Energy geotechnics: Advances in subsurface energy recovery, storage, exchange, and waste management
Energy geotechnics involves the use of geotechnical principles to understand and engineer
the coupled thermo-hydro-chemo-mechanical processes encountered in collecting …
the coupled thermo-hydro-chemo-mechanical processes encountered in collecting …
A comprehensive review on rheological studies of sludge from various sections of municipal wastewater treatment plants for enhancement of process performance
Large quantities of sludge is generated from different sections of a wastewater treatment
plant operation. Sludge can be a solid, semisolid or liquid muddy residual material …
plant operation. Sludge can be a solid, semisolid or liquid muddy residual material …
A new 2D continuous-discontinuous heat conduction model for modeling heat transfer and thermal cracking in quasi-brittle materials
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 …
heat transfer and thermal cracking in fractured quasi-brittle materials by combining with …
A three-dimensional grain-based model for studying the microscopic fracture behaviour of granite
J Quan, G Rong, L Xu, Z Chen - Computers and Geotechnics, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …
of granite. However, the classical two-dimensional (2D)-GBM has some shortcomings: poor …
Low-temperature microwave solidification of soil with radioactive tailings for sustainable applications
Z Tang, Y Liu, K Shi, Y Xie, S Yu, J Li, M Chen… - Sustainable Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …
soil samples with different Na 2 CO 3 (0–30 wt%) contents were vitrified using microwave …
Combined thermal and saline effects on the swelling pressure of densely compacted GMZ bentonite
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 …
long-term stability to an engineered barrier system under conditions of thermal gradient and …
Peridynamic simulation of thermal failure behaviors in rocks subjected to heating from boreholes
YT Wang, XP Zhou - International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining …, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …
state-based peridynamics is proposed to investigate thermal cracking behaviors of rocks …
Thermo-hydro-mechanical properties of bentonite-sand-graphite-polypropylene fiber mixtures as buffer materials for a high-level radioactive waste repository
X Liu, G Cai, L Liu, S Liu, AJ Puppala - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019 - Elsevier
In accordance with the conception of repository, the performance of buffer materials around
the canister are critical to the long-term safe operation of deep geological repositories for …
the canister are critical to the long-term safe operation of deep geological repositories for …
Evaluating the thermal performance of unsaturated bentonite–sand–graphite as buffer material for waste repository using an improved prediction model
X Liu, SSC Congress, G Cai, L Liu… - Canadian …, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Buffer materials that are used to isolate heat-emitting waste canisters must bear a strong
thermal load and have good thermal conductivity and stability. This study investigated the …
thermal load and have good thermal conductivity and stability. This study investigated the …
Experimental investigations on thermo-hydro-mechanical properties of compacted GMZ01 bentonite-sand mixture using as buffer materials
Bentonite-sand mixture has been proposed as engineered barriers for high-level waste
disposal in many countries. For investigation of the thermo-hydro-mechanical properties of …
disposal in many countries. For investigation of the thermo-hydro-mechanical properties of …