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   Editorial 11 February 2020 Pages: 477 - 481

2. Chemical Dissolution Drilling of Barre Granite Using a Sodium Hydroxide Enhanced Supercritical Water Jet

   • Ivan Beentjes
   • Jay T. Bender
   • Jefferson W. Tester

   Original Paper 02 August 2019 Pages: 483 - 496

   

3. Ground Response of a Gob-side Entry in a Longwall Panel Extracting 17 m-Thick Coal Seam: A Case Study

   • G. C. Zhang
   • Z. J. Wen
   • D. S. Zhao

   Original Paper 02 August 2019 Pages: 497 - 516

   

4. True Three-Dimensional Geomechanical Model Tests for Stability Analysis of Surrounding Rock During the Excavation of a Deep Underground Laboratory

   • Qiangyong Zhang
   • Chuancheng Liu
   • Wen Xiang

   Original Paper 02 August 2019 Pages: 517 - 537

   

5. The Role of Load Control Modes in Determination of Mechanical Properties of Granite

   • Louis Ngai Yuen Wong
   • Fanzhen Meng
   • Xiangchao Shi

   Original Paper 03 August 2019 Pages: 539 - 552

   

6. Influence of Intermittent Artificial Crack Density on Shear Fracturing and Fractal Behavior of Rock Bridges: Experimental and Numerical Studies

   • Ke Zhang
   • Yulong Chen
   • Jianbin Xie

   Original Paper 03 August 2019 Pages: 553 - 568

   

7. Dynamic Mode II Fracture Toughness of Rocks Subjected to Confining Pressure

   • Wei Yao
   • Ying Xu
   • Shuai Wang

   Original Paper 08 August 2019 Pages: 569 - 586

   

8. A Model for Pore Pressure Response of a Claystone due to Liberated Residual Stress Dilation

   • A. G. Corkum

   Original Paper 08 August 2019 Pages: 587 - 600

   

9. Tunneling in Squeezing Ground: Effect of the Excavation Method

   • Manuel de la Fuente
   • Jean Sulem
   • Didier Subrin

   Original Paper 09 August 2019 Pages: 601 - 623

   

10. Investigation of Anisotropic Deformation and Stress-Dependent Directional Permeability of Coalbed Methane Reservoirs

    • Ruimin Feng
    • Shengnan Chen
    • Steven Bryant

    Original Paper 09 August 2019 Pages: 625 - 639

    

11. Direct and Distributed Strain Measurements Inside a Shotcrete Lining: Concept and Realisation

    • Lukas Wagner
    • Alexander Kluckner
    • Werner Lienhart

    Original Paper Open access 12 August 2019 Pages: 641 - 652

    

12. Influence of Super-Critical CO₂ on the Strength and Fracture Behavior of Brine-Saturated Sandstone Specimens

    • Yan-Hua Huang
    • Sheng-Qi Yang
    • Matthew R. Hall

    Original Paper 12 August 2019 Pages: 653 - 670

    

13. Reconstruction of Surficial Rock Blocks by Means of Rock Structure Modelling of 3D TLS Point Clouds: The 2013 Long-Chang Rockfall

    • Xiujun Dong
    • Qiang Xu
    • D. Scott Kieffer

    Original Paper Open access 12 August 2019 Pages: 671 - 689

    

14. Self-Potential Response in Laboratory Scale EGS Stimulation

    • Lianbo Hu
    • Ahmad Ghassemi
    • Tsuneo Ishido

    Original Paper 12 August 2019 Pages: 691 - 703

    

15. Impact of Steel Properties on the Corrosion of Expandable Rock Bolts

    • J. Hadjigeorgiou
    • Y. Savguira
    • S. J. Thorpe

    Original Paper 12 August 2019 Pages: 705 - 721

    

16. Crack Front Geometry and Stress Intensity Factor of Semi-circular Bend Specimens with Straight Through and Chevron Notches

    • Yuzo Obara
    • Kimiharu Nakamura
    • Akira Kasai

    Original Paper 19 August 2019 Pages: 723 - 738

    

