The purpose of this paper is to review the development and the state of the art in desiccation
cracking characterization methods and review the desiccation cracking behaviors of soils …

For the safe disposal of high-level radioactive waste using Engineered Barrier Systems
(EBS), bentonite buffer is used by its high swelling capability and low hydraulic conductivity …

Coupled thermal-hydro-mechanical (THM) numerical modeling is conducted to study
thermal management associated with geologic disposal of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) in large …

Enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) is currently the most efficient method to mine heat
from hot dry rock (HDR) reservoirs. The coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) effect …

This work comprehensively reviews the equations governing multicomponent flow and
reactive transport in porous media on the pore-scale, mesoscale and continuum scale. For …

With the growing development and utilization of underground space and resources, rock
masses exposed to high stresses and pore pressure, large temperature changes, and …

To date, the increasing production of radioactive waste due to the extensive use of nuclear
power is becoming a global environmental concern for society. For this reason, many …

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 …

The heat released by buried pipes of the soil thermal storage (STS) system will inevitably
aggravate the coupling effect of heat and moisture migration in the surrounding soil, which …

An understanding of how the fracture permeability evolves in a coupled thermo-hydraulic-
mechanical (THM) environment at real-time ultrahigh temperature has a great significance …