An unsaturated hydro-mechanical modelling of two in-situ experiments in Callovo-Oxfordian argillite

[en] The unsaturated behaviour of Callovo-Oxfordian argillite is investigated through the modelling of 2 in-situ experiments. The first test studies the influence of ventilation in a gallery on the hydro-mechanical behaviour of the rock mass. The second test consists in a gas injection in the rock mass from an experimental borehole. A hydro-mechanical model is described and used in the modelling of the experiments. A review of the main hydro-mechanical parameters of argillite is presented. The numerical results highlight the need of a flow boundary condition reproducing the fluid transfers between the surroundings and the rock mass. The influence of dissolved gas on the compressibility of the liquid phase is also emphasised.

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Civil engineering

Author, co-author :

Charlier, Robert ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Géomécanique et géologie de l'ingénieur

Collin, Frédéric ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Géomécanique et géologie de l'ingénieur

Pardoen, Benoît ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Géomécanique et géologie de l'ingénieur

Talandier, Jean; Agence Nationale pour la Gestion des Déchets Radioactifs - ANDRA

Radu, Jean-Pol ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Géomécanique et géologie de l'ingénieur

Gerard, Pierre; Université Libre de Bruxelles - ULB

Language :

English

Title :

An unsaturated hydro-mechanical modelling of two in-situ experiments in Callovo-Oxfordian argillite

Publication date :

24 October 2013

Journal title :

Engineering Geology

ISSN :

0013-7952

Publisher :

Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Special issue title :

Research and Applications in Unsaturated Soil Mechanics

Volume :

165

Pages :

46-63

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