17. Brittleness Index: From Conventional to Hydraulic Fracturing Energy Model

    • Runhua Feng
    • Yihuai Zhang
    • Mohammad Sarmadivaleh

    Original Paper 20 August 2019 Pages: 739 - 753

    

18. Deformation Experiments on Bowland and Posidonia Shale—Part II: Creep Behavior at In Situ p_c–T Conditions

    • J. Herrmann
    • E. Rybacki
    • G. Dresen

    Original Paper Open access 21 August 2019 Pages: 755 - 779

    

19. Experimental and Analytical Investigations of the Effect of Hole Size on Borehole Breakout Geometries for Estimation of In Situ Stresses

    • H. Lin
    • J. Oh
    • T. R. Stacey

    Original Paper 22 August 2019 Pages: 781 - 798

    

20. Effect of Water Content on Argillization of Mudstone During the Tunnelling process

    • Bolong Liu
    • Haiqing Yang
    • Shivakumar Karekal

    Original Paper 24 August 2019 Pages: 799 - 813

    

21. Dynamic Compressive Test of Gas-Containing Coal Using a Modified Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar System

    • Zhiqiang Yin
    • Wensu Chen
    • Kang Peng

    Original Paper 24 August 2019 Pages: 815 - 829

    

22. Investigation of the Long-Term Strength Properties of a Discontinuity by Shear Relaxation Tests

    • Ang Liu
    • Wenli Lin
    • Jingcai Jiang

    Original Paper 26 August 2019 Pages: 831 - 840

    

23. Prediction of Mechanical Properties of Igneous Rocks Under Combined Compression and Shear Loading Through Statistical Analysis

    • Qingyuan He
    • Yingchun Li
    • Chengguo Zhang

    Original Paper 27 August 2019 Pages: 841 - 859

    

24. Semi-analytical Modelling of Water Injector Test with Fractured Channel in Tight Oil Reservoir

    • Yang Wang
    • Shiqing Cheng
    • Haiyang Yu

    Original Paper 29 November 2019 Pages: 861 - 879

    

25. Experimental Study on the Shear Behavior of the Bonding Interface Between Sandstone and Cement Mortar Under Freeze–Thaw

    • Wenjie Wang
    • Xiaoliang Yang
    • Guofeng Liu

    Original Paper 27 August 2019 Pages: 881 - 907

    

26. Physical Model Experimental Study on Spalling Failure Around a Tunnel in Synthetic Marble

    • Guo-Qiang Zhu
    • Xia-Ting Feng
    • Yong-Run Xiong

    Original Paper 27 August 2019 Pages: 909 - 926

    

27. Cavity Expansion in Rock Masses Obeying the “Hoek–Brown” Failure Criterion

    • Haythem Gharsallaoui
    • Mustafa Jafari
    • Alain Holeyman

    Original Paper 21 August 2019 Pages: 927 - 941

    

28. Identifying Crack Compaction and Crack Damage Stress Thresholds of Rock Using Load–Unload Response Ratio (LURR)Theory

    • Fengqiang Gong
    • Chen Wu

    Technical Note 06 August 2019 Pages: 943 - 954

    

29. Effects of a High Temperature (500 °C) on the Fracture Processes in Calcite-Cemented Sandstone Along Bedding-Plane Orientations

    • Varun Maruvanchery
    • Eunhye Kim

    Technical Note 12 August 2019 Pages: 955 - 966

    

30. Influence of Pore Water (Ice) Content on the Strength and Deformability of Frozen Argillaceous Siltstone

    • Hailiang Jia
    • Fan Zi
    • Pengyu Yang

    Technical Note 19 August 2019 Pages: 967 - 974

    

31. Characterization of Fracture Process in Sandstone: A Linear Correspondence Between Acoustic Emission Energy Density and Opening Displacement Gradient

    • Qing Lin
    • Siqi Wang
    • Yan Wang

    Technical Note 26 August 2019 Pages: 975 - 981