Articles

1. Modeling of Hydro-mechanical Coupled Fracture Propagation in Quasi-brittle Rocks Using a Variational Phase-Field Method

   • Shi-fan Liu
   • Wei Wang
   • Wan-qing Shen

   Original Paper 27 April 2024

   

2. Study on the Effect of Filling on the Properties and Fracture Behavior of Gabbro with En-echelon Joints

   • Shihao Yuan
   • Qiang Sun
   • Lei Xue

   Technical Note 26 April 2024

   

3. Modal Analysis of a Lava Tube Roof Complex: Tabernacle Hill, Utah, USA

   • Guglielmo Grechi
   • Jeffrey R. Moore
   • Madeleine M. Festin

   Technical Note Open access 26 April 2024

   

4. Experimental and Numerical Research on the Tightness and Stability of Underground Anhydrite Rock Cavern Oil Storage

   • Xinxing Wei
   • Hongling Ma
   • Chunhe Yang

   Original Paper 26 April 2024

   

5. Exploring Heterogeneity Consideration in Bonded Block Analyses of Laboratory and In Situ Tests on Opalinus Clay

   • Leandro Lima Rasmussen
   • Ki-Bok Min

   Original Paper 26 April 2024

   

6. Impact of Carbonate Content, Rock Texture, and Roughness on Fracture Transmissivity and Acid-Etching Patterns in Carbonate Rocks

   • Ximena Rodríguez
   • Antonio Barbosa
   • Thomas Finkbeiner

   Original Paper 25 April 2024

   

7. Experimental Study on the Free-Face True-Triaxial Rockburst Test Considering the Influence of Joints

   • Mingliang Li
   • Kegang Li
   • Rui Yue

   Original Paper 25 April 2024

   

8. Investigation on the Dynamic Cracking Mechanism of Sandstone with an Ice-Saturated Flaw Based on Drop Weight Tests

   • Chun Zhu
   • Zhipeng Li
   • Shibin Tang

   Original Paper 25 April 2024

   

9. Water Content Evolution in the EDZ of Opalinus Clay: A Methodic Approach for a Comparative Interpretation of Measurements and Modelling

   • Gesa Ziefle
   • Tuanny Cajuhi
   • Jobst Maßmann

   Original Paper Open access 24 April 2024

   

10. Analytical Solution for the Stress Field in Surrounding Rock of a Near-Fault Tunnel Considering Tectonic Stress Boundary Conditions

    • Su Wu
    • Chong Shi
    • Wangyang Li

    Original Paper 24 April 2024

    

11. Compression-Hardening Memory of the Microstructure and Its Effect on the Cyclic Loading/Unloading Response of Crystalline Rock Using a Grain-Based Model

    • Xiaolin Huang
    • Ling Xu
    • Xin Wei

    Original Paper 23 April 2024

    

12. Nonlinear Mechanical and 3D Rupture Morphology of Saturated Porous Sandstone Under True Triaxial Stress

    • Minghui Li
    • Jun Lu
    • Changbao Jiang

    Original Paper 23 April 2024

    

13. Effective Elastic Properties and Micro-mechanical Damage Evolution of Composite Granular Rocks: Insights from Particulate Discrete Element Modelling

    • Prasad Pothana
    • Fernando E. Garcia
    • Kegang Ling

    Original Paper Open access 22 April 2024

    

14. The Sequence of Heating and Loading Affects Shear Properties of Granite Fractures Under High Temperature

    • Fanzhen Meng
    • Jianhua Han
    • Hui Zhou

    Original Paper 21 April 2024

    

15. A Preliminary Study on the Detections of Potential Support Degradation in Deep Hydraulic Tunnels

    • Jiangyong Sun
    • Wen Nie
    • Ruilang Cao

    Original Paper 21 April 2024

    

16. Observation via Particle Image Velocity (PIV) Technology of Seepage Features in Replicas of Rock Fractures

    • Dai Xu
    • He Lei
    • Cao Yimin

    Original Paper 20 April 2024

    

