Preface; Contents; Keynote Lectures; Hydro-mechanical Behaviour of Unsaturated Argillaceous Rocks; Abstract; Introduction; Material and Methods; Material; Suction Control; Mechanical Test; Experimental Results; Effect of Suction on the Mechanical Behaviour; Microstructural Observations; Acoustic Emission Activity; Conclusions; References; Plastic Deformations of Unsaturated Fine-Grained Soils Under Cyclic Thermo-Mechanical Loads; Abstract; Introduction; A Cyclic Thermo-Mechanical Model for Unsaturated Soil; Constitutive Variables; The Three Bounding Surfaces; Elasto-Plasticity

Test ApparatusesTest Soils and Specimen Preparation; Test Program and Procedures; Series A: Mechanical Cyclic Shear Tests on CDT at Various Suctions and Temperatures; Series B: Heating and Cooling Cyclic Tests on Loess; Comparisons of Measured and Computed Results; Cyclic Stress-Strain Relations at Various Suctions and Temperatures; Effects of Number of Mechanical Load Cycles on Plastic Strain Accumulation at Various Suctions and Temperatures; Influence of Temperature on Plastic Strain Accumulation; Influence of Suction on Plastic Strain Accumulation of CDT

Volume Change Behaviour of Loess During Thermal CyclesSummary and Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Shale Capillarity, Osmotic Suction and Permeability, and Solutions to Practical Testing Issues; Abstract; Capillary Suction (Pore Water Tension) and Total Suction; Osmotic Suction; Permeability and Pressure Diffusivity; Consolidation Stage and Triaxial Loading Stage; Other Testing and Sample Handling Considerations; References; Modelling the Mechanical Behaviour of Callovo-Oxfordian Argillite. Formulation and Application; Abstract; Introduction; Formulation of the Constitutive Model

Instantaneous ResponseTime-Dependent Response; Permeability; Comparison with Experimental Results; Coupled Hydromechanical Analysis of a C Excavation; Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgements; References; Intrinsic and State Parameters Governing the Efficiency of Bentonite Barriers for Contaminant Control; Abstract; Bentonite Structure; State Parameters; Validation of the Solute Transport and Swelling Model; Some Preliminary Comments; References; Multiscale Approach to Micro-Poro-Mechanical Modelling of Unsaturated Shales; Abstract; Introduction; Mathematical Model

Multiscale Representation of Clay-ShaleA Template for Homogenization: From Basic Unit (Nanometer) to Stack of Platelets (Micrometer); Upscaling from Micro- to Macro-level; Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgements; References; Feature Lectures; Measurement of Supercritical CO2 Permeability in Porous Rock at Reservoir Conditions; Abstract; Introduction; Description of Test Device; Tests on Bentonite and Rock Samples; Conclusions; References; Measurement of Mechanical Properties of Thin Clay Films and Comparison with Molecular Simulations; Abstract; Introduction