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DOI 10.1007/s12665-023-11004-z
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Titel (primär) Derivation of heterogeneous material distributions and their sensitivity to HM-coupled two-phase flow models exemplified with the LASGIT experiment
Autor Radeisen, E.; Shao, H.; Pitz, M.; Hesser, J.; Wang, W. ORCID logo
Quelle Environmental Earth Sciences
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
Department ENVINF
Band/Volume 82
Heft 14
Seite von art. 347
Sprache englisch
Topic T8 Georesources
Keywords H2M coupling; Gas migration; Dilatancy-controlled flow; Continuous approach; Geomaterial heterogeneity; LASGIT experiment; OpenGeoSys
Abstract Advective gas transport in bentonite, a possible buffer material in repositories for radioactive materials, is difficult to simulate in numerical continuum models, partly due to the complicated microstructure of bentonite. To generate reliable models of repositories nevertheless, spatially distributed heterogeneous material properties can be used to allow localization of gas flow. In this study, a pore-size-dependent stochastic approach of the gas entry pressure is derived from Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry, which is used to replicate measurements from the LASGIT experiment. In addition, three benchmark tests are simulated to investigate the dependence of heterogeneous distributions of material properties on the mesh discretization, the temporal dependence, and the coupling between the processes influenced by the heterogeneous parameters. The numerical modeling results of the LASGIT experiment show that the onset of gas flow into the system and the subsequent increase in pressure and stress can be well reproduced using heterogeneous distributions. Compared to a model with homogeneous material properties, heterogeneous distributions may allow the generation of dilatancy-controlled microfractures—an important feature with regard to the advective gas flow in bentonites. However, it can be observed that the heterogeneous distributions in LASGIT are less significant, as technical gaps or differences in material types could have a greater impact.
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Radeisen, E., Shao, H., Pitz, M., Hesser, J., Wang, W. (2023):
Derivation of heterogeneous material distributions and their sensitivity to HM-coupled two-phase flow models exemplified with the LASGIT experiment
Environ. Earth Sci. 82 (14), art. 347 10.1007/s12665-023-11004-z