Lectures and Discussions

Task 3 was defined not for modeling coupled THM processes of geological media, but as a forum of lectures and discussions on the state-of-the-art of rock fractures, their constitutive behavior and associated models, theoretical studies and experiments, advances and outstanding issues, and how this knowledge was used in performance and safety assessments for GDRW practice. The forum was conducted as a specific session at each Workshop, with invited internationally well-known scientists who had contributed greatly to the subject area’s scientific progress. All the lectures (see Table 3) and following discussions were greatly appreciated by both the funding organizations and research teams, and helped to broaden the view of the DECOVALEX project participants about the effects of the fractures and fracture systems on the performance and safety assessments of GDRW repositories and other geo-engineering and sciences.