Publications related to Expansive clay

A coupled hydro – mechanical approach for modelling the volume change behaviour of compacted bentonite

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari, Jose Antonio Bosch Llufriu

The volumetric response of compacted bentonites against environmental actions is a key aspect in most designs of nuclear waste repositories. The safety assessment of such repositories must account for robust and reliable models of stress–strain for bentoni ...

EDP SCIENCES2020

Hybrid granular hydrogels: combining composites and microgels for extended ranges of material properties

Dominique Pioletti, Pierre-Etienne Bourban, Peyman Karami, Céline Samira Wyss

Developing hydrogels with optimal properties for specific applications is challenging as most of these properties, such as toughness, stiffness, swelling or deformability, are interrelated. The improvement of one property usually comes at the cost of anoth ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2020

Impact of Mineralogical Composition on Geotechnical Properties of Opalinus Clay

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari, Eleonora Crisci

Opalinus Clay is the selected host geomaterial for the construction of underground geological disposals for radioactive waste in Switzerland. The formation has been studied in several sites, i.e. the Mont Terri laboratory, and several boreholes in the nort ...

2019

The influence of different hydro-mechanical paths on final properties of saturated MX80 bentonite samples

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari, Patrycja Ewelina Baryla

Compacted bentonite is considered to be used for deep geological nuclear waste disposal due to its isolation properties such as low permeability, solute retention and swelling pressure. To ensure that these properties will remain favourable throughout the ...

2018

Investigation of the Intrinsic Permeability of MX-80 Bentonite through a 4-Scale Analysis of Its Fabric

Lyesse Laloui, Etienne André Cassini

MX-80 granular bentonite is expected to be used as a buffer material for high level nuclear waste storage in Switzerland. This material is composed of 85% of smectite clay and exhibits a particular structure with four different scales. MX-80 macroscopic pr ...

American Society of Civil Engineers2017

Fabric evolution and the related swelling behaviour of a sand/bentonite mixture upon hydro-chemo-mechanical loadings

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari, Donatella Manca

This experimental study investigates the swelling behaviour of an 80/20 sand/bentonite mixture and the associated fabric evolution under different hydro-chemo-mechanical loadings. Free and confined swelling tests are performed on specimens compacted to dif ...

Ice Publishing2016

Competing effects of volume change and water uptake on the water retention behaviour of a compacted MX-80 bentonite/sand mixture

Anne-Catherine Adolphine M Dieudonné

Bentonite-based materials have been studied as potential barriers for the geological disposal of radioactive waste. In this context, the hydro-mechanical behaviour of the engineered barrier is first characterized by free swelling conditions (as a consequen ...

Elsevier2016

Pozzolanic reactivity of low grade kaolinitic clays: Influence of calcination temperature and impact of calcination products on OPC hydration

Karen Scrivener, Adrian Alujas Diaz, Rodrigo Fernandez Lopez

The influence of thermal activation temperature in the pozzolanic reactivity of low grade kaolinitic clay and the impact of calcination products in OPC hydration are assessed in this paper. The raw material, with approximately 40% kaolinite and 40% of 2:1 ...

Elsevier Science Bv2015

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Expansive clay

Advances in heterogeneous catalysis for the synthesis of polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers

A coupled hydro – mechanical approach for modelling the volume change behaviour of compacted bentonite

Hybrid granular hydrogels: combining composites and microgels for extended ranges of material properties

Impact of Mineralogical Composition on Geotechnical Properties of Opalinus Clay

The influence of different hydro-mechanical paths on final properties of saturated MX80 bentonite samples

Investigation of the Intrinsic Permeability of MX-80 Bentonite through a 4-Scale Analysis of Its Fabric

Fabric evolution and the related swelling behaviour of a sand/bentonite mixture upon hydro-chemo-mechanical loadings

Competing effects of volume change and water uptake on the water retention behaviour of a compacted MX-80 bentonite/sand mixture

Pozzolanic reactivity of low grade kaolinitic clays: Influence of calcination temperature and impact of calcination products on OPC hydration

Hydro-chemo-mechanical characterisation of sand/bentonite mixtures

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Advances in heterogeneous catalysis for the synthesis of polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers

Competing effects of volume change and water uptake on the water retention behaviour of a compacted MX-80 bentonite/sand mixture

Impact of Mineralogical Composition on Geotechnical Properties of Opalinus Clay

A coupled hydro – mechanical approach for modelling the volume change behaviour of compacted bentonite

Investigation of the Intrinsic Permeability of MX-80 Bentonite through a 4-Scale Analysis of Its Fabric

Fabric evolution and the related swelling behaviour of a sand/bentonite mixture upon hydro-chemo-mechanical loadings

Hybrid granular hydrogels: combining composites and microgels for extended ranges of material properties

The influence of different hydro-mechanical paths on final properties of saturated MX80 bentonite samples

Pozzolanic reactivity of low grade kaolinitic clays: Influence of calcination temperature and impact of calcination products on OPC hydration

Hydro-chemo-mechanical characterisation of sand/bentonite mixtures