<div><strong>Keywords:</strong> Thermo Hydro-Mechanical (THM), Model Order Reduction (MOR), Parametric solutions, Real time simulations.</div><div>&#160;</div><div>Radioactive waste is a by-product of nuclear power generation. It is hazardous to all forms of life and the&#160;environment. Its radioactive activity naturally decays over time, so waste has to be isolated and confined&#160;in&#160;appropriate disposal facilities for a sufficient period until it no longer poses a threat. Deep geological&#160;repositories constitute one of the most promising options for isolating this type of waste from human&#160;and&#160;environmental interactions. The analysis and prediction of the behaviour of such systems relies on&#160;coupled&#160;THM models [1]. The coupled nature of the problem is explained as follows [2]: i) a thermal&#160;part including&#160;the heat released by the wastes; ii) the mechanical behavior of the canister holding the&#160;wastes, the isolation&#160;system and the underground host rock; and, iii) the flow of natural water present in&#160;any underground porous&#160;media.</div><div><br>A coupled THM problem depends on space, time, and on material parameters&#160;(for instance, elastic modulus (E), heat conductivity (&#954;) and hydraulic conductivity (K)) and&#160;geometric&#160;parameters (for instance, the distance between canisters). We seek for families of solutions depending on these parameters. We would like to provide a real time numerical simulation of the THM problem for any value of the parameters within a range. Real time here, means a solution provided in a few seconds (instead of several hours). Such a solution can be used within an inversion problem, to obtain an best fitting value of the parameters based on some observations, or even in a control situation, where the prediction of the simulation is used to take some decision in the field.</div><div>&#160;</div><div>Reduced Order Methods (ROM) &#160;are a family of numerical methods able to provide such a solutions. In this work we will present several parametric problems, and show how ROM &#160;[3] can provide real time solution to (simple) THM problems.</div><div>&#160;</div><div>
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<p>[2] Selvadurai, A.P.S; Suvorov, A.P.: Thermo-Poroelasticity and Geomechanics.CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY&#160;PRESS, 2017.</p>
<p>[3] Diez, P.; Zlotnik, S.; Garcia-Gonzalez, A.; Huerta, A.: Encapsulated PGD algebraic toolbox operating&#160;with high-dimensional data. Accepted In Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering,&#160;2019.</p>
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