Engineered barrier systems saturation

Bamel, N., Lassabatere, T., Le Potier Semete, P., 2002 . Sensitivity analysis on the thermal-hydraulic parameters governing the saturation of a clay engineered barrier system. Proc. Clays in natural and engineered barrier systems, Reims, 5-12 December 2002. 

The canister, the engineered barrier and the host rock are modelled with a ID-axisymetric geometry. The 0.24 m thick canister is not modelled. Next to it stands the 0.8 m thick engineered barrier (EB). The canister and the EB are placed in the host rock. The extension of the whole system is 50 m. The initial conditions are 72.5 MPa of suction in the EB, whereas the host clay is initially saturated at 5 MPa of water pressure upon the hydrostatic level. Numerically, 1% of residual gas content is initially considered in... 

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