1. Anisotropic Behaviour of Opalinus Clay Through Consolidated and Drained Triaxial Testing in Saturated Conditions

   • Valentina Favero
   • Alessio Ferrari
   • Lyesse Laloui

   Original Paper 01 February 2018 Pages: 1305 - 1319

   

2. Failure Characteristics of Granite Influenced by Sample Height-to-Width Ratios and Intermediate Principal Stress Under True-Triaxial Unloading Conditions

   • Xibing Li
   • Fan Feng
   • Jamal Rostami

   Original Paper 01 February 2018 Pages: 1321 - 1345

   

3. Determining the Viscosity Coefficient for Viscoelastic Wave Propagation in Rock Bars

   • Leilei Niu
   • Wancheng Zhu
   • Kai Guan

   Original Paper 18 January 2018 Pages: 1347 - 1359

   

4. Theoretical Analysis of Pore Pressure Diffusion in Some Basic Rock Mechanics Experiments

   • Philipp Braun
   • Siavash Ghabezloo
   • Nathalie Conil

   Original Paper 27 January 2018 Pages: 1361 - 1378

   

5. Experimental Study on the Growth, Coalescence and Wrapping Behaviors of 3D Cross-Embedded Flaws Under Uniaxial Compression

   • Xiao-Ping Zhou
   • Jian-Zhi Zhang
   • Louis Ngai Yuen Wong

   Original Paper 19 January 2018 Pages: 1379 - 1400

   

6. Macro-mesoscopic Fracture and Strength Character of Pre-cracked Granite Under Stress Relaxation Condition

   • Junfeng Liu
   • Haiqing Yang
   • Xiaoping Zhou

   Original Paper 22 January 2018 Pages: 1401 - 1412

   

7. An Elasto-Plastic Damage Model for Rocks Based on a New Nonlinear Strength Criterion

   • Jingqi Huang
   • Mi Zhao
   • Jingbo Liu

   Original Paper 02 February 2018 Pages: 1413 - 1429

   

8. An Analytical Model for Two-Order Asperity Degradation of Rock Joints Under Constant Normal Stiffness Conditions

   • Yingchun Li
   • Wei Wu
   • Bo Li

   Original Paper 29 January 2018 Pages: 1431 - 1445

   

9. Energy Dissipation-Based Method for Fatigue Life Prediction of Rock Salt

   • Mingming He
   • Bingqian Huang
   • Ning Li

   Original Paper 20 January 2018 Pages: 1447 - 1455

   

10. Estimation of the REV Size and Equivalent Permeability Coefficient of Fractured Rock Masses with an Emphasis on Comparing the Radial and Unidirectional Flow Configurations

    • Zhechao Wang
    • Wei Li
    • Jie Liu

    Original Paper 31 January 2018 Pages: 1457 - 1471

    

11. Study of the Rock Mass Failure Process and Mechanisms During the Transformation from Open-Pit to Underground Mining Based on Microseismic Monitoring

    • Yong Zhao
    • Tianhong Yang
    • Feiyue Liu

    Original Paper 01 February 2018 Pages: 1473 - 1493

    

12. Improvement to the Convergence-Confinement Method: Inclusion of Support Installation Proximity and Stiffness

    • Jeffrey Oke
    • Nicholas Vlachopoulos
    • Mark Diederichs

    Original Paper 01 February 2018 Pages: 1495 - 1519

    

13. Discrete Analysis of Damage and Shear Banding in Argillaceous Rocks

    • Özge Dinç
    • Luc Scholtès

    Original Paper 16 January 2018 Pages: 1521 - 1538

    

14. Case Studies of Rock Bursts Under Complicated Geological Conditions During Multi-seam Mining at a Depth of 800 m

    • Tong-bin Zhao
    • Wei-yao Guo
    • Jun-feng Pan

    Original Paper 01 February 2018 Pages: 1539 - 1564

    

15. Elastic–Brittle–Plastic Behaviour of Shale Reservoirs and Its Implications on Fracture Permeability Variation: An Analytical Approach

    • Mohsen S. Masoudian
    • Mir Amid Hashemi
    • Alec M. Marshall

    Original Paper Open access 19 January 2018 Pages: 1565 - 1582

    

16. Comparisons Between Experimental and Semi-theoretical Cutting Forces of CCS Disc Cutters

    • Yimin Xia
    • Ben Guo
    • Zhiyong Ji

    Original Paper 25 January 2018 Pages: 1583 - 1597

    

17. Influence of Subjectivity in Geological Mapping on the Net Penetration Rate Prediction for a Hard Rock TBM

    • Yongbeom Seo
    • Francisco Javier Macias
    • Amund Bruland

    Original Paper 20 January 2018 Pages: 1599 - 1613

    

18. Rock Mass Characteristics and Tomographic Data

    • J. Vatcher
    • S. D. McKinnon
    • J. Sjöberg

    Technical Note Open access 05 March 2018 Pages: 1615 - 1619

    

19. Width Evolution of the Hydraulic Fractures in Different Reservoir Rocks

    • Chong Lin
    • Jianming He
    • Xiao Li

    Technical Note 20 January 2018 Pages: 1621 - 1627

    

20. Experimental Investigation of the Progressive Failure of Multiple Pillar–Roof System

    • Zilong Zhou
    • Lu Chen
    • Kun Du

    Technical Note 01 March 2018 Pages: 1629 - 1636