Series Preface .................................................. v
Preface ....................................................... vii
About the Editors .............................................. ix
International and Organizing Committees ........................ xi
Introductory Article
Coupled THM processes in geological systems and the DECOVALEX
project ......................................................... 3
C.-F. Tsang, O. Stephansson, F. Kautsky and L. Jing
Keynote Contributions
Predicting solute transport in fractured rocks - processes,
models and some concerns ....................................... 19
I. Neretnieks
Modelling gas flow through deformable fractured rocks .......... 31
S. Olivella and E.E. Alonso
Research and application on coupled T-H-M-C processes of
geological media in China - A review ........................... 37
X-T. Feng, J. Liu and L. Jing
Coupled processes and petroleum geomechanics ................... 49
M.S. Dusseault
Some THMC controls on the evolution of fracture permeability ... 63
D. Elsworth
Detection of hydraulically created permeable structures in
HDR/HWR reservoir by high resolution seismic mapping
techniques ..................................................... 73
И. Niitsuma
Recent study of coupled processes in geotechnical and
geoenvironmental fields in China ............................... 81
S. Wang and E. Wang
Theme 1 Coupled T-H-M-C Processes in Radioactive Waste
Disposal Systems
Theme 1-1 DFCOVALEX III/WENCHPAR Projects - Task 1
The FEBEX benchmark test. Case definition and comparison of
different modelling approaches ................................. 95
E.E. Alonso and J. Alcoverro
Modelling the response of the bentonite in the FEBEX heater
experiment .................................................... 113
T.S. Nguyen, A.P.S. Selvadurai and G. Armand
THM simulation of the full-scale in-situ engineered barrier
system experiment in Grimsel Test Site in Switzerland ......... 119
Y. Sugita, M. Chijimatsu, A. Ito, H. Kurikami, A. Kobayashi
and Y. Ohnishi
Hydromechanical response of jointed host granitic rock
during excavation of the FEBEX tunnel ......................... 125
S. Sobolik, S. Webb, A. Kobayashi and M. Chijimatsu
Analyses of coupled hydrological-mechanical effects during
drilling of the FEBEX tunnel at Grimsel ....................... 131
J. Rutqvist, A. Rejeb, M. Tijani and C.-F. Tsang
Thermomechanical model for compacted bentonite ................ 137
P. Jussila
A fully coupled three-dimensional THM analysis of the FEBEX
in situ test with the ROCMAS code: Prediction of THM
behavior in a bentonite barrier ............................... 143
J. Rutqvist and C.-F. Tsang
A discrete approach to modelling hydromechanical rock
response of FEBEX tunnel excavation (Grimsel Underground
Research Laboratory, Switzerland) ............................. 149
V. Merrien-Soukatchoff, I. Kadiri. K. Su and Y. Guglielmi
Theme 1-2 DECOVALEX III/BENCHPAR Projects - Task 2
Measuring thermal, hydrological, mechanical, and chemical
responses in the Yucca Mountain Drift Scale Test .............. 155
R. Datta, D. Barrand W. Boyle
Analysis of stress and moisture induced changes in fractured
rock permeability at the Yucca Mountain Drift Scale Test ...... 161
У. Rutqvist, C.-F. Tsang and Y. Tsang
Thermal-mechanical modeling of a large-scale heater test ...... 167
S.M. Hsiung, A.H. Chowdhury and M.S. Nataraja
Numerical simulation of thermal-hydrological processes
observed at the Drift-Scale Heater Test at Yucca Mountain,
Nevada ........................................................ 175
R.T. Green and S. Painter
THM analysis of a heating test in a fractured tuff ............ 181
S. Olivella, A. Gens and C. Gonzalez
Comparative analyses of predicted and measured displacements
during the heating phase of the Yucca Mountain Drift Scale
Test .......................................................... 187
A. Millard and J. Rutqvist
Theme 1-3 DECOVALEX III/BENCHPAR Projects - Task 3: BMT1/WP2
Building confidence in the mathematical models
by calibration with a T-H-M field experiment .................. 193
M. Chijimatsu, L Jing, A. Millard, T.S. Nguyen, A. Rejeb,
J. Rutqvist, M. Souley and Y. Sugita
Numerical simulation of variably coupled thermo-hydro-
mechanical processes in fractured porous media ................ 199
M. Kohlmeier, R. Kaiser and W. Zielke
Numerical implementation of thermally and hydraulically
coupled processes in non-isothermal porous media .............. 205
