1. Experimental Investigations into the Mechanical Behaviour of the Breccias Around the Proposed Gibraltar Strait Tunnel

   • W. Dong
   • E. Pimentel
   • G. Anagnostou

   Original Paper 11 January 2013 Pages: 923 - 944

   

2. Mechanical Behavior of Methane Infiltrated Coal: the Roles of Gas Desorption, Stress Level and Loading Rate

   • Shugang Wang
   • Derek Elsworth
   • Jishan Liu

   Original Paper 02 November 2012 Pages: 945 - 958

   

3. Naturally Accepted Boundary Conditions for the Brazilian Disc Test and the Corresponding Stress Field

   • Ch. F. Markides
   • S. K. Kourkoulis

   Original Paper 02 February 2013 Pages: 959 - 980

   

4. Empirical Correlations for Predicting Strength Properties of Rocks from P-Wave Velocity Under Different Degrees of Saturation

   • Hasan Karakul
   • Resat Ulusay

   Original Paper 30 January 2013 Pages: 981 - 999

   

5. Crack Initiation, Propagation and Coalescence in Rock-Like Material Containing Two Flaws: a Numerical Study Based on Bonded-Particle Model Approach

   • Xiao-Ping Zhang
   • Louis Ngai Yuen Wong

   Original Paper 10 November 2012 Pages: 1001 - 1021

   

6. Application of Cracked Triangular Specimen Subjected to Three-Point Bending for Investigating Fracture Behavior of Rock Materials

   • M. R. M. Aliha
   • Gh. R. Hosseinpour
   • M. R. Ayatollahi

   Original Paper 10 November 2012 Pages: 1023 - 1034

   

7. Mixed-Mode Fracturing of Rocks Under Static and Cyclic Loading

   • N. Erarslan
   • D. J. Williams

   Original Paper 02 September 2012 Pages: 1035 - 1052

   

8. Experimental Analysis on Deformation Evolution and Crack Propagation of Rock Under Cyclic Indentation

   • Hao Zhang
   • Haipeng Song
   • Chuanyong Qu

   Original Paper 27 September 2012 Pages: 1053 - 1059

   

9. Petrographic Investigation of Microcrack Initiation in Mafic Ophiolitic Rocks Under Uniaxial Compression

   • Ioannis Rigopoulos
   • Basilios Tsikouras
   • Konstantin Hatzipanagiotou

   Original Paper 30 September 2012 Pages: 1061 - 1072

   

10. The Impact of Surface Charge on the Mechanical Behavior of High-Porosity Chalk

    • M. Megawati
    • A. Hiorth
    • M. V. Madland

    Original Paper 26 October 2012 Pages: 1073 - 1090

    

11. Relationship Between Petrographic Characteristics and the Engineering Properties of Jurassic Sandstones, Hamedan, Iran

    • M. Heidari
    • A. A. Momeni
    • M. Torabi-Kaveh

    Original Paper 04 December 2012 Pages: 1091 - 1101

    

12. Coupled Hydro-mechanical Processes Associated with Multiphase Flow in a Dual-continuum System: Formulations and an Application

    • Hui-Hai Liu
    • Jonny Rutqvist

    Original Paper 04 October 2012 Pages: 1103 - 1112

    

13. Characterizing Excavation Damaged Zone and Stability of Pressurized Lined Rock Caverns for Underground Compressed Air Energy Storage

    • Hyung-Mok Kim
    • Jonny Rutqvist
    • Won-Kyong Song

    Original Paper 23 September 2012 Pages: 1113 - 1124

    

14. Friction Factor of Water Flow Through Rough Rock Fractures

    • Z. Zhang
    • J. Nemcik

    Original Paper 21 November 2012 Pages: 1125 - 1134

    

15. Experimental Investigation of Seepage Properties of Fractured Rocks Under Different Confining Pressures

    • D. Ma
    • X. X. Miao
    • X. B. Mao

    Original Paper 07 November 2012 Pages: 1135 - 1144

    

16. A Novel Experimental Technique to Monitor the Time-Dependent Water and Ions Uptake when Shale Interacts with Aqueous Solutions

    • Talal AL-Bazali

    Original Paper 22 November 2012 Pages: 1145 - 1156

    

17. Borehole Stability Analysis of Horizontal Drilling in Shale Gas Reservoirs

    • Jun-Liang Yuan
    • Jin-Gen Deng
    • Xiao-Chun Jin

    Original Paper 04 December 2012 Pages: 1157 - 1164

    

18. Numerical Modeling of Pore Pressure Influence on Fracture Evolution in Brittle Heterogeneous Rocks

    • S. Y. Wang
    • S. W. Sloan
    • C. A. Tang

    Original Paper 15 November 2012 Pages: 1165 - 1182

    

19. Experiments and Dynamic Finite Element Analysis of a Wire-Rope Rockfall Protective Fence

    • Phuc Van Tran
    • Koji Maegawa
    • Saiji Fukada

    Original Paper 25 December 2012 Pages: 1183 - 1198

    

20. Improved RMR Rock Mass Classification Using Artificial Intelligence Algorithms

    • Raoof Gholami
    • Vamegh Rasouli
    • Andisheh Alimoradi

    Original Paper 29 November 2012 Pages: 1199 - 1209

    

21. Numerical Investigation of the Dynamic Mechanical State of a Coal Pillar During Longwall Mining Panel Extraction

    • Hongwei Wang
    • Yaodong Jiang
    • Shuai Liu

    Original Paper 29 November 2012 Pages: 1211 - 1221

    

22. Prediction of the Cut Depth of Granitic Rocks Machined by Abrasive Waterjet (AWJ)

    • Gokhan Aydin
    • Izzet Karakurt
    • Kerim Aydiner

    Original Paper 22 September 2012 Pages: 1223 - 1235

    

23. Adhesion Strength at the Shotcrete–Rock Contact in Rock Tunneling

    • Moorak Son

    Technical Note 16 February 2013 Pages: 1237 - 1246

    

24. Direct Tension Test for Rock Material Under Different Strain Rates at Quasi-Static Loads

    • Haibo Li
    • Jianchun Li
    • Xiang Xia

    Technical Note 03 April 2013 Pages: 1247 - 1254

    

25. Multilayer Pressure Containment Model and its Application in Deep Well Fractured Formation

    • Pei Yang
    • Mian Chen
    • Yawei Li

    Technical Note 01 December 2012 Pages: 1255 - 1266