Abstract: Swelling rocks and soils can generate significant swell or swelling pressure upon contact with water due to their special mineralogical composition, and thus a reliable determination of their swelling property is essential ...

Abstract: Mixtures composed of MX80 bentonite and crushed Callovo-Oxfordian (COx) claystone have been considered as one of the promising sealing/backfilling materials in French deep geological disposal for radioactive waste. One of ...