У. De Jonge, M. Xie and O. Kolditz
Evaluation of THM coupling on the safety assessment of
a nuclear fuel waste repository in a homogeneous hard rock .... 211
A. Millard, A. Rejeb, M. Chijimatsu, L. Jing, J. De Jonge,
M. Kohlmeier, T.S. Nguyen, J. Rutqvist, M. Souley and
Y. Sugita
Evaluation of the impact of thermal-hydrological-mechanical
couplings in bentonite and near-field rock barriers of
a nuclear waste repository in sparsely fractured hard rock .... 217
J. Rutqvist, M. Chijimatsu, L. Jing, A. Millard, T.S. Nguyen,
A. Rejeb, Y. Sugita and C.F. Tsang
Implications of coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical processes
on the safety of a hypothetical nuclear fuel waste
repository .................................................... 225
T.S. Nguyen, M. Chijimatsu, J. De Jonge, L. Jing,
M. Kohlmeier, A. Millard, A. Rejeb, J. Rutqvist,
M. Souley and Y. Sugita
Theme 1-4 DECOVALEX Ш/BENCHPAR Projects- Task 3: BMT2/WP3
Development of a methodology to quantify the importance of
hydro-mechanical processes in radionuclide migration
assessments ................................................... 231
P. Blum, R. Mackay and M.S. Riley
Understanding the impact of hydro-mechanical coupling on
performance assessment of deep waste disposal ................. 237
P. Blum, R. Mackay and M.S. Riley
Impact of flow and transport coupling in the upscaling of
transport parameters for performance assessment in the
context of nuclear waste disposal ............................. 243
J.J. Gómez-Hernández and E.F. Cassiraga
Upscaling the THM properties of a fractured rock mass using
a modified crack tensor theory ................................ 251
V. Guvanasen and T. Chan
Effect of the fracture geometry on the coupled phenomena in
large scale ................................................... 257
A. Kobayashi, Y. Sugita and M. Chijimatsu
Upscaling of normal stress-permeability relationships for
fracture networks obeying fractional levy motion .............. 263
H.H. Liu, J. Rutqvist, Q. Zhou and G.S. Bodvarsson
A block-scale stress-permeability relationship of
a fractured rock determined by numerical experiments .......... 269
K.B. Min, J. Rutqvist, C.-F. Tsang and L. Jing
Hydro-mechanical upscaling of a fractured rockmass using
a 3D numerical approach ....................................... 275
A. Thoraval and V. Renaud
Thermo-Mechanical effects on hydraulic conductivity in
a nuclear waste repository setting ............................ 281
J. Öhman, J. Antikainen and A. Niemi
Theme 1-5 DECOVALEX Ш/BENCHPAR Projects- Task 3: BMT3/WP4
A finite-element study of potential coupled hydromechanical
effects of glaciation on a crystalline rock mass .............. 287
T. Chan, F.W. Stanchell, T. Wallroth, J. Hernelindand
G. Boulton
Thermo-hydro-mechanical impacts of coupling between glaciers
and permafrost ................................................ 293
G. Boulton and J. Hartikainen
Thermo-hydro-mechanical (T-H-M) impacts of glaciation and
implications for deep geologic disposal of nuclear waste ...... 299
G. Boulton, T. Chan, R. Christiansson, L.O. Ericsson,
J. Hartikainen, M.R. Jensen, F.W. Stanchell
and T. Wallroth
Theme 1-6 Radioactive Waste Disposal - Engineered Barrier
Systems
Temperature influence on the mechanical behaviour
of a compacted bentonite ...................................... 305
M.V. Villarand A. Lloret
Impact of in-situ parameters and boundary conditions on
the thermal-hydro-mechanical behaviour of a clay engineered
barrier system ................................................ 311
N. Bamel, T. Lassabatère, C. Le Potier and P. Sémété
Analysis of the THMC behaviour of compacted swelling clay
for radioactive waste isolation ............................... 317
A. Gens, L. do N. Guimarães, S. Olivella and M. Sánchez
A new mechanistic approach to simulating swelling processes
in bentonite materials ........................................ 323
M. Xie, W. Wang, J. De Jonge and O. Kolditz
Application of a THM-coupled code to transport processes in
a swelling bentonite buffer ................................... 329
T. Nowak, H. Shao and M. Wallner
Drying and resaturation of the bentonite barrier in
a nuclear waste repository. Analyses based on an analytical
solution ...................................................... 335
J. Claesson
Fabric changes of a pellet-based bentonite buffer material
and their effects on mechanical behaviour ..................... 341
