OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	53
Seismic-scale finite element stress modeling of the subsurface	37
Cracking of unsaturated clays using a newly developed small-beam bending apparatus and analysis by digital image correlation	32
Effects of rate-dependent behavior of sandstone on performance of gas storage in aquifer	32
Editor’s Highlight: Mechanical behaviour of carbonate reservoirs with single karst cavities. By Pedro A.L.P. Firme, Roberto J. Quevedo, Deane Roehl, Leonardo C. Pereira, Caroline L. Cazarin: Geomechan	31
Effects of particle breakage on the mechanical characteristics of geogrid-reinforced granular soils under triaxial shear: A DEM investigation	28
Offshore geotechnical challenges of the energy transition	25
A methodology for incorporating thermal interference in the design of thermo-active pile groups	25
Exploring different FEM strategies for hydro-mechanical coupled gas injection simulation in clay materials	24
Analytical solution for transient radial interaction between energy piles and soils: Thermo-elastic cavity expansion analysis	23
Hydraulic fracturing with low and high viscous injection mediums to investigate net fracture pressure and fracture network in shale of different brittleness index	22
Proxy-based Bayesian inversion of strain tensor data measured during well tests	22
Comparative analysis of quasi-static penetration characteristics of slotted granite and intact granite	22
Hydro-Mechanical coupled analysis of gas injection in clay-based materials using different element types	21
Rock-mass heterogeneous rheological properties caused the formation of deep tension fractures	21
Evaluation of instruments for monitoring the soil–plant continuum	20
Hydraulic characterization of an unsaturated vegetated soil: The role of plant roots and hydraulic hysteresis	20
Life cycle environmental assessment of retaining walls in unsaturated soils	19
Influence of dissolution on long-term frictional properties of carbonate fault gouge	19
How geomechanical attributes control the morphology of stylolites in carbonate sequences? A case from Permian–Triassic gas reservoirs in the Persian Gulf	18
3D in situ stress state modelling and fault reactivation risk exemplified in the Ruhr region (Germany)	17
Cyclic swell shrink behaviour of lime and lignosulphonate amended expansive soil—An experimental quantification and comparison	17
Geotechnical and engineering properties of expansive clayey soil stabilized with biomass ash and nanomaterials for its application in structural road layers	16
Analysis of barrette foundations subjected to mechanical and thermal loads	16
Modelling the thermo-mechanical behaviour of a rock joint	16

Landslide susceptibility evaluation in Alpine environment: 2. Thermo-hydro-mechanical modeling for the response to climate-related variables	15
Effect of temperature on gas breakthrough and permeability of compacted loess in landfill cover	15
Editorial Board	15
Temperature dependence of soil-structure interface behaviour in the context of thermally-activated piles: A review	15
Coupled hydro-gas-mechanical 3D modeling of LASGIT experiment	13
Investigation of fracture-plugging wellbore strengthening: Large scale true tri-axial experiments and field tests	13
Field tests on the prediction of heating power requirements for deicing in Jiangyin, China	13
A numerical study of neutrally buoyant slickwater proppant flow and transport in rough fractures	13
Post-mining related reactivation potential of faults hosted in tight reservoir rocks around flooded coal mines, eastern Ruhr Basin, Germany	13
Integrated evaluation of stiffness degradation by combining Resonant-Column, Cyclic Triaxial and Cyclic Simple Shear Tests: Application to Riotinto mine tailings	12
Experimental study on seepage–corrosion coupling characteristics of a single fracture in limestone subjected to acid mine drainage	12
Benchmark study of a new simplified DFN model for shearing of intersecting fractures and faults	12
Numerical simulation of gas injection induced hydro-Mechanical coupling and damage in COx claystone	12
Field investigations on the thermo-mechanical behavior of a partially activated energy pile in Miocene sediments	12
Modelling flow and transport in fractured crystalline rocks by an upscaled equivalent continuous porous media method	12
An evaluation method of hydraulic fracture propagation behavior in rock containing natural fractures based on fractal dimension	12
Assessing swelling-induced damage in shale samples during triaxial testing	11
Advective gas flow in bentonite: Development and comparison of enhanced multi-phase numerical approaches	11
Effect of heat-treatment on the pure- and mixed-mode fracture properties of a homogeneous sandstone	11
The impacts of scaled capillary pressure combined with coupled flow and geomechanics on gas hydrate deposits	11
Numerical simulation of copper-contaminated sediment consolidation and remediation through vacuum electro-osmosis	11
Variation of pore-network, mechanical and hydrological characteristics of sandstone specimens through CO2-enriched brine injection	11
Numerical assessment of the time-dependent behaviour of a tunnel with a yielding support system for a potential repository in claystone	11
Safety assessment for a geological disposal facility in domal salt: The Dutch case	11
A DEM study on microstructural behaviour of soluble granular materials subjected to chemo-mechanical loading	10
