Articles

1. The evolution of fractures in deep, weakly cemented overlying strata and the characteristics of severe and mild fracture zones

   • Liangke Xu
   • Fenghai Yu
   • Kai Zhou

   Research Open access 20 May 2024 Article: 94

   

2. Precursors to rock failure in the laboratory using ultrasonic monitoring methods

   • Aukje Veltmeijer
   • Milad Naderloo
   • Auke Barnhoorn

   Research Open access 16 May 2024 Article: 93

   

3. Effect of crack density on crack initiation and damage for high confining pressure using wave velocities

   • Min Zhang
   • Guangqing Zhang
   • Changzhuo Xu

   Research Open access 15 May 2024 Article: 92

   

4. Experimental study of mechanical properties of artificial dam for coal mine underground reservoir under cyclic loading and unloading

   • Xin Lyu
   • Ke Yang
   • Zhainan Zhang

   Research Open access 14 May 2024 Article: 91

   

5. Pore structure response at different scales in coal to cyclical liquid nitrogen treatment and its impact on permeability and micromechanical properties

   • Changbao Jiang
   • Qi Sun
   • Jianquan Guo

   Research Open access 14 May 2024 Article: 90

   

6. Rock fines breakage by flow-induced stresses against drag: geo-energy applications

   • Sara Borazjani
   • Abolfazl Hashemi
   • Pavel Bedrikovetsky

   Research Open access 11 May 2024 Article: 89

   

7. Mechanism of overburden fracture induced earthquakes in coal seam mining

   • Quan Zhang
   • Junpeng Zou
   • Qihua Kou

   Research Open access 09 May 2024 Article: 88

   

8. Physical and mechanical characteristics deterioration and crack evolution of sandy mudstone in an open-pit mine under multiple freeze–thaw cycles

   • Guoyu Yang
   • Yanlong Chen
   • Yu Zhang

   Research Open access 09 May 2024 Article: 87

   

9. Research on abutment stress distribution of roof-cutting coalface: numerical simulation and field measurement

   • Yangyang Guo
   • Xiaoli Liu
   • Ningning Huo

   Research Open access 06 May 2024 Article: 86

   

10. Effect of moisture content on the rockburst intensity of sandstones

    • Jianchao Wang
    • Wei Wang
    • Yanke Wang

    Research Open access 03 May 2024 Article: 85

    

11. Experimental study on the influence of external fluids on the pore structure of carbonaceous shale

    • Ying Yang
    • Jianguang Wei
    • Jiangtao Li

    Research Open access 03 May 2024 Article: 84

    

12. Fault and fracture network characterization using soft computing techniques: application to geologically complex and deeply-buried geothermal reservoirs

    • Qamar Yasin
    • Yan Ding
    • Bo Liu

    Original Article Open access 03 May 2024 Article: 83

    

13. Predicting the compressive strength of tight sandstone based on the low field NMR and pseudo-triaxial compression measurements

    • Xinmin Ge
    • Renxia Zhang
    • Lori Hathon

    Original Article Open access 03 May 2024 Article: 82

    

14. Experimental and numerical simulation investigation of the deformation characteristics of vertical boreholes under non-uniform horizontal principal stress

    • Xinxin Fang
    • Sijie Ma
    • Fengling Li

    Research Open access 03 May 2024 Article: 81

    

15. Sol–gel-stabilized CO₂ foam for enhanced in-situ carbonation in foamed fly ash backfill materials

    • Ichhuy Ngo
    • Liqiang Ma
    • Yonghui Wu

    Research Open access 29 April 2024 Article: 80

    

16. Research on cooperative control method of comprehensive pressure relief and anchor grouting reinforcement in deep mining roadways

    • Zhenhua Jiang
    • Bei Jiang
    • Shuai Wang

    Original Article Open access 23 April 2024 Article: 79

    

17. Evolution of mining-induced water inrush disaster from a hidden fault in coal seam floor based on a coupled stress–seepage–damage model

    • Jianli Shao
    • Qi Zhang
    • Wenquan Zhang

    Research Open access 23 April 2024 Article: 78

    

