A-TOUGH: A multimedia fluid-flow/energy-transport model for fully- coupled atmospheric-subsurface interactions
- Multimedia Environmental Technology, Inc., Newport Beach, CA (United States)
- Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co., Inc., Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- USDOE, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
The long-term effect of changes in atmospheric climatological conditions on subsurface hydrological conditions in the unsaturated zone in and environments is an important factor in defining the performance of a high-level and low-level radioactive waste repositories in geological environment. Computer simulation coupled with paleohydrological studies can be used to understand and quantify the potential impact of future climatological conditions on repository performance. A-TOUGH efficiently simulates (given current state-of-the-art technology) the physical processes involved in the near-surface atmosphere and its effect on subsurface conditions. This efficiency is due to the numerical techniques used in TOUGH and the efficient computational techniques used in V-TOUGH to solve non-linear thermodynamic equations that govern the flux of vapor and energy within subsurface porous and fractured media and between these media and the atmosphere.
- Research Organization:
- Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co., Inc., Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC08-94NV11432
- OSTI ID:
- 10108274
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NV/11432-1; CONF-940553-4; ON: DE94004304; BR: 400700000; TRN: 94:008406
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International high-level radioactive waste management conference,Las Vegas, NV (United States),22-26 May 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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