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Microstructural stability controls the hydraulic conductivity of smectitic buffer clay

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

The hydraulic conductivity of smectitic buffer clays is determined by the volume fraction and continuity of permeable parts of the microstructure, i.e., soft and medium-dense clay gels. The bulk conductivity calculated by use of microstructural parameters agrees well with experimental data except for soft Ca bentonite, which is significantly less permeable than predicted. The microstructural stability of its softest parts is poor, which causes erosion, transport and accumulation of particles yielding clogging of voids and reduction in conductivity. The presence of soft parts explains why water under relatively high pressure can penetrate to a few centimeters depth in partly water-saturated clay and why gas makes its way through channel-like paths in saturated clay. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Publiceringsår

2003

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

35-41

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Applied Clay Science

Volym

23

Issue

1-4

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Elsevier

Ämne

  • Materials Engineering

Nyckelord

  • numerical calculation
  • erosion
  • bentonite
  • clay
  • microstructure
  • flow

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1872-9053