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Current Status of the Numerical Models for the Analysis of Coupled Thermal-Hydrological-Mechanical Behavior of the Engineered Barrier System in a High-level Waste Repository

고준위폐기물처분장 공학적방벽시스템의 열-수리-역학적 복합거동 해석 모델 개발 현황

  • Received : 2012.08.06
  • Accepted : 2012.10.23
  • Published : 2012.12.30
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Abstract

The current status of the computer codes for the analysis of coupled thermal-hydrological-mechanical behavior occurred in a high-level waste repository was investigated. Based on the reported results on the comparison between the predictions using the computer codes and the experimental data from the in-situ tests, the reliability of the existing computer codes was analyzed. The presented codes simulated considerably well the coupled thermal-hydrological-mechanical behavior in the near-field rock of the repository without buffer, but the predictions for the engineered barrier system of the repository located at saturated hard rock were not satisfactory. To apply the current thermal-hydrological-mechanical models to the assessment of the performance of engineered barrier system, a major improvement on the mathematical models which analyze the distribution of water content and total pressure in the buffer is required.

현재까지 개발된 고준위폐기물 심지층처분장의 열-수리-역학적 복합거동 해석을 위한 전산 코드의 현황을 조사하고, 문헌에 보고된 각 코드에 의한 계산치와 현장실험 측정치의 비교 결과를 이용하여, 기존 전산 코드들의 신뢰도를 분석하였다. 개발된 전산코드들은 완충재가 없는 처분장에서는 붕괴열에 따른 암반의 열-수리-역학적 거동을 비교적 잘 모사하였으나, 포화 경암층에 위치한 완충재가 존재하는 처분장의 공학적방벽시스템 내에서 일어나는 열-수리-역학적 복합거동의 예측은 만족스럽지 못하였다. 현재 제안된 열-수리-역학적 복합거동 해석모델을 고준위폐기물 처분장 공학적방벽시스템의 거동 해석에 적용하기 위해서는 완충재 내의 수분함량 및 전 압력 분포를 보다 정교하게 모사할 수 있도록 수학적 모델의 개선이 필요하다.

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