International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	127
Development of a computer program from photogrammetry for assisting Q-system rating	115
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A local surface roughness mapping method for post-failure interpretation of brittle fracture propagation	87
Experimental investigation of borehole breakout formation in Gosford sandstone	86
A stacked deep multi-kernel learning framework for blast induced flyrock prediction	86
Carbon negative backfill mining in coal mines for carbon neutralization: Chemical carbon fixation performances with mineralized gangue	82
Experimental analysis of rock mass transport during dolomite and gas outburst	82
3D in-situ stress prediction for shale reservoirs based on the CapsNet-BiLSTM hybrid model	79
A new Hoek-Brown-Matsuoka-Nakai failure criterion for rocks	73
Quantifying fines migration in block caving through 3D experiments	72
Microwave-induced strength reduction and weakening mechanisms of basic rocks	67
Hard Rock Fragmentation in Percussion Drilling Considering Confining Pressure: Insights from an Experimental Study	67
Uplift of the surface of the earth above abandoned coal mines. Part A: Analysis of satellite data related to the movement of the surface	66
Three-dimensional surface deformation from multi-track InSAR and oil reservoir characterization: A case study in the Liaohe Oilfield, northeast China	66
Study of Cerchar abrasive parameters of monomineralic rocks and its application for evaluating cutting efficiency	66
Is the widely used relation between mechanical and hydraulic apertures reliable? Viewpoints from laboratory experiments	66
Volumetric deformation and damage evolution of Tibet interbedded skarn under multistage constant-amplitude-cyclic loading	64
A novel in-situ stress measurement method incorporating non-oriented core ground re-orientation and acoustic emission: A case study of a deep borehole	60
Experimental investigation of failure process and characteristics in circular tunnels under different stress states and internal unloading conditions	58
Experimental study on the role of clay mineral and water saturation in ultrasonic P-wave behaviours across individual filled rock joints	57
Quantitative estimation of potential rockburst pit depths during blasting excavation in deep tunnels	56
Micromechanics of stick-slip deformation across rough faults	56

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A novel semi-analytical model for pore volume compressibility in oil-bearing sandstone formations	55
Comprehensive in-situ stress estimation in a fractured geothermal reservoir in Pohang, South Korea using drilling data, hydraulic stimulations, and induced seismicity	54
Experimental observations on the effect of strain rate on rock tensile fracturing	54
A fast permeability measurement method based on congenetic bilateral pulse decay	54
Stress-sensitivity analysis of geological confined pores with ultrasonics	53
Implicit hydromechanical representation of fractures using a continuum approach	52
Poroelastic effects on gas transport mechanisms and influence on apparent permeability in shale	51
Automatic extraction of rock discontinuity orientations from 3D point clouds via an adaptive clustering and surface fitting approach	50
Causal mechanism of Gotthard Base Tunnel-induced ground deformation: Insights from 3D fully-coupled hydro-mechanical simulation and comparison to field measurements	50
Fracture Displacement Basis Function (FDBF) method for efficient geomechanical calculations of fractured rock	49
Multitask intelligent early warning of rockbursts based on classification-regression cascaded network model	48
Experimental study of the inrush of fines events in caving mining	48
Numerical investigation of spatiotemporal flowing and blocking characteristics for grouting in multi karst conduits	47
Cyclic fatigue effect on mechanical property change of hot dry rock in wellbores of enhanced geothermal systems	47
Stress migration and failure mechanisms of rocks with holes under gradient stress conditions	47
Calibrating high-dimensional rock creep constitutive models for geological disaster prevention: An application of data assimilation methods	46
Efficient implicit methods for wellbore shear failure analysis during drilling and production in coalbeds	45
Modelling rockbursts around a deep tunnel based on the particle finite element method: From progressive degradation to catastrophic ejection	45
Characteristics of carbon dioxide fracturing in comparison to conventional water hydraulic fracturing: Evidence from acoustic emission monitoring of small-scale field experiments	45
Estimation of proppant embedment from laboratory instrumented indentation tests on Montney formation in Western Canada	45
Freezing deformation of saturation-dependent porous media considering interface energy and microstructure effects: From thermodynamics-based macroscopic constitutive relation to micromechanical upscal	44
3D DEM simulations of the variability of rock mechanical behaviour based on random rock microcracks	44
A novel method for evaluating stability and mechanism of flexural toppling based on energy conservation principle and numerical simulation	42
Numerical modeling of rock spalling around a tunnel using visco-plastic interface elements and a rock removal strategy	42
Experimental study on dilatancy behavior of soft rock under dynamic loading	41
