5 Result(s)
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Settlement of An Embedded Nuclear Waste Container Due to Creep of a Surrounding Geological Barrier
The paper discusses the influence of creep deformations of either engineered or natural geological barriers on the long term settlement of waste containers located within them. The paper describes, briefly, th...
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Experimental Determination of Parameters Governing Heat-Induced Moisture Movement in A Clay Buffer
This paper discusses the experimental evaluation of the hygro-thermal parameters governing coupled heat and moisture movement within a moist clay buffer, which is developed as an engineered barrier for the iso...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Cracks at the Extremities of Cylindrical Fibre Inclusions
Studies on short fibre reinforced brittle composite materials indicate that the fibre ends act as crack initiators. An assessment of the behaviour of such cracks is of considerable interest to the adequate des...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Damage and Viscoplasticity Effects in the Indentation of a Polycrystalline Solid
This paper examines a problem related to the dynamic indentation of layer by a rigid punch. The layer consists of a polycrystalline material, such as ice, which exhibits elasticity with damage, delayed elastic...
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Hygrothermal Performance of an Engineered Clay Barrier
A series of laboratory experiments was conducted to establish the heat-induced moisture movement in a bentonitic clay buffer. The buffer material is proposed as an engineered barrier to isolate a heat-emitting...
