International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Article	Citations
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Development of a computer program from photogrammetry for assisting Q-system rating	145
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Rheological-dynamical method for prediction of compressive strength and deformation of rocks	97
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Impact of rock fracture geometry on geotechnical barrier integrity – A numerical study	94
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Transmission and application of a P-wave across joints based on a modified g-λ<	88
Differences in the plastic and brittle properties of Danian and Maastrichtian reservoir chalk from the North Sea	83
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Investigation on the coupling response of stress-fracture-seepage field during oil-bearing coal mining	79
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Simulation of tensile failure problems by improved three-dimensional discontinuous deformation analysis with multi-spring face-to-face contact model	73
Non-local continuum damage model for poro-viscoelastic porous media	71
Development of design norms for rib/snook during mechanised depillaring by continuous miner	70
A novel model for air velocities in airblast events in block caving mining	67
Experimental validation and mechanistic elucidation of crack division and two-phase flow-mediated sealing in coalbed methane extraction boreholes	66
Carbon negative backfill mining in coal mines for carbon neutralization: Chemical carbon fixation performances with mineralized gangue	63
Predicting three-dimensional roughness of rock discontinuity based on limited outcrop information during tunnel construction	62
Identification and thermal characteristics of linear discontinuities on a high-steep slope using UAV with thermal infrared imager	62
Thermally induced fracture modeling during a long-term water injection	60

A novel approach of mitigating fault-slip induced dynamic disasters based on liquid super-lubricity	57
Experimental investigation of failure process and characteristics in circular tunnels under different stress states and internal unloading conditions	56
An uncertainty hybrid model for risk assessment and prediction of blast-induced rock mass fragmentation	55
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Theoretical and numerical investigation of damage zones in deep tunnels within a layered rock mass under full-face blasting	55
Modeling the shearing behavior of discontinuous rock mass incorporating dilation of joint aperture	54
Investigation of strength behavior of thermally deteriorated sedimentary rocks subjected to dynamic cyclic loading	53
Plasma blasting of rocks and rocks-like materials: An analytical model	53
Dynamic cracking process of rock interpreted by localized strain-rate, rate-dependent strength field and transition strain-rate	52
A micromechanical analysis of marble pulverization under quasi-static progressive cyclic loading	51
Is the widely used relation between mechanical and hydraulic apertures reliable? Viewpoints from laboratory experiments	49
Determination of heat transfer representative element volume and three-dimensional thermal conductivity tensor of fractured rock masses	48
A comparison study on the predictive ability of numerical methods for fracturing of rock with different pre-existing flaws	48
Development of gravity flow draw theory and determination of its parameters	48
A stacked deep multi-kernel learning framework for blast induced flyrock prediction	47
Experimental investigation of borehole breakout formation in Gosford sandstone	46
Prediction of rockfall hazard in open pit mines using a regression based machine learning model	46
Strength changes associated with water transport in unsaturated tuff during drying	45
Effects of crystal orientation, temperature, deviatoric stress, and confining stress on creep of rock salt	45
Experimental study and model improvement on coal permeability: The influence of effective stress, slip effect, and water content	44
Rock fragmentation of simulated transversely isotropic rocks under static expansive loadings	43
Shear creep deformation of rock fracture distrubed by dynamic loading	43
Evolution and evaluation of the non-Darcy effects for partially filled fractures	43
Wave transmission in layered composite rock mass comprising parallel joints and different rock materials	43
A new coupled depth-integrated model incorporating 3D DDA on debris flow with large boulders	42
Integrated rockburst hazard estimation methodology based on spatially smoothed seismicity model and Mann-Kendall trend test	42
A wellbore-fracture coupled fracturing model to simulate non-uniform fracture propagation under multiple clusters of fracturing	41
Frictional properties of the rupture surface of a carbonate rock avalanche	39
Combining geomechanical and hydrogeological modeling for drainage analysis in Block Caving mine development	39
Comment on “Modelling coseismic displacements of fracture systems in crystalline rock during large earthquakes: Implications for the safety of nuclear waste repositories” as published by Lei and Loew	39
Cross-scale characterization of sandstones via statistical nanoindentation: Evaluation of data analytics and upscaling models	38
Numerical simulation of fluid-driven fracturing in orthotropic poroelastic media based on a peridynamics-finite element coupling approach	38
