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Study of delayed behaviour of clays in deep geologic formations; Etude du comportement differe des argiles profondes

Abstract

This study is a cost-sharing contract with the European Atomic Energy Community within the framework of Research and Development Program on Management, Storage and Radioactive Waste Disposal. The aim of the work presented in this report is to study the time-dependent behaviour of deep clays in Laboratory or in situ, by means of tests of similar geometry, in order to get easy comparisons and to study scale effect. The cylindrical geometry has been chosen as it resembles in situ works (tunnels, galleries) more closely. The first part of the study concerns a new test on hollow-cylinder. The experimental system, set up specially for this study, has allowed to conduct experiments in which 3 loading parameters may be controlled independently. Different types of experiments can therefore be conducted to study various aspects of mechanical behavior of rocks. A comprehensive experimental program was conducted in the particular case of Boom clay. In the second part of the report devoted to in situ creep or relaxation dilatometer tests, by using new techniques or loading paths, it was shown that time-dependent convergence of boreholes can reach significant values, and is dependent on the direction of the borehole. The anisotropy of the initial state of  More>>
Authors:
Rousset, G; Bazargan, B; [1]  Ouvry, J F; Bouilleau, M [2] 
  1. Ecole Polytechnique, 91 - Palaiseau (France)
  2. Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres (BRGM), 45 - Orleans (France)
Publication Date:
May 01, 1993
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
EUR-14438
Reference Number:
SCA: 052002; 360603; PA: AIX-24:036310; SN: 93000977161
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1993
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; CLAYS; DILATOMETRY; MECHANICAL TESTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; CREEP; ELASTICITY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIELD TESTS; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; SIMULATION; STRESS RELAXATION; STRESSES; TIME DEPENDENCE; 052002; 360603; WASTE DISPOSAL AND STORAGE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
OSTI ID:
10144704
Research Organizations:
Commission of the European Communities, Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Country of Origin:
CEC
Language:
French
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: TI93622723; CNN: Contract Fl1W/0049; TRN: XE9300018036310
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only); INIS
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
[160] p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 05, 2005

Citation Formats

Rousset, G, Bazargan, B, Ouvry, J F, and Bouilleau, M. Study of delayed behaviour of clays in deep geologic formations; Etude du comportement differe des argiles profondes. CEC: N. p., 1993. Web.
Rousset, G, Bazargan, B, Ouvry, J F, & Bouilleau, M. Study of delayed behaviour of clays in deep geologic formations; Etude du comportement differe des argiles profondes. CEC.
Rousset, G, Bazargan, B, Ouvry, J F, and Bouilleau, M. 1993. "Study of delayed behaviour of clays in deep geologic formations; Etude du comportement differe des argiles profondes." CEC.
@misc{etde_10144704,
title = {Study of delayed behaviour of clays in deep geologic formations; Etude du comportement differe des argiles profondes}
author = {Rousset, G, Bazargan, B, Ouvry, J F, and Bouilleau, M}
abstractNote = {This study is a cost-sharing contract with the European Atomic Energy Community within the framework of Research and Development Program on Management, Storage and Radioactive Waste Disposal. The aim of the work presented in this report is to study the time-dependent behaviour of deep clays in Laboratory or in situ, by means of tests of similar geometry, in order to get easy comparisons and to study scale effect. The cylindrical geometry has been chosen as it resembles in situ works (tunnels, galleries) more closely. The first part of the study concerns a new test on hollow-cylinder. The experimental system, set up specially for this study, has allowed to conduct experiments in which 3 loading parameters may be controlled independently. Different types of experiments can therefore be conducted to study various aspects of mechanical behavior of rocks. A comprehensive experimental program was conducted in the particular case of Boom clay. In the second part of the report devoted to in situ creep or relaxation dilatometer tests, by using new techniques or loading paths, it was shown that time-dependent convergence of boreholes can reach significant values, and is dependent on the direction of the borehole. The anisotropy of the initial state of stress was also put in evidence. The proposed constitutive model (part III) appears to be very suitable to explain the behavior of the Boom clay, in view of the experimental results. In particular, the scale effect is low for Boom clay. 15 refs., 58 figs., 10 tabs.}
place = {CEC}
year = {1993}
month = {May}
}