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To properly assess the present and future conditions of potential nuclear waste repository sites, understanding their evolution in the past is mandatory. Here, glaciation cycles strongly affect the long-term thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) evolution of the geosystem.The AREHS project studies the effects of time-dependent boundary conditions on the evolution of large-scale hydrogeological systems. The focus is on numerical long-term modeling taking into account THM couplings. On the basis of generic geological models for different host rock formations, complex 3D THM simulations are performed. The long-term evolution during glacial cycles is simulated using the open-source multi-field finite element code OpenGeoSys, as well as multiple pre- and postprocessing tools integrated into an automatized workflow. This workflow facilitates testing/benchmarking and improves reproducibility as well as overall software quality in a sense of modularization. The impact of the glacial THM loading and atmospheric temperature evolution is taken into account using appropriate time-dependent THM boundary conditions. The simulation results are analyzed with respect to potential safety-critical parameters, such as maximum temperature, hydraulic pressure, subsidence, equivalent effective stress and strain. Some general conclusions will be drawn for the host rock clay in Germany.Funding:This research is funded by the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management under Grant No. 4719F10402 (AREHS project). |