Multiphysics study of microwave irradiation effects on rock breakage system	37
Assessing the stability of high-level pillars in deeply-buried metal mines stabilized using cemented backfill	37
Study on the effect of micro-geometric heterogeneity on mechanical properties of brittle rock using a grain-based discrete element method coupling with the cohesive zone model	37
Fractal analysis of anisotropic shear-fracture roughness from rocks and analogue laboratory models: A new approach for heterogeneous-slip characterization	37
Influence of asperity degradation and gouge formation on flow during rock fracture shearing	37
Investigating the textural and physico-mechanical response of granites to heat treatment	37
Characteristics of SH-wave propagation during oil reservoir excitation using BEM formulation in half-plane model representation	37
Influences of water saturation and strain rate on the mechanical and failure behavior of sandstone under direct shear test with constant normal pressure	36
Experimental investigation on the frequency-spectrum characteristic of stress wave propagation through thermally treated granite	36
The influence of backfilling of a caved zone and magma intrusion-type faults on surface deformation in a metal mine caused by sublevel caving mining	36
A general equivalent continuum model and elastic wave velocity analysis of jointed rock masses	36
Crack system development in a heated rock with kerogen-filled pores	36
Evolution of water content and suction of Opalinus Clay from recovery at the drilling site to handling in the laboratory	36
A practical constitutive model of saturated fractured porous rock mass considering the fully coupling between the pore and fracture domains	35
Failure mechanism of hot dry rock under the coupling effect of thermal cycling and direct shear loading path	35
A geomechanical method for predicting the height of a water-flowing fractured zone in a layered overburden of longwall coal mining	35
A micromechanical hydro-mechanical-damage coupled model for layered rocks considering multi-scale structures	35
Size effects on strength and deformability of artificially jointed hard rock	35

A 3D coupled numerical simulation of energised fracturing with CO2: Impact of CO2 phase on fracturing process	35
Characterization of mechanical discontinuities based on data-driven classification of compressional-wave travel times	35
Intelligent prediction method for underbreak extent in underground tunnelling	35
Stable and rigorous simulation for all-way coupled multiphase flow and geomechanics in a bi-wing hydraulically fractured system: The vacuum area and dry zone	35
The velocity of roof deflection as an indicator of underground workings stability – Case study from polish deep copper mines	35
A wing-crack extension model for tensile response of saturated rocks under coupled static-dynamic loading	34
Inverse hydraulic and transport model of groundwater recovery experiment using mixed-dimensional concept	34
A fully-coupled water-vapor flow and rock deformation/damage model for shale and coal: Its application for mine stability evaluation	34
The susceptibility to degradation of stone materials used in the built heritage of the Ortygia island (Syracuse, Italy): A laboratory study	34
Optimizing well construction by establishing overpressure mechanism in Panna Formation, Western Offshore Basin, India	33
Modeling study of cumulative damage effects and safety criterion of surrounding rock under multiple full-face blasting of a large cross-section tunnel	33
Automatic fracture characterization in CT images of rocks using an ensemble deep learning approach	33
Semi-stochastic generation of rock discontinuity networks based on traces exposed on cavern roof	33
Characterisation of fracture evolution of a single cemented brittle grain using in-situ X-ray computed tomography	33
Dynamic uniaxial compression testing of veined rocks under high strain rates	33
Earth tides and seismic activity in deep coal mining	33
Roles of heat and stress transfer in triggering fault instability in conjugate faulted reservoirs	32
Influence of tectonic stress field on oil and gas migration in the Tahe Oilfield carbonate reservoir: Identification of areas favorable for reservoir formation	32
A novel micro-mechanical anisotropic elastic–plastic damage model for understanding time-dependent behaviors on rock-like materials	32
Experimental study on dynamic deformation and breaking mechanism of high-temperature hard rock cutting by abrasive water jet	32
A fuzzy K-Means algorithm based on Fisher distribution for the identification of rock discontinuity sets	31
Mechanical model for the calculation of stress distribution on fault surface during the underground coal seam mining	31
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Variation of seismicity using reinforced seismic data for coal burst risk assessment in underground mines	31
Rock anisotropic damage characterisation and its evolution model by integrating acoustic emission tomography and ultrasonic monitoring	31
Geomechanical properties of laminated shale and bedding shale after water absorption: A case study of the Chang 7 shale in Ordos basin, China	31
A novel in-situ stress measurement method incorporating non-oriented core ground re-orientation and acoustic emission: A case study of a deep borehole	31
Distribution characteristics of rock chips under relieved and unrelieved cutting conditions	31