18. Research on the pressure relief law of diamond beaded rope saw cutting seam: a numerical investigation

    • Jianguo Zhang
    • Xiaochuan Wang
    • Wei Wang

    Research Open access 23 April 2024 Article: 77

    

19. Slope instability mechanism with differential rock mass structure along a fault: a mine landslide from Southwest China

    • Tao Wei
    • GuoQing Chen
    • Ming Yan

    Research Open access 20 April 2024 Article: 76

    

20. Investigation of three-dimensional model reconstruction and fractal characteristics of crack propagation in jointed sandstone

    • Ziqi Liu
    • Lulin Zheng
    • Gang Huang

    Research Open access 20 April 2024 Article: 75

    

21. Effects of the spacing between plasma channels on the fracture behavior of red sandstone under high-voltage pulse discharge

    • Jianyu Peng
    • Yuanhang Zhou
    • Guangliang Yan

    Research Open access 13 April 2024 Article: 74

    

22. Experimental study on the effect of loading rate on the strain energy accumulation and release during the weakening process of circular-tunnel

    • Xun You
    • Yunmin Wang
    • Zhengnan Zhang

    Correspondence Open access 13 April 2024 Article: 73

    

23. Theoretical investigation of electromagnetic-thermal coupling of double-layer cylindrical concrete under microwave irradiation

    • Wei Wei
    • Rujia Qiao
    • Zhushan Shao

    Original Article Open access 13 April 2024 Article: 72

    

24. Propagation and complex morphology of hydraulic fractures in lamellar shales based on finite-discrete element modeling

    • Mengyao Wang
    • Quan Gan
    • Derek Elsworth

    Research Open access 13 April 2024 Article: 71

    

25. Data-driven lithofacies prediction in complex tight sandstone reservoirs: a supervised workflow integrating clustering and classification models

    • Muhammad Ali
    • Peimin Zhu
    • Wakeel Hussain

    Correspondence Open access 09 April 2024 Article: 70

    

26. A novel pressure transient analysis model for fracturing wells in fracture–cavity carbonate reservoirs

    • Jianyi Liu
    • Zhibin Liu
    • Yimin Wen

    Research Open access 09 April 2024 Article: 69

    

27. A novel method for imitating true-triaxial stress path with conventional triaxial apparatus

    • Xuefeng Li
    • Zhigang Ma

    Methodology Open access 03 April 2024 Article: 68

    

28. Geological characteristics and major factors controlling the high yield of tight oil in the Da’anzhai member of the western Gongshanmiao in the central Sichuan basin, China

    • Cunhui Fan
    • Shan Nie
    • Zongheng Yang

    Research Open access 01 April 2024 Article: 67

    

29. Case study on the secondary support time and optimization of combined support for a roadway under high in-situ stress

    • Weile Geng
    • Wensong Wang
    • Ziwen Dong

    Original Article Open access 25 March 2024 Article: 66

    

30. Cyclical hydraulic pressure pulses reduce breakdown pressure and initiate staged fracture growth in PMMA

    • Julien Mouli-Castillo
    • Jackie E. Kendrick
    • Zoe Kai Shipton

    Original Article Open access 22 March 2024 Article: 65

    

31. Assessment of lake-level variations to decipher geological controlling factors and depositional architecture of Lake Fuxian, Yunnan Plateau: preliminary insights from geophysical data

    • Umar Ashraf
    • Hucai Zhang
    • Lizeng Duan

    Research Open access 22 March 2024 Article: 64

    

32. Experimental study of the effect of crack distribution on the failure mechanism of sandstone specimens based on inclination angles and number of parallel flaws

    • Jiewen Pang
    • Yongliang He
    • Xiaoyuan Sun

    Research Open access 20 March 2024 Article: 63

    

33. A modified model for calculating crack tip opening displacement (CTOD) considering fracture process zone (FPZ) in rock

    • Yang Qiao
    • Zong-Xian Zhang
    • Jun Zhou

    Research Open access 20 March 2024 Article: 62

    

