CEA, ANDRA and EDF are jointly developing the software platform ALLIANCES
which aim is to produce a tool for the simulation of nuclear waste storage and
disposal repository. This type of simulations deals with highly coupled
thermo-hydro-mechanical and chemical (T-H-M-C) processes. A key objective of
Alliances is to give the capability for coupling algorithms development between
existing codes. The aim of this paper is to present coupling methodology use in
the context of this software platform.Comment: 7 page