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Experimental study on self-healing of bentonite/sand mixtures and its impact on hydraulic permeability

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OSTI ID:572219
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  1. Shimizu Corp., Tokyo (Japan). Power and Energy Project Div.
  2. Univ. of Tokyo (Japan). Dept. of Geosystem Engineering
The effects of gas permeation on the hydraulic permeability of bentonite/sand mixtures were studied experimentally by conducting permeability tests with various fluids and by microscopic observations. In these tests, hydraulic permeabilities were measured before and after helium gas was applied to permeate the mixtures. Although gas formed preferential migration paths through the mixtures, the imperviousness of the bentonite/sand mixtures to the tested fluids never deteriorated because the paths became filled by swelling bentonite on re-saturation.
OSTI ID:
572219
Report Number(s):
CONF-961202--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English