1. Microscopic deformation mechanism and characteristics of carbonaceous slate during the creep process

   • Hucheng Yang
   • Peng Li
   • Jianxun Chen

   Research Open access 21 June 2024 Article: 112

   

2. Multi-scale experimental study on the failure mechanism of high-strength bolts under highly mineralized environment

   • Zhe He
   • Nong Zhang
   • Yuxuan Liu

   Research Open access 21 June 2024 Article: 111

   

3. Time-dependent gas dynamic diffusion process in shale matrix: model development and numerical analysis

   • Rui Yang
   • Depeng Ma
   • Zhichao Duan

   Research Open access 21 June 2024 Article: 110

   

4. Insight on molecular interactions in shrinkage of Na-montmorillonite clay by molecular dynamics simulation

   • Wei-Qiang Feng
   • Kamal Al-Zaoari
   • Ze-Jian Chen

   Research Open access 18 June 2024 Article: 109

   

5. Experimental study on joint sensing and early warning method of landslide disaster based on NPR-OFST

   • Zhigang Tao
   • Yuxiang Feng
   • Zhehan Yu

   Research Open access 15 June 2024 Article: 108

   

6. Effect of swab and surge pressure on the time-dependent wellbore natural fracture development

   • Arnaud Regis Kamgue Lenwoue
   • Zhonghui Li
   • Lesly Dasilva Wandji Djouonkep

   Original Article Open access 14 June 2024 Article: 107

   

7. Source types of induced earthquakes in underground mines: Revealed by regional moment tensor inversion

   • Chengyu Liu
   • Junhao Qu
   • Zhiheng Li

   Research Open access 12 June 2024 Article: 106

   

8. Study on the dynamic constitutive model of coal at different depths in Pingdingshan mining area

   • Haichun Hao
   • Mingzhong Gao
   • Gang Zeng

   Research Open access 10 June 2024 Article: 105

   

9. Analysis of pore-fracture structure evolution and permeability in tar-rich coal under high-temperature pyrolysis using μCT technology

   • Pengfei Jiang
   • Zhongyan Cheng
   • Gaigai Li

   Research Open access 07 June 2024 Article: 104

   

10. Analysis of mechanical response mechanism and energy evolution characteristics of saturated coal with a single pre-existing hole

    • Xingping Lai
    • Xianwei Fang
    • Xudong Liu

    Research Open access 07 June 2024 Article: 103

    

11. Analysis of geological factors affecting propagation behavior of fracture during hydraulic fracturing shale formation

    • Xun Gong
    • Xinhua Ma
    • Yuyang Liu

    Review Open access 05 June 2024 Article: 102

    

12. Investigation of the microfracture and damage characteristics of dam during impoundment at Sanhekou hydropower station

    • Ke Ma
    • Yu Li
    • Rulin Wang

    Research Open access 05 June 2024 Article: 101

    

13. Characteristics of waterproof failure and optimal width of narrow coal pillars under the coupled effects of mining, excavation and seepage

    • Dingchao Chen
    • Xiangyu Wang
    • Menglong Li

    Research Open access 05 June 2024 Article: 100

    

14. Macroscopic and mesoscopic mechanism of hydration instability of the rock-grout coupled structure

    • Haoyu Rong
    • Wei Wang
    • Jiahui Xu

    Research Open access 01 June 2024 Article: 99

    

15. Occurrence mechanism and prevention technology of rockburst, coal bump and mine earthquake in deep mining

    • Kun Du
    • Ruiyang Bi
    • Jian Zhou

    Original Article Open access 29 May 2024 Article: 98

    

16. Study on the mechanical and damage properties of laminated limestone under acid mine drainage dissolution

    • Chengyuan Ding
    • Shuangying Zuo
    • Yunchuan Mo

    Research Open access 28 May 2024 Article: 97

    

17. Research on the theory and method of reduced-hole blasting for large cross-section tunnel based on explosive energy dissipation

    • Xingchao Tian
    • Tiejun Tao
    • Caijin Xie

    Research Open access 28 May 2024 Article: 96

    

18. The effect of overlying rock fracture and stress path evolution in steeply dipping and large mining height stope

    • Baofa Huang
    • Panshi Xie
    • Jianjie Chen

    Research Open access 23 May 2024 Article: 95

    

19. 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

    

20. 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

    

21. 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

    

22. 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

    

23. 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

    

24. 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

    

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

    • Quan Zhang
    • Junpeng Zou
    • Qihua Kou

    Research Open access 09 May 2024 Article: 88

    

26. 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

    

27. 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

    

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

    • Jianchao Wang
    • Wei Wang
    • Yanke Wang

    Research Open access 03 May 2024 Article: 85

    

29. 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

    

30. 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

    

31. 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

    

32. 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

    

33. 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

    

34. 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

    

35. 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

    

36. 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

    

37. 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

    

38. 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

    

39. 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

    

40. 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

    

41. 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

    

42. 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

    

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

    • Muhammad Ali
    • Peimin Zhu
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    Correspondence Open access 09 April 2024 Article: 70

    

44. 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

    

45. 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

    

46. 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

    

47. 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

    

48. 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

    

49. 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

    

50. 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