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Research program to develop and validate conceptual models for flow and transport through unsaturated, fractured rock

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/138268· OSTI ID:137981
As part of the Yucca Mountain Project, our research program to develop and validate conceptual models for flow and transport through unsaturated fractured rock integrates fundamental physical experimentation with conceptual model formulation and mathematical modeling. Our research is directed toward developing and validating macroscopic, continuum-based models and supporting effective property models because of their widespread utility within the context of this project. Success relative to the development and validation of effective property models is predicated on a firm understanding of the basic physics governing flow through fractured media, specifically in the areas of unsaturated flow and transport in a single fracture and fracture-matrix interaction. 43 refs.
Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
137981
Report Number(s):
SAND--90-2261C; CONF-910435--26; ON: DE91005971
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English