Small scale laboratory monotonic and cyclic pull out testing on grout and resin encapsulated cable bolts	41
A total system stiffness approach for determining shut-in pressure in hydraulic fracturing stress measurements	41
Damage constitutive model of brittle rock under uniaxial compression based on linear energy dissipation law	41
Editorial Board	41
Deep learning-based adaptive denoising method for prediction of crack opening displacement of rock from noisy strain data	41
An experimental study of the contact mechanical behaviour of marble spheres under cyclic loading	40
Statistical study of squeezing for soft rocks based on factor and regression analyses of effective parameters	40
Experimental insights into coupled hydraulic, mechanical, and electrical behaviors of granite fractures: Implications for indirect estimation of crustal permeability changes	40
The correlation between blockiness and the existence of a hydraulic conductivity representative elementary volume of fractured rocks	40
Discing behavior and mechanism of cores extracted from Songke-2 well at depths below 4,500 m	39
Modeling the behavior of a coal pillar rib using Bonded Block Models with emphasis on ground-support interaction	39
Integrating numerical modeling and deep learning with electrical resistance tomography for rock mechanics	39
Comparison of high-frequency components in acoustic emissions from rock fracture under Mode Ⅰ and Mode Ⅱ dominated loading	38
An adjusted analytical solution for thermal design in artificial ground freezing	38
Effect of liquid nitrogen cooling on mechanical characteristics and fracture morphology of layer coal under Brazilian splitting test	38
Rock shear creep modelling: DEM – Rate process theory approach	38
Grain-scale analysis of fracture paths from high-cycle hydraulic fatigue experiments in granites and sandstone	38
Time-dependent cracking and brittle creep in macrofractured sandstone	37
Characterizing the cracking process of various rock types under Brazilian loading based on coupled Acoustic Emission and high-speed imaging techniques	37
Upscaling the creep behavior of clay-rich and quartz-rich shales from nanoindentation measurements: Application to the Wufeng-Longmaxi shale, China	37
Mechanisms of stress- and fluid-pressure-driven fault reactivation in Gonghe granite: Implications for injection-induced earthquakes	37
Creep characteristics of a fracturing fluid-softened shale investigated by microindentation	37
Evaluating the deformation modulus at representative elementary volume using electrical resistivity tomography	36
Influence of joint inclination on mechanical behaviors of shales during unloading-induced slip processes	36

Study on interaction between TBM cutter and assisting kerfs based on full-scale cutting tests	36
An integrated field scale computational model for hydraulic conductivity of high energy explosive driven fracturing	36
New insights into tunnel spalling from scale model and element testing	36
Fractal contact and asperities coalescence of rock joints under normal loading: Insights from pressure-sensitive film measurement	35
Blast-induced fracture mechanisms and fragmentation characteristics of brittle materials under anisotropic stress fields	35
Controls of lithological heterogeneity on self-sealing behavior of propped fractures in Marcellus shale	35
Effects of time-dependent deformation of shale on the integrity of a geological nuclear waste repository	34
Anisotropic behavior and mechanical characteristics of the Montney Formation	34
Mechanical response and strain localization in coal under uniaxial loading, using digital volume correlation on X-ray tomography images	34
Ultrasonic and NMR-based estimation of the microstructure at ice-rock interface	34
Influence of thin spray-on layer (TSL) wrapping support on the spalling failure characteristics of sandstone	34
Editorial Board	34
New criterion for the spalling failure of deep rock engineering based on energy release	34
Rockfall in open pit mines: management of the pit geometry and protection measures design	34
A simple nonlinear constitutive model for rocks and its application to the semi-analytical solution of deeply buried tunnels	34
Numerical modeling for rockbursts in circular tunnels using a nodal-based continuous-discontinuous deformation analysis method	33
Comparison of contact treatment methods for rigid polyhedral discrete element models	33
Development of empirical model for strength estimation of irregular-shaped-heightened-rib/snook for mechanised depillaring	33
Unsupervised clustering of mining-induced microseismicity provides insights into source mechanisms	33
Open-pit slope design using a DtN-FEM: Parameter space exploration	33
Mechanical performance of a 3D printed scaled mine roadway model	33
Assessing the contribution of mineral composition to meso-macro progressive failure in granite under thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) conditions: Inspiration for hydraulic fracturing in Enhanced Geotherm	33
Ground surface uplift during hardcoal longwall mining	32
3D multiscale modeling of fault-slip rockbursts around deep tunnels: Insights into static versus dynamic triggering mechanisms	32
Study on the mechanism of displacement mutation for jointed rock slopes during blasting excavation	32
On the stress dependency of sand production coefficient in hydro-dynamical sanding criteria	32
A new shear strength criterion for rock discontinuities considering roughness degradation and loading rate effect	32
