1. Post-yield Strength and Dilatancy Evolution Across the Brittle–Ductile Transition in Indiana Limestone

   • G. Walton
   • A. Hedayat
   • D. Labrie

   Original Paper 04 March 2017 Pages: 1691 - 1710

   

2. Effects of Gas Pressure on the Failure Characteristics of Coal

   • Guangxiang Xie
   • Zhiqiang Yin
   • Chuanqi Zhu

   Original Paper 03 March 2017 Pages: 1711 - 1723

   

3. Laboratory Investigation of Coal Deformation Behavior and Its Influence on Permeability Evolution During Methane Displacement by CO₂

   • Jingjing Fan
   • Ruimin Feng
   • Yanbin Wang

   Original Paper 28 February 2017 Pages: 1725 - 1737

   

4. Rock Fracture Toughness Study Under Mixed Mode I/III Loading

   • M. R. M. Aliha
   • A. Bahmani

   Original Paper 21 March 2017 Pages: 1739 - 1751

   

5. Mechanical Properties of Gas Shale During Drilling Operations

   • Chuanliang Yan
   • Jingen Deng
   • Xiaorong Li

   Original Paper 18 March 2017 Pages: 1753 - 1765

   

6. Study on Initiation Mechanisms of Hydraulic Fracture Guided by Vertical Multi-radial Boreholes

   • Tiankui Guo
   • Binyan Liu
   • Lei Xin

   Original Paper 20 March 2017 Pages: 1767 - 1785

   

7. An Analytical Method for Determining the Convection Heat Transfer Coefficient Between Flowing Fluid and Rock Fracture Walls

   • Bing Bai
   • Yuanyuan He
   • Xiaochun Li

   Original Paper 23 March 2017 Pages: 1787 - 1799

   

8. A Digital Image-Based Discrete Fracture Network Model and Its Numerical Investigation of Direct Shear Tests

   • Peitao Wang
   • Meifeng Cai
   • Tianhong Yang

   Original Paper 17 March 2017 Pages: 1801 - 1816

   

9. Modelling the Shear Behaviour of Clean Rock Discontinuities Using Artificial Neural Networks

   • Silvrano Adonias Dantas Neto
   • Buddhima Indraratna
   • André Pacheco de Assis

   Original Paper 10 March 2017 Pages: 1817 - 1831

   

10. A Novel Numerical Algorithm for Simulation of Initiation, Propagation and Coalescence of Flaws Subject to Internal Fluid Pressure and Vertical Stress in the Framework of General Particle Dynamics

    • J. Bi
    • X. P. Zhou

    Original Paper 23 March 2017 Pages: 1833 - 1849

    

11. Investigation of the Effect of Cemented Fractures on Fracturing Network Propagation in Model Block with Discrete Orthogonal Fractures

    • Y. Wang
    • C. H. Li

    Original Paper 28 March 2017 Pages: 1851 - 1862

    

12. Role of Brittle Behaviour of Soft Calcarenites Under Low Confinement: Laboratory Observations and Numerical Investigation

    • Piernicola Lollino
    • Gioacchino Francesco Andriani

    Original Paper 28 February 2017 Pages: 1863 - 1882

    

13. Failure Mechanisms and Evolution Assessment of the Excavation Damaged Zones in a Large-Scale and Deeply Buried Underground Powerhouse

    • Hai-bo Li
    • Ming-chang Liu
    • Jia-wen Zhou

    Original Paper 28 March 2017 Pages: 1883 - 1900

    

14. Microseismic Monitoring and 3D Finite Element Analysis of the Right Bank Slope, Dagangshan Hydropower Station, during Reservoir Impounding

    • Xingzong Liu
    • Chun’an Tang
    • Hongyuan Liu

    Original Paper 27 February 2017 Pages: 1901 - 1917

    

15. Experimental Investigation of the Anisotropic Mechanical Properties of a Columnar Jointed Rock Mass: Observations from Laboratory-Based Physical Modelling

    • H. Ji
    • J. C. Zhang
    • Z. N. Lin

    Original Paper 03 March 2017 Pages: 1919 - 1931

    

16. Experimental Study of Mode-I Fracture Toughness for Layered Shale Based on Two ISRM-Suggested Methods

    • Hongjian Wang
    • Fei Zhao
    • Guangxiang Yuan

    Technical Note 25 February 2017 Pages: 1933 - 1939

    

17. Correlating the Mechanical and Physical Properties with Mode-I Fracture Toughness of Rocks

    • Debanjan Guha Roy
    • T. N. Singh
    • Mayukh Talukdar

    Technical Note 02 March 2017 Pages: 1941 - 1946

    

18. Application of Q _slope to Assess the Stability of Rock Slopes in Madrid Province, Spain

    • Luis Jordá-Bordehore

    Technical Note 04 April 2017 Pages: 1947 - 1957