This paper presents a comprehensive investigation of the swelling behaviour of a
compacted bentonite–sand mixture subjected to hydration under constant volume …

This paper describes a tank-scale test setup and experimental methodology used to
investigate coupled heat transfer and water flow processes during heating of compacted …

Dilatancy-controlled gas flow in preferential pathways plays a key role in the safety analysis
of radioactive waste repositories. This is particularly the case for bentonite, an often …

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

Swelling pressure (SP) is one of the most basic properties of bentonite and bentonite-based
materials. To date, extensive models have been proposed for predicting SP. However, most …

This paper implemented the Barcelona basic model (BBM) into the OpenGeoSys (OGS)
platform for numerical modeling of the coupled hydro-mechanical (HM) behavior of …

Modelling of engineered barrier systems (EBS) in deep geological disposals of spent
nuclear fuel requires sophisticated approaches that include highly nonlinear constitutive …

This paper presents an extension of the Theory of Porous Media (TPM) for expansive soils.
For this purpose, the pore water is divided into free water, which can flow through the pore …

This chapter describes the thesis structure and introduces some commonly used definitions
related to unsaturated soil behavior. Chapter Two reviews some important studies that are …

abstract Dilatancy-controlled gas flow in preferential pathways plays a key role in the safety
analysis of radioactive waste repositories. This is particularly the case for bentonite, an often …