Thermoacoustic emission characteristics and real-time damage evolution in shales of the Lower Palaeozoic Niutitang Formation	31
Uplift of the surface of the earth above abandoned coal mines. Part A: Analysis of satellite data related to the movement of the surface	31
Development of a geomechanical model based on suitable estimations of GSI and UCS in mining production slopes at the TilTil district, central Chile	31
Diffusion mechanism of quick-setting slurry in water-rich fractured rock mass based on circle-outburst diffusion model	31
A local surface roughness mapping method for post-failure interpretation of brittle fracture propagation	31
Rock breaking characteristics by swirling impeller abrasive water jet (SAWJ) on granite	30
Study of Cerchar abrasive parameters of monomineralic rocks and its application for evaluating cutting efficiency	30
Modelling the relationship between oversize fragments and nature of rock mass for a sublevel caving operation	30
Numerical simulation of rock erosion performance of a high-speed water jet using an immersed-body method	30
Combination of the unifying model for the effective thermal conductivity of isotropic, porous and composite geomaterials	30
3D in-situ stress prediction for shale reservoirs based on the CapsNet-BiLSTM hybrid model	30
Optimization of a coal mine roof characterization model using machine learning	29
Stress perturbation caused by multistage hydraulic fracturing: Implications for deep fault reactivation	29
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Mechanical behavior and failure mechanism of composite layered rocks under dynamic tensile loading	28
Quantifying fines migration in block caving through 3D experiments	28
Behavior in mixed-mode of desiccation cracks on a clayey rock front gallery	28
Permeability evolution of rock-concrete interfaces in underground lined storage systems	28
Cross-scale analysis on the mechanical behavior of the conglomerate of Yulin Grottoes in China	28
Three-dimensional surface deformation from multi-track InSAR and oil reservoir characterization: A case study in the Liaohe Oilfield, northeast China	28
Investigation of coupled hydro-mechanical modelling of hydraulic fracture propagation and interaction with natural fractures	27
Modeling the orientation- and stress-dependent permeability of anisotropic rock with particle-based discrete element method	27
Experimental analysis of rock mass transport during dolomite and gas outburst	27
Effect of confining pressures on transverse isotropy of Maha Sarakham salt	27
Effect of hydro-chemical corrosion on mechanical properties of red sandstone under uniaxial and triaxial compression	27
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On tensile fracture of a brittle rock	27
Pore structure evolution and radon exhalation characteristics of sandstone after loading and unloading	27
The shear resistance mechanism of prestressed anchor cables in slope reinforcement	27
Effect of water on sandstone's fracture toughness and frictional parameters: Brittle strength constraints	27
Comparative characterization of sandstone microstructure affected by cyclic wetting-drying process	26
New micromechanical data and modelling framework for the elastic response of calcareous mudstones	26
Investigation into shale softening induced by water/CO2-rock interaction	26
Experimental study on double cuneiform reamed anchorages for cable bolt boreholes in soft rock	26
Failure in rock with intersecting rough joints under uniaxial compression	26
Experimental investigations of static mechanical properties and failure characteristics of damaged diorite after dynamic triaxial compression	25
Grain size heterogeneity controls strengthening to weakening of granite over high-temperature treatment	25
Modeling and verification of non-linear mineral dissolution processes with buoyancy effects	25
Damage evolution of rock salt under multilevel amplitude creep–fatigue loading with acoustic emission monitoring	25
Experimental study on dynamic mechanical and failure behavior of a jointed rock mass	25
Data-driven optimization of brittleness index for hydraulic fracturing	25
Characterization of the negative Poisson's ratio effect of the thermal-damaged crystalline rock by the grain-based model	24
A study on the energy sources and the role of the surrounding rock mass in strain burst	24
On the role of poroelastic stressing and pore pressure diffusion in discrete fracture and fault system in triggering post-injection seismicity in enhanced geothermal systems	24
Effect of water content on the failure pattern and acoustic emission characteristics of red sandstone	24
The propagation and interaction of cracks under freeze-thaw cycling in rock-like material	24
A novel approach for fracture skeleton extraction from rock surface images	24
Phase-field modelling of fluid driven fracture propagation in poroelastic materials considering the impact of inertial flow within the fractures	23
Numerical and experimental investigation of the anisotropic tensile behavior of layered rocks in 3D space under Brazilian test conditions	23
Mechanism of hydraulic fracturing for controlling strong mining-induced earthquakes induced by coal mining	23
Automated rock mass discontinuity set characterisation using amplitude and phase decomposition of point cloud data	23
Crack interaction and fracturing of geomaterials with multiscale cracks	23

