Publications from 2020

The following applied research publications reflect our role as an interface between academia and science-based organisations. Please contact the authors for further information.

Benbow S, Kawama D, Takase H, Shimizu H, Oda C, Hirano F, Takayama Y, Mihara M and Honda A (2020). A Coupled Modeling Simulator for Near-Field Processes in Cement Engineered Barrier Systems for Radioactive Waste Disposal. Crystals 2020, 10(9), 767.MDPI
- Steven Benbow
Bond A, Chittenden N and Thatcher K (2020). RWM Coupled Processes Project: Third Annual Report for DECOVALEX-2019. A Quintessa Ltd report prepared for Radioactive Waste Management, QRS-1612D-R3, V1.2, February 2020.RWM
Bond A, Chittenden N and Thatcher K (2020). RWM Coupled Processes Project. Final Report for DECOVALEX-2019. A Quintessa Limited Report prepared for Radioactive Waste Management (RWM), QRS-1612D-FR, V1.2, April 2020.RWM
Börgesson L, Hedström M, Holton D, Metcalfe R and Sandén T (2020). Contractor Report to RWM. Bentonite in a High-temperature Environment: Bentonite Erosion. RWM/Contr/20/029.RWM
- Richard Metcalfe
Chittenden N, Benbow S, Bond A and Norris S (2020). Development of an upscalable HM model for representing advective gas migration through saturated bentonite. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 133, 104415.Elsevier
Guo R, Thatcher KE, Seyedi DM and Plúa C (2020). Calibration of the thermo-hydro-mechanical parameters of the Callovo-Oxfordian claystone and the modelling of the ALC experiment. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 132, 104351Elsevier
- Kate Thatcher
Henner DN, Hastings A, Pogson M, McNamara NP, Davies CA and Smith P (2020). PopFor: A new model for estimating poplar yields. Biomass and Bioenergy, 134, 105470.Elsevier
- Mark Pogson
Hoch A, Metcalfe R and Benbow S (2020). The Effects of Steam on Bentonite: Literature Review and Gap Analysis. NDA Report no. RWM/Contr/20/027.RWM
- Steven Benbow
- Richard Metcalfe
Pogson M, Verheul G, Robinson MA, Vanrenterghem J and Lisboa P (2020). A neural network method to predict task- and step-specific ground reaction force magnitudes from trunk accelerations during running activities. Medical Engineering & Physics, 78, p82-89.Elsevier
- Mark Pogson
Savage D, Wilson J, Benbow S, Sasamoto H, Oda C, Walker C, Kawama D and Tachi Y (2020). Using natural systems evidence to test models of transformation of montmorillonite. Applied Clay Science, 195, 105741.Elsevier
- Steven Benbow
Thatcher KE, Bond AE and Norris S (2020). Pore pressure response to disposal of heat generating radioactive waste in a low permeability host rock. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Volume 135, 104456.Elsevier
- Alex Bond
- Kate Thatcher
Wogelius RA, Milodowski AE, Field LP, Metcalfe R, Lowe T, van Veelen A, Carpenter G, Norris S and Yardley B (2020). Mineral reaction kinetics constrain the length scale of rock matrix diffusion. Scientific Reports, 10, 8142. Scientific Reports
- Richard Metcalfe
Yoshida H, Katsuta N, Sirono S-I, Nishimoto S, Kawahara H and Metcalfe R (2020). Concentric Fe-oxyhydroxide bands in dacite cobbles: Rates of buffering chemical reactions. Chemical Geology, 119786.Elsevier
- Richard Metcalfe