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Abstract
Bentonite is generally used as buffer or backfill material in geological repositories and its mechanical behavior is important to affect surrounding structures. In this paper, cyclic shrinkage-swelling tests are performed on Heishan bentonite taking into account the effect of initial moisture content. Results reveal that the shrinkage-swelling behavior of Heishan bentonite relies on initial moisture content and an obvious water retention property is obtainedwith the increases of initial moisture content. To investigate the accurate determination of aforementioned behavior of studied bentonite during drying and wetting cycle, the captured image of digital camera and the binary image processing technique are employed in this study. A simplified analytical model is proposed to simulate the shrinkage-swelling behavior at different initial moisture contents and the model parameters are calibrated by experimental results of Heishan bentonite. Based on the model performance, the model simulation agrees well with the tests and the proposed approach is able to predict the behavior of Heishan bentonite.
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