Dynamic unsaturated effect of microcrack extension on brittle rock fracture under impact compression	32
Impact of cyclic high-voltage pulse discharge on the formation mechanism of rock plasma channels and quantitative assessment of its weakening effect on rock strength	31
Generating high-fidelity discrete fracture networks from low-dimensional latent spaces using generative adversarial network	31
Numerical analysis of hydro-thermal fracturing in saturated rocks by considering material anisotropy and micro-structural heterogeneity	31
A micromechanical thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling model for fractured rocks based on multi-scale structures variations	31
Experimental study on the effective stress law and permeability of damaged sandstone under true triaxial stress	31
Enhanced discontinuity characterization in hard rock pillars using point cloud completion and DBSCAN clustering	31
Model tests on dynamic responses of surrounding rock and support structure on underground tunnel under combined dynamic and static loading	31
Modeling of thermally driven longitudinal fractures along a vertical well	30
Dynamic mechanical behaviours of frozen rock under sub-zero temperatures and dynamic loads	30
Fracture mechanism and energy evolution of sandstone with a circular inclusion	30
Enhancing fracture conductivity in carbonate formations through mineral alteration	30
Dynamic analysis of soil-rock mixtures based on improved 3-D DDA-SPH method	29
Detection of hidden mining-induced ground fissures via unmanned aerial vehicle infrared system and ground-penetrating radar	29
Editorial Board	29
Experiment and three-dimensional discrete element method analysis on the fatigue failure behavior of composite rock Brazilian discs with various bedding angles and loading paths	29
Feature extraction and classification for induced microseismic signals during hydraulic fracturing: Implication for coalbed methane reservoir stimulation	29
Monitoring stress-induced brittle rock mass damage for preventative support maintenance	29
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Influence of coupling and properties of encapsulating mortars on the anchoring capacity of rock bolts	28
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A novel graph-based 3D breakage method for angular particles with an image-based DEM	28
Statistical analysis of the impact of ore draw strategies on wet inrush hazard susceptibility in a panel cave mine	28
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A twisted yieldable rock bolt as a tool for dissipation of the ground pressure energy	28
Subsidence above irregular-shaped reservoirs	28
Effects of thermal treatment on acoustic waves in Carrara marble	27
A new methodology inspired from the Theory of Critical Distances for determination of inherent tensile strength and fracture toughness of rock materials	27
Hydraulic fractures evaluation of the glutenite and the effects of gravel heterogeneity based on cores	27
Stress modelling using cellular automata for block caving applications	27
Theory and analytical solutions to wellbore problems with hardening/softening Drucker-Prager models	27
Stationary asperity stress drop during controlled 3D tensile fracture propagation	27
Numerical investigation of progressive damage and associated seismicity on a laboratory fault	27
A novel FEM–DEM coupling methodology for hydro-mechanical modeling in fractured geological media	26
A novel approach to determine rock mechanical parameters using non-invasive geophysical methods	26
Uplift of the surface of the earth above abandoned coal mines. Part B: Framework to understand and explain uplift	26
Experimental study of poromechanical behavior of Callovo-Oxfordian claystone in undrained triaxial compression and extension tests	26
Three-dimensional cracking and coalescence of two spatial-deflection joints in rock-like specimens under uniaxial compression	26
Thermal-mechanical modelling on cumulative freeze-thaw deformation of porous rock in elastoplastic state based on Drucker-Prager criterion considering dilatancy	26
Systematic investigation of stress-induced fracture closure and permeability evolution in Lac du Bonnet granite	26
An experimental investigation on fatigue characteristics of granite under repeated dynamic tensions	26
Progressive damage and fracture of biaxially-confined anisotropic coal under repeated impact loads	26
Effects of high-power microwave irradiation on tar-rich coal for realising in situ pyrolysis, fragmentation, and low-carbon utilisation of tar-rich coal	25
A 2D adaptive finite-discrete element method for simulating fracture and fragmentation in geomaterials	25
Impact of computer-controlled drill carriage's position deviation on automated hole positioning in underground roadways	25
Deep transfer learning for P-wave arrival identification and automatic seismic source location in underground mines	25
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A three-phase coupled numerical model for the hydraulic fracturing of rock	25
Salt-induced structure damage and permeability enhancement of Three Gorges Reservoir sandstone under wetting-drying cycles	25
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Study of cutting forces acting on a disc cutter and impact of variable penetration measured by full scale linear cutting tests	24
