Contribution of advanced geomechanical modelling to nuclear waste storage design.
Event details
| Date | 18.06.2012 |
| Hour | 12:15 › 13:15 |
| Speaker | Dr Fabrice Dupray, ENAC-LMS |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Nuclear waste storage is today one of the most challenging research problems in the field of civil engineering, as it involves a great number of physical processes, such as mechanical processes, hydraulic and thermal problems, diffusion processes, reactive transport, fracture modelling and so on. The field of geomechanics is contributing largely to improving the understanding of the highly coupled processes occurring in nuclear waste storage designs. This seminar will focus on thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) processes and the way they can be treated in a fully coupled manner to solve some of the problems encountered in nuclear waste storage
or in the experiments that currently help its preparation. The ACMEG-TS model is an advanced model for the simulation of THM processes in geomaterials, such as the bentonite that is seen as the best buffer material for insulating nuclear waste canisters. It features thermo-mechanical and hydro-mechanical couplings that have been observed on a range of lab experiments. This seminar will explain how these coupling have been necessary for the prediction of real-scale experiments and how sensitive the response of the design is to them.
or in the experiments that currently help its preparation. The ACMEG-TS model is an advanced model for the simulation of THM processes in geomaterials, such as the bentonite that is seen as the best buffer material for insulating nuclear waste canisters. It features thermo-mechanical and hydro-mechanical couplings that have been observed on a range of lab experiments. This seminar will explain how these coupling have been necessary for the prediction of real-scale experiments and how sensitive the response of the design is to them.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- LMS Seminar Series 2012
Contact
- B. Tinguely, [email protected]