C. Hoffmann, E.E. Alonso and E. Romero
Theme 1-7 Radioactive Waste Disposal - Geological Barriers
and Repositories
A conceptual and numerical model for thermal-hydrological-
chemical processes in the Yucca Mountain Drift Scale Test ..... 347
E.L. Sonnenthal, N.F. Spycher, M. Conrad and J. Apps
A research program for numerical experiments on the coupled
thermo-hydro-mechanical and chemical processes in the
near-field of a high-level radioactive waste repository ....... 353
A. Ito, M. Yui, Y. Sugita and S. Kawakami
GeoMod - An integrated geoscientific model of the Äspö Hard
Rock Laboratory, Sweden ....................................... 359
R. Christiansson, J.A. Hudson, J. Berglund, M. Laaksoharju,
H. Наkami, P. Vidstrand and J. Sundberg
Prototype code development for numerical experiments on the
coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical and Chemical processes in
the near-field of a high-level radioactive waste repository ... 365
A. Neyama, A. Ito, M. Chijimatsu, Y. Ishihara, T. Hishiya,
M. Yui, Y. Sugita and S. Kawakami
Modelling three phase hydro-mechanical coupling in porous
media: Application to a real scale experiment ................. 371
G. Klubertanz, J. Croisé, M. de Combarieu and K. Ando
T-H-M modelling of the prototype experiment at Äspö HRL
(Sweden) ...................................................... 377
A. Ledesma and G. Chen
Theme 1-8 Radioactive Waste Disposal - Fundamentals and
Applications
Interpretation of some in-situ tracer experiments in
fractured crystalline rock at AspO Hard Rock Laboratory ....... 383
I. Neretnieks
The on-going pillar stability experiment at the Äspö Hard
Rock Laboratory, Sweden ....................................... 389
C. Andersson, M. Rinne, I. Staub and T. Wanne
Algorithms for parallel FEM modelling of thermo-mechanical
phenomena arising from the disposal of the spent nuclear
fuel .......................................................... 395
R. Blaheta, P. Byczanski, R. Kohut and J. Starý
Thermo-mechanical modeling of a subsurface interim nuclear
waste storage: Behaviour in working conditions ................ 401
G. Thouvenin and A. Millard
Effect of coupling behavior of the near field on groundwater
flow of the far field for geological disposal of high-level
radioactive waste ............................................. 407
H. Kurikami, A. Kobayashi, M. Chijimatsu, Y. Sugita and
Y. Ohnishi
Impact of temperature increase on nuclide transport in
crystalline rock on the near field scale ...................... 413
H. Cheng and V. Cvetkovic
Desiccation and rehumidification effects on the
thermohydromechanical behaviour of the Callovo-Oxfordian
argillaceous rock ............................................. 419
K. Su, N. Hoteit and O. Ozanam
Termo-mechanical simulations of pillar spalling in SKB APSE
test by FRACOD ................................................ 425
К Rime, B. Shen, H.S. Lee and L. Jing
Ttheme 2 Fundamentals of Modelling Coupled T-H-M-C Processes
of Geosystems
Ttheme 2-1 Fundamentals - Modelling tool
T-H-M-C modelling of rock mass behaviour - 1: The purposes,
the procedures and the products ............................... 433
I. Andersson and J.A. Hudson
I T-H-M-C modelling of rock mass behaviour - 2: The input
data and rock mass partitioning ............................... 439
J.A. Hudson and J. Andersson
Simulation of consolidation and transport processes in
clayey rocks .................................................. 445
M-G. Khramchenkov
Verification and validation of a three-dimensional finite-
element code for coupled T-H-M-C modelling in fractured rock
masses ........................................................ 451
T. Chan, V. Guvanasen and F.W. Stanchell
Water flow and diffusion problem in bentonite: Molecular
simulation and homogenization analysis ........................ 457
Y. Ichikawa, S. Prayongphan, K. Kawamura and K. Kitayama
Analysis of the hydraulic interaction between clay buffer
and host rock in a large scale test ........................... 465
H.R. Thomas, P.J. Cleall, N. Chandler, D. Dixon and
H.P. Mitchell
Modelling groundwater pressure and thermal loading in
three-dimensional discontinuous deformation analysis .......... 471
Q.H. Jiang, M.R. Yeung and N. Sun
Theme 2-2 Fundamentals - Material Characterization and Models
Penetration-induced pore pressure magnitudes - methods to
determine transport parameters from terrestrial and marine