17. A New Simplified Discrete Fracture Model for Shearing of Intersecting Fractures and Faults

    • Mengsu Hu
    • Tsubasa Sasaki
    • Jens Birkholzer

    Original Paper Open access 20 April 2024

    

18. Roughness Characterization of Hydraulically Induced Fractures in Anisotropic Granite

    • Melvin B. Diaz
    • Sang Seob Kim
    • Kwang Yeom Kim

    Technical Note 18 April 2024

    

19. A Novel Oriented Perforation Approach for Fracturing Deep and Tight Reservoirs

    • Kaiming Xia
    • Yufeng Cui
    • Tariq Mahmood

    Original Paper 18 April 2024

    

20. Simple Equations for Estimating the Large Convergence and the Longitudinal Displacement Profile of a Tunnel

    • Kai Guan
    • Wancheng Zhu
    • Xige Liu

    Original Paper 17 April 2024

    

21. Parameters Affecting the Proppant Distribution in Multiple Growing Hydraulic Fractures

    • Shaoyi Cheng
    • Bisheng Wu
    • Tianshou Ma

    Original Paper 17 April 2024

    

22. Regional Characteristics of Seismicity Associated with Hydraulic Fracturing in the Southern Sichuan Basin of China

    • Jingjing Dai
    • Jianfeng Liu
    • Shigui Dai

    Original Paper 17 April 2024

    

23. The Cumulative Damage Evolution Law Of Multi-Anchor Circular Piles Reinforced Landslide Under Earthquake Action

    • Hong Wei
    • Zhigang Tao
    • Hanqian Weng

    Original Paper 15 April 2024

    

24. Combination of a Failure Index and a Dilatancy-Dependent Permeability Model in Hydro-Mechanically-Coupled Numerical Simulations of Argillaceous Rock Formations of the Callovo-Oxfordian (COx)

    • Eike Radeisen
    • Hua Shao
    • Wenqing Wang

    Original Paper Open access 15 April 2024

    

25. Numerical Simulation of Spatial Crack Growth and the Local Failure Process of Rock Using the SMDSM Empowered by Structured 3-D Hierarchical Meshes

    • Kai Wang
    • Chunan Tang
    • Huahua Zhang

    Original Paper 15 April 2024

    

26. Investigation on Rock Fracturing in Presplit Blasting Under Various Initial Stresses

    • Kewei Liu
    • Xudong Li
    • Zhixian Hong

    Original Paper 14 April 2024

    

27. Dynamic Responses of an Underground Opening Subject to Impact Loadings in Blocky Rock

    • Wen Nie
    • Zhaorui Yong
    • Jie Sun

    Original Paper 13 April 2024

    

28. On Multi-Component Gas Migration in Single-Phase Systems

    • Michael Pitz
    • Elke Jacops
    • Thomas Nagel

    Original Paper Open access 13 April 2024

    

29. Experimental Study of Debris Flows Impacting a Novel Barrier Based on Negative Poisson’s Ratio (NPR) Cables

    • Feifei Zhao
    • Manchao He
    • Xiaohui Zheng

    Original Paper 13 April 2024

    

30. A New Combined Mining Method: The Stope Limit Length Calculation of Considering Bulk Support Boundary

    • Qingfa Chen
    • Quan Gan
    • Chenyang Liu

    Original Paper 13 April 2024

    

31. Permeability Evolution in a Fracture in Granite During Isotropic Compression

    • Jian Huo
    • A. P. S. Selvadurai
    • Mohamed Meguid

    Original Paper 13 April 2024

    

32. Novel Sub-core Extraction Method Using CNC Milling for Water-Sensitive and Fragile Rock

    • Aly Abdelaziz
    • Johnson Ha
    • Giovanni Grasselli

    Technical Note 12 April 2024

    

33. Frictional Stability and Permeability Evolution of 3D Carved Longmaxi Shale Fractures and Its Implications for Shale Fault Stability in Sichuan Basin

    • Li Cui
    • Fengshou Zhang
    • Hengdong Wang

    Original Paper 12 April 2024

    

34. Comparison of Fatigue Hydraulic Fracturing of Granite Cores Subjected to Creep and Cyclic Injection

    • Li Zhuang
    • Changlun Sun
    • Andrew P. Bunger

    Original Paper 12 April 2024

    