The novel learnable physics engines for interpretable elastoplastic models of geomaterials based on the message passing neural network	24

Modelling the loosening of rock in the experimental rock mining method	24
Changes in the nanomechanical properties of the constituent minerals in the ductile fauske marble and the brittle kuru granite during progressive failure	24
The influence of morphology and the loading-unloading process on discontinuity stress states observed via photoelastic technique and its inspiration to induced seismicity	24
Extension of reliability information of Z-numbers and fuzzy cognitive map: Development of causality-weighted rock engineering system to predict and risk assessment of blast-induced rock size distribut	24
Comprehensive evaluation of three-dimensional Hoek–Brown strength criteria: Properties, applicability, and parameter reliability	24
An inversion for asymmetric hydraulic fracture growth and fracture opening distribution from tilt measurements	24
High pre-tension reinforcing technology and design for ultra-shallow buried large-span urban tunnels	23
Meso-mechanical mechanism of ordered mica alignment on the progressive failure process of granite under different lateral stress directions	23
A phase transition model for acid dissolution along a rough-walled carbonate fracture	23
A true triaxial compression-induced microcracking model for evaluating short-term progressive and long-term creep failures of brittle rock	23
Developments to the Bonded Block Modeling technique for Discrete Element simulation of transversely isotropic rocks	23
Numerical electric breakdown model of heterogeneous granite for electro-pulse-boring	23
Experimental investigation and numerical simulation on Multiphysics coupling of shale under laser irradiation	23
Strain rate effect on mixed mode I/II fracture toughness of sandstone and its micromechanism	23
Application of artificial neural network for determining elastic constants of a transversely isotropic rock from a single-orientation core	23
Laboratory characterization of cyclic hydraulic fracturing for deep shale application in Southwest China	23
Ultrasonic P-wave velocities in granite cores with an inclined joint filled with sand and clay under varying water contents	23
Induced and triggered seismicity by immediate stress transfer and delayed fluid migration in a fractured geothermal reservoir at Pohang, South Korea	23
Integration of automatic discontinuity identification and multi-scale hierarchical modeling for stability analysis of highly-jointed rock slopes	23
Characteristics of fractures stimulated by supercritical carbon dioxide fracturing in shale based on acoustic emission monitoring	22
Bayesian inference of rock strength anisotropy: Uncertainty analysis of the Hoek–Brown failure criterion	22
Formulation, calibration, and applications of disk-based discontinuous deformation analysis for rock failure simulation	22
Roles of heat and stress transfer in triggering fault instability in conjugate faulted reservoirs	22
Experimental study on response and precursor of pressure stimulated currents of combined coal-rock under cycling stress	22
A study on influential rock properties for predicting the longitudinal wave velocity in a rock bolt: Numerical and machine learning approaches	22
Erosion characteristics of hydrate-bearing sediments exposed to a cavitation jet	22
Feature extraction, recognition, and classification of acoustic emission waveform signal of coal rock sample under uniaxial compression	22
Rock mass characteristics model for TBM penetration rate prediction– an updated version	22
Experimental study on dynamic mechanical and failure behavior of a jointed rock mass	22
Numerical simulation on multi-well fracturing considering multiple thin layers in vertical direction	22
Comparison of subcritical crack growth and dynamic fracture propagation in rocks under double-torsion tests	22
Overview and comprehensive performance description of a new Micro Turbine Drilling - MTD technology for drilling laterals into hard reservoir rock	22
A novel Tree-augmented Bayesian network for predicting rock weathering degree using incomplete dataset	22
Effects of sandstone mineral composition heterogeneity on crack initiation and propagation through a microscopic analysis technique	22
A general equivalent continuum model and elastic wave velocity analysis of jointed rock masses	21
Modelling the relationship between oversize fragments and nature of rock mass for a sublevel caving operation	21
Frictional properties of the rupture surface of a carbonate rock avalanche	21
Evolution and evaluation of the non-Darcy effects for partially filled fractures	21
Experimental investigation on the influence of NaCl concentration on triaxial mechanical behaviors of a low-clay shale	21
A comprehensive method for risk assessment and intensity classification of rockburst induced by loading and unloading based on its entire process modelling	21
A new coupled depth-integrated model incorporating 3D DDA on debris flow with large boulders	21
Evolution of water content and suction of Opalinus Clay from recovery at the drilling site to handling in the laboratory	21
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Permeability enhancement of reservoir rocks loaded by repeated low-amplitude stress waves	21
Investigation on the coupling response of stress-fracture-seepage field during oil-bearing coal mining	21