34. Failure mechanism and treatment of mine landslide with gently-inclined weak interlayer: a case study of Laoyingzui landslide in Emei, Sichuan, China

    • Jing Li
    • Bin Hu
    • Zhen Zhang

    Research Open access 19 March 2024 Article: 61

    

35. Mechanisms and experimental study of directional thermal shock fracture of granite under bidirectional horizontal loading

    • Chao Zhang
    • Zijun Feng
    • Chenguang Shen

    Research Open access 15 March 2024 Article: 60

    

36. Mine seismic source location via forward modeling of spherical waves in a multilayered horizontal or inclined medium

    • Shuai Wang
    • Zhaoxin Hu
    • Sha-sha Lu

    Original Article Open access 15 March 2024 Article: 59

    

37. Dilation and energy evolution mechanisms of sandstone under true-triaxial mining unloading conditions

    • Wenpu Li
    • Ze Wang
    • Minke Duan

    Original Article Open access 11 March 2024 Article: 58

    

38. Ground subsidence monitoring in based on UAV-LiDAR technology: a case study of a mine in the Ordos, China

    • Shikai An
    • Liang Yuan
    • Dawei Zhou

    Methodology Open access 01 March 2024 Article: 57

    

39. Combined effect mechanism of linear loading and disturbance with different amplitudes on sandstone

    • Ning Yanhao
    • Zou Quanle
    • Zhang Bichuan

    Original Article Open access 01 March 2024 Article: 56

    

40. Key parameters of gob-side entry retaining by roof cutting in close-distance seam group

    • Chaowen Hu
    • Xiaojie Yang
    • Fulong Sun

    Research Open access 29 February 2024 Article: 55

    

41. An experimental study of Lode angle impact on the rock failure procession based on acoustic emission

    • Hong Yin
    • Wanchun Zhao
    • Wensong Wang

    Original Article Open access 26 February 2024 Article: 54

    

42. Pore structure characterization of sandstone under different water invasion cycles using micro-CT

    • Weizheng Mao
    • Yujing Yao
    • Zhen Liu

    Original Article Open access 22 February 2024 Article: 53

    

43. Creep behavior of dry and saturated medium-grain sandstone and its relationship with conventional mechanical properties

    • Qingheng Gu
    • Yunliang Tan
    • Xiang Cheng

    Research Open access 22 February 2024 Article: 52

    

44. Optimal HDR exploitation siting of gravity heat pipe geothermal systems via reservoir simulation

    • Chunwei Zhou
    • Yaqiong Wang
    • Shengming Liao

    Original Article Open access 21 February 2024 Article: 51

    

45. Performance prediction of roadheaders used in coal mines from the needle penetration index and the schmidt hammer value

    • Masoud Rostami
    • Sair Kahraman
    • Mustafa Fener

    Original Article Open access 20 February 2024 Article: 50

    

46. Quantitative investigation of rock dynamic failure using Voronoi-based discontinuous deformation analysis

    • Kaiyu Zhang
    • Lei Zhang
    • Shuai Wang

    Research Open access 19 February 2024 Article: 49

    

47. Progressive damage and fracture behavior of brittle rock under multi-axial prestress constraint and cyclic impact load coupling

    • Jinrui Zhang
    • Yi Luo
    • Jianping Wang

    Research Open access 17 February 2024 Article: 48

    

48. Effects of local thermal non-equilibrium on hydraulic stimulation efficiency of enhanced geothermal systems

    • Zhiqiang Fan
    • Jiamin Zhao
    • Ronggang Xue

    Original Article Open access 16 February 2024 Article: 47

    

49. Modelling method of heterogeneous rock mass and DEM investigation of seepage characteristics

    • Shuai Zhang
    • Dongsheng Zhang
    • Mingbo Chi

    Original Article Open access 16 February 2024 Article: 46

    

50. Correction: Parameter evaluation method of tight carbonate reservoir using electrical imaging pores diameter spectrum

    • Shixiang Jiao
    • Jun Zhao
    • Qiang Lai

    Correction Open access 14 February 2024 Article: 45