Determination of the property evolution in rock after laser irradiation by nanoindentation and nuclear magnetic resonance	23
Rock dynamic fracture of a novel semi-circular-disk specimen	23
Modelling real particle shape in DEM: a comparison of two methods with application to railway ballast	23
Microstructural variations and damage evolvement of salt rock under cyclic loading	23
Experimental investigation on the influence of NaCl concentration on triaxial mechanical behaviors of a low-clay shale	23
Quantitative estimation of potential rockburst pit depths during blasting excavation in deep tunnels	23
Anisotropic mechanical behaviour of columnar jointed rock masses subjected to cyclic loading: An experimental investigation	23
Damage mechanism and heat transfer characteristics of limestone after thermal shock cycle treatments based on geothermal development	22
Characteristics of strata movement and method for runoff disaster management for shallow multiseam mining in gully regions: A case study	22
Fluid-driven micro-cracking behaviour of crystalline rock using a coupled hydro-grain-based discrete element method	22
Investigating the damage evolution of sandstone using electrical impedance spectroscopy	22
Reverse toe sliding criteria of laterally confined low wall slope subjected to counterweight fill	22
Evolutions of the unfrozen water content of saturated sandstones during freezing process and the freeze-induced damage characteristics	22
The mechanical creep property of shale for different loads and temperatures	22
Non-break modeling and numerical simulation for non-intact rock failure process	22
Experimental study on influence of host rock strength on shear performance of Micro-NPR steel bolted rock joints	22
Effect of artificially induced microcracks near the rock surface on granite fragmentation performance under heating treatment	21
Investigations on the macro-meso cumulative damage mechanism of the discontinuities in soft-hard interbedded rock mass under pre-peak cyclic shear loading	21
A combined “ground support-rock modification-destressing” strategy for 1000-m deep roadways in extreme squeezing ground condition	21
Improving uniaxial compressive strength estimation of carbonate sedimentary rocks by combining minimally invasive and non-destructive techniques	21
TOUGH-RFPA: Coupled thermal-hydraulic-mechanical Rock Failure Process Analysis with application to deep geothermal wells	21
Volumetric deformation and damage evolution of Tibet interbedded skarn under multistage constant-amplitude-cyclic loading	21
A mesostructure-informed cohesion-based numerical method for fracture behavior of slate with foliation structure	21
Failure and post-failure kinematic disaster processes of columnar rock masses based on 3D discontinuous deformation analysis	21
Mechanical properties and failure characteristics of anisotropic shale with circular hole under combined dynamic and static loading	21
A 3D thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling model for enhanced geothermal systems	21
Hard Rock Fragmentation in Percussion Drilling Considering Confining Pressure: Insights from an Experimental Study	21
Numerical simulation based approach for assessment of blast induced deformation pattern in slot raise excavation	21
Estimating the long-term strength and time-to-failure of brittle rocks from laboratory testing	21
A new Hoek-Brown-Matsuoka-Nakai failure criterion for rocks	21
Effects of fracture filling ratio and confining stress on the equivalent effective stress coefficient of rocks containing a single fracture	21
Experimental study on the role of clay mineral and water saturation in ultrasonic P-wave behaviours across individual filled rock joints	21
Permeation–strain characteristics and damage constitutive model of coal samples under the coupling effect of seepage and creep	21
A new method to replicate high-porosity weak rocks subjected to cyclic freezing-thawing: Sand 3D printing and digital image correlation explorations	20
Numerical modelling of thermal weakening of granite under dynamic loading	20
Laboratory observation of shear stress recovery in rock joints considering joint compaction and dilatancy	20
Prediction of strainburst risks based on the stiffness theory: Development and verification of a new rockburst indicator	20
Experimental study of deformation induced by high-pressure methane adsorption and desorption: Insights into anisotropy and hysteresis characteristics	20
Laboratory hydraulic shearing of granitic fractures with surface roughness under stress states of EGS: Permeability changes and energy balance	20
Investigating the cutting force of disc cutter in multi-cutter rotary cutting of sandstone: Simulations and experiments	20
Calculation of thermal-hydraulic-mechanical response of a deep geological repository for radioactive used fuel in granite	20
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3D spatial fracture behavior of sandstone containing a surface flaw under uniaxial compression	20
A FDEM-based 2D coupled thermal-hydro-mechanical model for multiphysical simulation of rock fracturing	20
Application of Bayesian method for mining-induced tremors: A case study of the Xinjulong coal mine in China	20
A new integral equation method for calculating interacting stress-intensity factors of multiple holed-cracked anisotropic rock under both far-field and arbitrary surface stresses	20
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Analytical solutions of two-liner tunnels constructed in time-dependent plastic rocks considering loading-unloading stress paths	20