penetrometer testing .......................................... 477
D. Elsworth, D.S. Lee, H. Long and P.B. Flemings
A double-porosity poroelastic model to relate P-wave
attenuation to fluid flow in vuggy carbonate rock ............. 483
J. Parra, C. Hackert and S. Pride
Thermo-mechanical yielding of a clay .......................... 489
C. Cekerevac and L. Laloui
An elastoplastic damage model for unsaturated argillites ...... 495
J.F. Shao, Y. Jia and D. Kondo
Study on time-temperature equivalent principle for rocks ...... 501
Q. Liu, C. Wang and T. Yamaguchi
On the significance of hydrodynamic control for radionuclide
retention in fractured porous media ........................... 507
V. Cvetkovic
Theme 2-3 Fundamentals - Mechanics of Fractured and Porous
Geological Media
Fundamental thermodynamic requirements for porous media
description ................................................... 513
T.J.T. Spanos, M.B. Dusseault and N. Udey
Modelling contamination of clays .............................. 523
N. Boukpeti, R. Charlierand T. Hueckel
Dependence of subcritical crack growth in rocks on water
vapor pressure ................................................ 529
Y. Nara and K. Kaneko
Thermomechanical modelling of microstructured porous media
with inclusions ............................................... 535
P. Giovine
Analysis of mechanical and hydraulic properties of cracked
structure by the ratio of crack opening dependency (RCOD) ..... 541
A. Sato, Y. Hirakawa and K. Sugawara
Characterizing in the laboratory permeability changes
induced by deviatoric stress in clayey rocks .................. 547
C. Coll, J. Desrues, P. Bésuelle and G. Viggiani
Coupled thermal, hydraulic and mechanical simulation with
a theoretical model for swelling characteristics .............. 553
H. Komine, H. Kurikami, M. Chijimatsu, A. Kobayashi,
Y. Sugita and Y. Ohnishi
On the constitutive modelling of thermo-hydro-mechanical
coupling in elastic media with double porosity ................ 559
N. Khalili and A.P.S. Selvadurai
Simulation of coupled fluid flow and solute transport in
a rough fracture .............................................. 565
J. Wang and Z. Zhou
Theme 3 Coupled T-H-M-C processes for Oil/Gas Reservoir
Engineering
Coupled thermo-mechano-chemical processes in shales:
The petroleum borehole ........................................ 573
M.B. Dusseault
A coupled mechanical-thermal-physico-chemical model for
the study of time-dependent wellbore stability in shales ...... 581
S.K. Choi, C.P. Tan and R. Freij-Ayoub
Mechanical behaviour of chalk reservoirs: Numerical
modelling of water sensitivity effects ........................ 587
F. Collin, Y.J. Cui, Ch. Schroeder and R. Charlier
Coupled analysis of sand stability in petroleum wellbores ..... 593
G. Han and M.B. Dusseault
Coupled analysis of damage formation around wellbores ......... 599
L do N. Guimaraes, A. Gens and S. Olivella
Development of 3D FEM software for two-phase flow and its
application to Horonobe natural gas Simulation ................ 605
H. Li, M. Sato and T. Sakai
A coupled flow-transport-deformation model for underground
coal gasification ............................................. 611
J. Liu, C. Mallett, A. Beath, D. Elsworth and B. Brady
Investigating the relationship between fault permeability
and effective stress using constraints from reservoir
induced seismicity (RIS) ...................................... 617
R.J. Lunn, A.F do Nascimento and P. Cowie
Visual numerical simulation of coupled gas leak flow and
coal-rock deformation in parallel coal seams .................. 623
P. Sun
A coupled geomechanical-reservoir model for the modelling
of coal and gas outbursts ..................................... 629
S.K. Choi and M.B. Wold
Application of fluid-solid coupling theory in oil field
casing damage forecast ........................................ 635
J. Liu and X.T. Feng
Theme 4 Coupled T-H-M-C Processes for Geothermal Energy
Engineering
Permeability in layered reservoirs: Field examples and
models on the effects of hydrofracture propagation ............ 643
S.L Brenner and A. Gudmundsson
The effect of thermal, chemical, hydrological, and
mechanical factors on water/rock interaction in HDR
geothermal systems ............................................ 649
S. Fomin, Z. Jing and T. Hashida
Coupled T (thermal) - H (hydrogical) - С (chemical) process
of geothermal alteration, based on experimental and kinetic
