Beacon – Bentonite Mechanical Evolution
The Beacon project is coming to an end and the objectives of the final workshop are to present, discuss, document and disseminate the findings and recent results of the Beacon project and other projects and scientific studies concerning bentonite mechanical evolution and the related modelling. AGENDA Beacon brochure
read moreThe Beaon project´s 4th Annual Meeting 2021 took place the 9 - 10 June, online. Agenda Beacon 4th Annual Meeting online 2021 Minutes Presentations (to access these contact the project management, email below) For information contact Mary Westermark at beacon@skb.se (the picture is a montage showing about half of the 73 participants)
The Beacon project has been granted an extension of 12 months, due to the pandemic, and the Consortium will continue working until May 2022. The final conference of the project is planned to take place at Imperial College London, ICL, in London, UK, 17-19 May, 2022.
read moreThe experiments performed in the frame of Beacon are aimed at obtaining a more complete cognition of bentonite behaviour – by investigating different wetting dynamics or load scenarios, looking at different granulations and inhomogeneous systems or at different bentonite types, and by developing new methods of measurement. The work performed by various organisations has been…
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