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Thermo-mechanical volume change behaviour of Opalinus Clay

Favero, Valentina  
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Ferrari, Alessio  
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Laloui, Lyesse  
2016
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

The paper examines the thermo-mechanical volume change behaviour of Opalinus Clay in relation to different stress conditions and overconsolidation ratio (OCR) values and evaluates the impact of temperature on some hydro-mechanical properties of this material. To this aim, a focused experimental campaign consisting in high-temperature/high-pressure oedometric tests has been carried out. The results show that the thermo-mechanical volume change behaviour of Opalinus Clay is heavily affected by the OCR: thermal expansion is found when the heating is carried out at high OCR, whereas irreversible thermal compaction is observed when heat is applied at a vertical effective stress that is sufficiently close to the vertical effective yield stress. The study of the thermal cyclic behaviour shows that expansive irreversible strains can occur upon first heating at high OCR and that a reversible behaviour follows during subsequent thermal cycles. The experimental results reveal an impact of temperature on yielding: a decrease in the yield threshold is detected when compression is applied at high temperature with respect to the yield threshold found at low temperature. Compressibility and swelling indexes are not significantly influenced by thermal changes, as well as the oedometric modulus and the secondary compression coefficient, whereas consolidation processes are found to occur faster at high temperature. The obtained results are presented in this paper together with a description of the testing device and experimental procedure employed.

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DOI
10.1016/j.ijrmms.2016.09.013
Web of Science ID

WOS:000390721400002

Author(s)
Favero, Valentina  
Ferrari, Alessio  
Laloui, Lyesse  
Date Issued

2016

Publisher

Elsevier

Published in
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
Volume

90

Start page

15

End page

25

Subjects

Thermo-mechanical behaviour

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Opalinus Clay

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Nuclear waste storage

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Geo-energy

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Shales

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September 21, 2016
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