Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Authors; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Energetic Use of the Subsurface; 1.2 Geotechnical Use of Rock Salt; 1.3 Gas Storage in Salt Caverns; 1.4 Scope and Structure of This Tutorial; 2 Basics of Thermomechanics and Inelasticity; 2.1 Governing Equations; 2.2 Finite Element Implementation and the Kelvin Mapping; The Kelvin Mapping of Tensorial Quantities; Finite Element Implementation; 2.3 Integration of Inelastic Constitutive Models; General Aspects; Integration Algorithm; 2.4 Thermo-Mechanical Coupling in OGS; 2.5 Constitutive Models; Thermal Process

Mechanical ProcessLUBBY2; Minkley; Coupling; 3 Simulation of Laboratory Tests; 3.1 Non-isothermal Triaxial Creep Test; Geometry and Boundary Conditions; Material Properties; Numerical Settings; Time Stepping; Output; Simulation Results; 3.2 Triaxial Test with Plasticity; Geometry and Boundary Conditions; Material Properties; Numerics; Results; 4 Simulating Gas Storage in Salt Caverns; 4.1 Scenario; 4.2 General Set-Up; Cavern Geometry; Initial Conditions; Boundary Conditions; Source Terms; Time Discretisation; 4.3 Isothermal Model Set-Up; Material Properties; 4.4 Non-isothermal Model Set-Up

Initial ConditionsBoundary Conditions; Material Properties; 4.5 Comparison of Results; 5 Closing Remarks; References; Index