Experimental research on water retention and gas permeability of compacted bentonite外文学习材料.pdfVIP

Soils and Foundations 2014;54(5):1027– 1038 H O S T E D B Y The Japanese Geotechnical Society Soils and Foundations journal homepage: /locate/sandf Experimental research on water retention and gas permeability of compacted bentonite/sand mixtures a,b,n a c Jiang-Feng Liu , Frédéric Skoczylas , Jian Liu aLaboratoire de Mécanique de Lille (LML), Ecole Centrale de Lille, BP 48, F-59651 Villeneuve dAscq Cedex, France bState Key Laboratory for GeoMechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China cCNNC Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology (BRIUG), Beijing 100029, China Received 3 December 2013; received in revised form 19 June 2014; accepted 6 July 2014 Available online 23 October 2014 Abstract Highly compacted bentonite-based materials are often considered as buffer or sealing materials for deep high-level radioactive waste repositories. In situ, the initial state of bentonite-based materials is only partially saturated, which has a very high suction that will promote water absorption from the host rock. In addition, a gradient of water saturation will be formed between the external part and the central part of the compacted bentonite blocks. In this paper, water retention tests, under both constant-volume