Data-Driven Modeling of an Unsaturated Bentonite Buffer Model Test Under High Temperatures Using an Enhanced Axisymmetric Reproducing Kernel Particle Method

Jonghyuk Baek, Yanran Wang, Xiaolong He +3

In deep geological repositories for high level nuclear waste with close canister spacings, bentonite buffers can experience temperatures higher than 100 °C. In this range of extrem…