Measurement of ejection velocity of rock fragments under dynamic compression and insight into energy partitioning	19
A constitutive model for anisotropic clay-rich rocks considering micro-structural composition	19
3D Simulations of gas injection on callovo-oxfordian claystone assuming spatial heterogeneity and anisotropy	19
Unsupervised learning from three-component accelerometer data to monitor the spatiotemporal evolution of meso-scale hydraulic fractures	19
Leveraging negative pore pressure to constrain post-injection-induced slip of rock fractures	19
Experimental observations on the effect of strain rate on rock tensile fracturing	19
A novel semi-analytical model for pore volume compressibility in oil-bearing sandstone formations	19
Bingham and herschel-bulkley fluids flow regimes in rough-walled rock fractures	19
Water weakening and the compressive brittle strength of carbonates: Influence of fracture toughness and static friction	19
Visualization of the dynamic propagation of two simultaneously-stimulated hydraulic fractures: Competition and interaction	19
A new model for coal gas seepage based on fracture-pore fractal structure characteristics	19
Fracture stiffness evaluation with waterless cryogenic treatment and its implication in fluid flowability of treated coals	19
A reliable numerical analysis for large-scale modelling of a high-level radioactive waste repository in the Callovo-Oxfordian claystone	19
Experimental study on evolutive fracture behavior and properties of sulfate-rich fiber-reinforced cemented paste backfill under pure mode-I, mode-II, and mode-III loadings	19
Effect of stress waves on fault slip using photoelastic analysis and numerical simulation	19
Modeling spatial variability of mechanical parameters of layered rock masses and its application in slope optimization at the open-pit mine	18
Synthesis and characterization of water injection fracturing fluid for wetting and softening coal seam	18
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Efficient implicit methods for wellbore shear failure analysis during drilling and production in coalbeds	18
Integrating transient pressure and flow data for determination of hydraulic permeability and specific storage of a shale sample: Experimental tests and sensitivity analysis	18
Physical property studies to elucidate the source of seismic reflectivity within the ICDP DSeis seismogenic zone: Klerksdorp goldfield, South Africa	18
Drag bit/rock interface laws for the transition between two layers	18
Estimation of the three-dimensional density of the universal elliptical fractures based on one-dimensional or two-dimensional density	18
Effective stress effect and slippage effect of gas migration in deep coal reservoirs	18
A fast permeability measurement method based on congenetic bilateral pulse decay	18
A novel method to determine five elastic constants of a transversely isotropic rock using a single-orientation core by strip load test and strain inversion	18
Assessing the conditions at the boundary of excavations in bedded or foliated rocks	18
Effect of a singular planar heterogeneity on tensile failure	18
Characteristics of carbon dioxide fracturing in comparison to conventional water hydraulic fracturing: Evidence from acoustic emission monitoring of small-scale field experiments	18
Two-phase flow visualization experiments in variable-aperture fractures: The correlation between flow structure, displacement efficiency and relative permeability	18
An analytical solution for the stress distribution around the cased borehole in the orthotropic formation	17
Pull-out creep laboratory test for soft rocks	17
Calibrating high-dimensional rock creep constitutive models for geological disaster prevention: An application of data assimilation methods	17
Acoustic emission and 4D X-ray micro-tomography for monitoring crack propagation in rocks	17
Anisotropic failure behaviour and breakdown pressure interpretation of hydraulic fracturing experiments on shale	17
In-situ deformation and fracturing characteristics of geomaterials under dynamic loading: Insights from ultra-high-speed X-ray phase contrast imaging and DEM modelling	17
Automated extraction and evaluation of fracture trace maps from rock tunnel face images via deep learning	17
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Behaviour of yielding mechanical hybrid rockbolts under complex loading conditions	17
Propagation of interfered hydraulic fractures by alternated radial-circumferential extensions and its impact on proppant distribution	17
Integrated multiple tracer-based tomographic inversion and heterogeneity characterization of karst limestone mining regions in southwest China	17
Cyclic injection to reduce hydraulic fracture surface roughness in glutenite reservoirs	17
Laboratory hydraulic stimulation experiments to investigate the interaction between newly formed and preexisting fractures	17
Initiation mechanism of landslides in cold regions: Role of freeze-thaw cycles	17
Alteration of ultrasonic signatures by stress-induced changes in hydro-mechanical properties of fractured rocks	17
Polyaxial failure criteria for in situ stress analysis using borehole breakouts: Review of existing methods and development of an empirical alternative	17
Experimental results of blast-induced cracking fractal characteristics and propagation behavior in deep rock mass	17