CX-018581: Time-Dependent TMHC Properties and Microstructural Evolution of Damage Rocks in Excavation Damage Zone - University of Colorado

The University of Colorado, in collaboration with the University of Utah and Idaho National Laboratory, propose to quantify the microstructural alternation under sustained thermomechanical loadings and its impact on the macroscopic transport and creep behavior of damaged rocks, aiming to assess the evolution of excavation damage zone in the coupled temperature, pore pressure and stress field as a function of post-closure time.