Modelling of oedometer tests on pellet-powder bentonite mixtures to support mock-up test analysis

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Bentonite mixtures of MX-80 (80% of high-density pellets and 20% of bentonite powder on a mass basis) have been recently proposed as a candidate material for sealing deep geological disposals of high-level radioactive waste. A loading/unloading oedometer test at constant water content has been performed on this mixture, which has been modelled using the finite element Code_Bright. The constitutive model used to represent the mechanical response is the Barcelona Expansive Model (BExM), since a multi-modal pore size distribution characterises the pore network of the mixture. During compression at constant water content, an increase in the degree of saturation and a consequent reduction of suction is induced. Consequently, two competing effects occur at different pore-size scales: (a) compression due to mean net stress increase; and (b) expansion on induced suction reduction that mainly affects the micro-porosity level inside aggregates. A sensitivity analysis has been performed to explore these effects, in which the elastic compressibility parameter at the micro-porosity scale for changes in mean effective stress plays an important role.

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Alcantara, A. M., Mokni, N., Romero, E., & Olivella, S. (2020). Modelling of oedometer tests on pellet-powder bentonite mixtures to support mock-up test analysis. In E3S Web of Conferences (Vol. 195). EDP Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202019504004

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