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A wellbore-fracture coupled fracturing model to simulate non-uniform fracture propagation under multiple clusters of fracturing	21
Characteristics of SH-wave propagation during oil reservoir excitation using BEM formulation in half-plane model representation	21
Anisotropic dynamic-static elasticity correlations in lacustrine shales: Experimental insights for in situ stress estimation	21
Investigating the textural and physico-mechanical response of granites to heat treatment	21
Radiation efficiency and acoustic efficiency in rock cracking: a new understanding from low and high frequency waveforms	21
Investigating the cutting force of disc cutter in multi-cutter rotary cutting of sandstone: Simulations and experiments	20
Geomechanical properties of laminated shale and bedding shale after water absorption: A case study of the Chang 7 shale in Ordos basin, China	20
Supervised domain adaptation in prediction of peak shear strength of rock fractures	20
Grading scalping and sample size effects on critical shear strength of mine waste rock through laboratory and in-situ testing	20
Dynamic mode III fracture behaviors in shale: Unraveling the controlling role of bedding structures through experimental characterization and theoretical insights	20
Automatic fracture characterization in CT images of rocks using an ensemble deep learning approach	20
Assessing the stability of high-level pillars in deeply-buried metal mines stabilized using cemented backfill	20
Theoretical and numerical investigation of damage zones in deep tunnels within a layered rock mass under full-face blasting	20
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Physical modeling of high extraction columns in block cave mining	20
Size effects on strength and deformability of artificially jointed hard rock	20
New micromechanical data and modelling framework for the elastic response of calcareous mudstones	20
Effect of hydro-chemical corrosion on mechanical properties of red sandstone under uniaxial and triaxial compression	20
The mechanical creep property of shale for different loads and temperatures	20
Anisotropic acoustoelastic effective-medium model for stress-dependent elastic moduli of fractured rocks	20
Experimental study and model improvement on coal permeability: The influence of effective stress, slip effect, and water content	20
A novel system for multivariate analysis of discontinuities in fractured rock masses based on manifold learning and fractal models	19
Drag bit/rock interface laws for the transition between two layers	19
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	19
Long-term evolution mechanisms of permeability during gas injection for enhanced coalbed methane recovery	19
Water weakening and the compressive brittle strength of carbonates: Influence of fracture toughness and static friction	19
Experimental validation of a velocity discontinuity model for prediction of the seismic and static shear stiffness of rock joints	19
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Experimental study of deformation induced by high-pressure methane adsorption and desorption: Insights into anisotropy and hysteresis characteristics	19
The effect of strain rate on inelastic strain development in porous sandstones deformed under reservoir conditions	19
Mechanical and fracturing characteristics of defected rock-like materials under biaxial compression	19
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Investigation of physical mechanisms behind full-scale engineered barrier systems through coupled thermal-hydraulic-mechanical (THM) simulations	19
Creep behavior and prestress relaxation mechanism of bolt-reinforced jointed specimen disturbed by dynamic impact	19
Laboratory observation of shear stress recovery in rock joints considering joint compaction and dilatancy	19
A new model for coal gas seepage based on fracture-pore fractal structure characteristics	19
Laboratory hydraulic shearing of granitic fractures with surface roughness under stress states of EGS: Permeability changes and energy balance	18
Preconditioning blasting for rockburst control in a deep shaft sink	18
Reply to comment by Fälth et al. on “Modelling coseismic displacements of fracture systems in crystalline rock during large earthquakes: Implications for the safety of nuclear waste repositories”	18
Computational modelling of microwave-induced fractures in igneous rocks using phase field method	18
Non-isothermal consolidation: A systematic evaluation of two implementations based on multiphase and Richards equations	18
RETRACTED: Three-dimensional velocity structure of a coal mine revealed by induced microseismic traveltime data	18
Geochemical experimental study on the alteration of granite pore structures under CO2-H2O-rock interactions in CO2-enhanced geothermal systems	18
Material point method with a strain-softening model to simulate roof strata movement induced by progressive longwall mining	18
Asymmetric failure mechanisms of anisotropic shale under direct shear	18
Improvement of granite and concrete cutting efficiency using mixed-abrasives	18
Improved empirical hard rock pillar strength predictions using unconfined compressive strength as a proxy for brittleness	18
Coupled thermal-hydraulic simulations of fracturing in granite under high temperature and high pressure treatment via peridynamic	18
Enhancing the accuracy of the scale of fluctuation estimating for tunnel surrounding rock mass properties	18