activity
20082024
most citedDetermining the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity of a compacted sand-bentonite mixture under constant volume and free-swell conditions

184 citations · 591 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 17 cited

X-Ray microtomography of mercury intruded compacted clay: An insight into the geometry of macropores

Shengyang Yuan, Xianfeng Liu, Yongxin Wang +3

Soil properties, such as wetting collapse behavior and permeability, are strongly correlated to the soil microstructure. To date, several techniques including mercury intrusion por…

physics.geo-ph2022★ 29 cited

Inducing tensile failure of claystone through thermal pressurization in a novel triaxial device

Philipp Braun, Pierre Delage, Siavash Ghabezloo +3

Complex coupled thermo-hydromechanical (THM) loading paths are expected to occur in clay rocks which serve as host formations for geological radioactive waste repositories. Exother…

astro-ph.IM2021

The InSight HP Penetrator (Mole) on Mars: Soil Properties Derived From the Penetration Attempts and Related Activities

T. Spohn, T. L. Hudson, E. Marteau +31

The NASA InSight Lander on Mars includes the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package HP to measure the surface heat flow of the planet. The package uses temperature sensors t…

physics.geo-ph2020★ 28 cited

Thermo-poro-elastic behaviour of a transversely isotropic shale: Thermal expansion and pressurization

Philipp Braun, Siavash Ghabezloo, Pierre Delage +2

The Callovo-Oxfordian (COx) claystone is considered as a candidate host rock for a deep geological radioactive waste repository in France. Due to the exothermic waste packages, the…

physics.geo-ph2020★ 20 cited

Transversely isotropic poroelastic behaviour of the Callovo-Oxfordian claystone: A set of stress-dependent parameters

Philipp Braun, Siavash Ghabezloo, Pierre Delage +2

In the framework of a deep geological radioactive waste disposal in France, the hydromechanical properties of the designated host rock, the Callovo-Oxfordian claystone (COx), are i…

physics.geo-ph2014★ 40 cited

On the thermal impact on the excavation damaged zone around deep radioactive waste disposal

Pierre Delage

Clays and claystones are considered in some countries (including Belgium, France and Switzerland) as a potential host rock for high activity long lived radioactive waste disposal a…