Investigating the swelling pressure of compacted crushed-Callovo-Oxfordian claystone

Investigating the Swelling Pressure of 1 Compacted Crushed - Callovo - Oxfordian Claystone

Oedometric compression and swelling behaviour of the Callovo-Oxfordian argillite

The Callovo-Oxfordian (COx) argillite is a possible host rock for radioactive waste disposal in which the ANDRA underground laboratory of Bure (East of France) has been excavated. In this paper some aspects of the volume change behaviour of the COx argillite are investigated. To do so, high pressure oedometers with a maximum capacity of 113 MPa have been used. In a first stage, swelling tests w...

Pour obtenir le grade de Docteur de l ’ Université Paris - Est Discipline : Géotechnique

A mixture of the MX80 bentonite and the Callovo-Oxfordian (COx) claystone were investigated by carrying out a series of experiments including determination of the swelling pressure of compacted samples by constant-volume method, pre-swell method, zero-swell method and swell–consolidation method. Distilled water, synthetic water and humidity controlled vapour were employed for hydration. Results...

Swelling Characteristics of Compacted, Expansive Soils

Abstraet-The limitations of existing methods for the prediction of swelling behavior of compacted softs are examined. Both the purely theoretical approach and the purely empirical approach are found to be inadequate. The present study is based on a semi-empirical approach in which a model of swelling behavior is developed leading to equations relating swelling potential or swelling pressure of ...

A laboratory investigation of thermally induced pore

1 pressures in the Callovo-Oxfordian Claystone 2 3 M. Mohajerani, P. Delage, J. Sulem, M. Monfared, A.M. Tang, B. Gatmiri 4 5 1. Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, UR Navier/CERMES, 6-8 av. B. Pascal, F 77455 Marne la Vallée cdx 2 6 2. ANDRA, Châtenay Malabry 7 8 9 International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 2012, vol. 52, 112-121, 10 doi:10.1016/j.ijrmms.2012.02.012. 11 12 13 Abstract...