaviour of expansive soils using FEM strongly depends
on the acting hydromechanical processes and their proper consideration. During swelling …

This paper focuses on understanding transient temperature and water redistributions in
compacted bentonite under thermal gradients in high-level nuclear waste disposal …

Bentonite based materials are considered as a sealing material in radioactive waste
disposal concepts because of their low permeability, radionuclide retention capacity and …

In most of the concept designs for nuclear waste disposals, bentonite-based materials are
used to seal underground galleries and shafts. In order to assess the safety of such …

Concrete is the most used building material in the construction industry, with a production
estimated to be about 1 billion tons/year in the European Union. Natural aggregate (NA) is …

Porous material drying is a process used in many engineering fields such as food
(conversation), plastic (polymer), chemical, pharmaceutical and wood (paper paste …

This thesis is dedicated to the modelling of multiphase flows in naturally fractured rocks and,
in particular, to the recovery of methane, or reversely to the storage of carbon dioxide, in …

Summary The “Beacon”(Bentonite Mechanical Evolution) project will address key technical
issues that must be tackled in order to support the implementation of planned geological …

This Thesis marks the end of my studies at TU Delft as a student of the Master Geo-
engineering. I can say that my studies at TU Delft were full of challenges and offered me the …