considerations ................................................ 655
J. Hara and N. Tsuchiya
Supercritical water/rock interactions and generation of
artificial geothermal reservoirs in deep-seated high
temperature rock masses ....................................... 661
T. Hashida and T. Takahashi
Coupled THM modeling of the stimulated permeable fractures
in the near well at the Soultz-sous-Forêts site (France) ...... 667
A. Hosni, S. Gentier, A. Genter, J. Riss, D. Billaux and
F. Dedecker
Effect of thermal deformation on fracture permeability in
stressed rock masses .......................................... 673
Т. Ito, D. Swenson and K. Hayashi
Numerical flow and heat transfer model of the porous-
fracturing hydrothermal system of the paratoon thermal
water field ................................................... 679
I.I. Krashin, L.V. Semendyaeva, A.I. Zinin and G.A. Zinina
Microcrack formation and fracture characteristics in
granite under supercritical water conditions .................. 685
T. Takahashi and T. Hashida
Estimation of critical pore pressure for shear slip of
fractures at the Soultz Hot Dry Rock geothermal reservoir
using microseismic multiplets ................................. 691
H. Moriya, H. Niitsuma and R. Baria
Theme 5 Coupled T-H-M-C Processes in Geological Systems
Modelling of sediment compaction during burial in
sedimentary basins ............................................ 699
K. Bjørlykke, F. Chuhan, A. Kjeldstad, E. Gundersen,
O. Lauvrak and K. Høeg
Vaporization-induced overpressures as a trigger for the
hazardous collapse of lava domes .............................. 709
D. Elsworth, B. Voight, J. Simmons, S. Young and B. Winkler
Bentonites from Ishirini (Libya) as natural analogues of
long term thermal and chemical effects: Isotopic and fluid
inclusion evidence ............................................ 715
I. Kolaříková and R. Hanus
The evolution of permeability in natural fractures - The
competing roles of pressure solution and free-face
dissolution ................................................... 721
A. Polak, H. Yasuhara, D. Elsworth J. Liu, A. Grader and
P. Halleck
Earth crust structure as a result of rock fracturing at
high pressure and temperature conditions ...................... 727
V. Nikolaevskiy and I. Garagash
Compaction and diagenesis of sandstones - The role of
pressure solution ............................................. 733
H. Yasuhara, D. Elsworth and A. Polak
Measurement and 2D modeling of fluid control on the
hydromechanical behavior of a fractured reservoir ............. 739
I. Kadiri, V. Merrien-Soukatchoff, Y. Guglielmi and K. Su
Theme 6 Coupled T-H-M-C Processes in Geotechnkal and
Environmental Engineering
Simulation of coupled thermal and solute concentration
effects on dense radioactive waste migration in deep
aquifers ...................................................... 747
A.I. Zinin, G.A. Zinina, V.M. Kurochkin, A.I. Rybalchenko,
A.A. Zubkov and S.P. Pozdniakov
Study on coupling influences of concrete dam foundation
seepage, stress, and creep on structure behaviors of dam
body .......................................................... 753
H. Guo, W. Xu and Z. Wu
Consolidation settlements above deep tunnels in fractured
crystalline rock: Numerical analysis of coupled
hydromechanical mechanisms .................................... 759
E. Eberhardt. K. Evans, C. Zangerl and S. Loew
Coupled damage-seepage constitutive model of jointed rock
masses and its engineering application ........................ 765
Z. Zhu, W. Xu. A. Zhang and S. Wang
Mathematical modeling of borehole grouting in permafrost ...... 773
S. Fomin, V. Chugunov and T. Hashida
Thermo-hydrological analysis to predict the temperature
distribution around a cold food storage cavern ................ 779
G.-S. Lee and C.-I. Lee
Deep weathering and alteration in granites - A product of
coupled processes ............................................. 785
K. Thuro and M. Scholz
Modeling the thermo-mechanical processes of a typical
Three-Gorges Dam section during and after construction ........ 791
J. Liu, X.-T. Feng, X.-L Ding and C.-F. Dai
Modeling of the dilatancy - Saturation coupling during
excavation and consolidation of an underground structure ...... 797
P. Kolmayer and C. Chavant
Author Index .................................................. 805
Subject Index ................................................. 807
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