35. Robust Machine Learning Predictive Models for Real-Time Determination of Confined Compressive Strength of Rock Using Mudlogging Data

    • Milad Zamanzadeh Talkhouncheh
    • Shadfar Davoodi
    • Reza Bakhshi

    Original Paper 11 April 2024

    

36. Experimental and Numerical Studies of Water–Sand Flow in Fractured Porous Media

    • Wei Li
    • Yu Liu
    • Jintao Wang

    Original Paper 11 April 2024

    

37. A Test System for Microwave-Assisted Dual-Mode Mechanical Cutting of Hard Rock Under True Triaxial Compression

    • Xia-Ting Feng
    • Xiang-xin Su
    • Tian-yang Tong

    Original Paper Open access 11 April 2024

    

38. Validation of Diametrical Core Deformation Technique for Mining-Induced Stress Estimation: A Case Study

    • Yizhuo Li
    • Tuo Chen
    • Hani S. Mitri

    Original Paper 10 April 2024

    

39. The Rock Fragmentation Mechanism in Rock Cutting with PDC Cutter Under Hydrostatic Pressures

    • Weiji Liu
    • Hongxing Deng
    • Xiaohua Zhu

    Original Paper 10 April 2024

    

40. Gravitational Failure Occurrence and Evolution of Rock Slopes Due to Dam Construction: A Case Study of Three Reservoirs in Southwest China

    • Ming-liang Chen
    • Jia-wen Zhou
    • Xing-guo Yang

    Technical Note 10 April 2024

    

41. Creep of Rock Salt Under a Large Range of Deviatoric Stresses

    • Laura Blanco-Martín
    • Ahmed Rouabhi
    • Paule Labaune

    Original Paper 09 April 2024

    

42. Experimental Investigation on Rockburst Energy Characteristics of True Triaxial Unloading in Sandstone Under High Stress

    • Jieyu Li
    • Dongqiao Liu
    • Yunpeng Guo

    Original Paper 08 April 2024

    

43. Uncovering Failure and Cracking Behaviors of Double-Flawed Sandstone Under Compressive-Shear Loading Using Digital Image Correlation (DIC) Technique

    • Tao Zhou
    • Jiarong Chen
    • Changtai Zhou

    Original Paper Open access 08 April 2024

    

44. Analysis of the Internal Structure of Brenna Sandstone Samples with Respect to the Differences in Measured Quasi-elastic Moduli

    • Ivan Janeček
    • Deepak Amban Mishra
    • Petr Martinec

    Original Paper Open access 08 April 2024

    

45. Investigation of Energy Transformation and Dissipation in Soft Rock Tunnels with Yielding Support Under Large Deformation

    • Kai Yang
    • Qixiang Yan
    • Yanying Cheng

    Original Paper 05 April 2024

    

46. Study on Warning Method for Fault Rockburst in Deep TBM Tunnels

    • Yu Zhang
    • Xia-Ting Feng
    • Lianjie Fu

    Original Paper 04 April 2024

    

47. Mechanical Damage Induced by the Water–Rock Reactions of Gypsum-Bearing Mudstone

    • Shifei Ping
    • Fugang Wang
    • Guanhong Feng

    Original Paper 04 April 2024

    

48. Determination of Optimal Burden for Ringhole Blasting in Underground Hard Rock Mining Under Varying Geotechnical Properties

    • Ashish Kumar Vishwakarma
    • Vivek Kumar Himanshu
    • Kaushik Dey

    Original Paper 04 April 2024

    

49. Inference of Intermittent Hydraulic Fracture Tip Advancement Through Inversion of Low-Frequency Distributed Acoustic Sensing Data

    • Yongzan Liu
    • Lin Liang
    • Smaine Zeroug

    Original Paper 04 April 2024

    

50. Determination of the Rock Mass Bearing Mechanism Following Excavation of Circular Tunnels

    • Kaimeng Ma
    • Jichun Zhang
    • Chao Kong

    Original Paper 03 April 2024