Experimental study on improving hydraulic characteristics of sand via microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation	10
New rock strength-based UCS-Vp	10
Investigation of the emplacement dry density of granulated bentonite mixtures using dielectric, mass-balance and actively heated fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing methods	10
Assessing the performance of geothermal pavement constructed using demolition wastes by experimental and CFD simulation techniques	10
A review on the thermo-hydro-mechanical response of soil–structure interface for energy geostructures applications	10
Geomechanics for energy and the environment: Current developments	10
A DEM study of the effect of the loss of fine particles on the mechanical behavior of gap-graded soils	10
Modeling thermally driven migration of brine in bedded salt	10
Hydro-mechanical modeling of borehole breakout in naturally fractured rocks using distinct element method	10
The hydro-mechanical characteristics and micro-structure of loess enhanced by microbially induced carbonate precipitation	10
Study on mechanical response and strain of frozen coal after ultra-low temperature	10
Detection of potential voids in the granulated bentonite mixture and concrete plug in the Full-scale Emplacement experiment using a parallel-wire cable as an extra-long TDR waveguide	10
Performance analysis of multi-well EGS system based on unique network structure — Voronoi fractures	9
Enhancing fiber–matrix interface permeability resistance of natural fiber-reinforced, bio-cemented sand by CaCO	9
Energy performance assessment of thermo-active micro-piles via numerical modeling and statistical analysis	9
Value of abstraction in performance assessment – When is a higher level of detail necessary?	9
Fracture behavior of yellow sandstone under freeze–thaw cycles with varied saturation states: An investigation of mode I fracture	9
Modelling unsaturated soils with the Material Point Method. A discussion of the state-of-the-art	9
Fractal characteristics of rocks and mesoscopic fractures at different loading rates	9
Shear strength and shear stiffness analysis of compacted Wyoming-type bentonite	9
Impacts of bedding angle and cementation type of bedding planes on mechanical behavior of thin-layer structured bedded rocks under uniaxial compression	9
Slip-weakening friction controls coseismic displacements in a 3D fracture network: Implications for the long-term safety of nuclear waste repositories	9
Multi-scale constitutive modeling of the brittle–ductile transition behavior of rocks with microcracks and two populations of pores	8
Shear-induced fluid localization, episodic fluid release and porosity wave in deformable low-permeability rock salt	8
Methods for enhancing resource recovery efficiency in underground coal gasification to promote its large-scale utilization	8

Small-scale physical modelling of vertically loaded, cyclically thermally-activated helical piles	8
AC-assisted microbially induced carbonate precipitation for sand reinforcement: An experimental study	8
Comparative analysis of primary variables selection in modeling non-isothermal two-phase flow: Insights from EBS experiment at Horonobe URL	8
Soft interface instability and gas flow channeling in low-permeability deformable media	8
Numerical investigation of the thermal hydrofracturing behavior of the Callovo-Oxfordian claystone	8
Thermomechanical response and crack evolution of sandstone at elevated temperatures	8
Cyclic plasticity of hardened oil well cement paste: A nonlinear kinematic hardening perspective	8
Effects of in-situ stress on heat transfer in fracture networks	7
Heat exchange potential of energy tunnels for different internal airflow characteristics	7
Modeling of coupled processes in full-scale engineered barrier system performance experiment at Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory, Japan	7
Investigating the strength and durability properties of alkali activated red mud for tailings pond embankment material	7
Synthesis of results for Brine Availability Test in Salt (BATS) DECOVALEX-2023 Task E	7
Research on petrophysical properties and porosity evolution of fractured coal mass under cyclic impact for coalbed methane exploitation	7
Numerical investigation of THM behavior in anisotropic poroelastic media: from element test to geological disposal applications	7
A temperature-dependent model for tensile strength characteristic curve of unsaturated soils	7
Thermo-hydro mechanical coupling in a discrete modelling: Large-scale 3D application to thermal hydrofracturing	7
Effects of supercritical CO2 based fluids imbibition on the mechanical properties of shale: An experimental study at high-temperature and high-pressure condition	6
Effect of pore fluid chemistry on uniaxial compaction creep of Bentheim sandstone and implications for reservoir injection operations	6
Several challenges in advanced laboratory testing of geomaterials with emphasis on unconventional types of liquefaction tests	6
Developing a constitutive approach for peats from laboratory data	6
Evaluation of accuracy and convergence of numerical coupling approaches for poroelasticity benchmark problems	6
Flow-geomechanics coupling constrains fault geometry in induced earthquakes	6
Influence of stress-level due to self-weight on the hydraulic conductivity of permeable concrete for geotechnical applications	6
Corrosion effects on axial pile capacity	6
Modeling method for rock heterogeneities and multiple hydraulic fractures propagation based on homogenization approach and PHF-LSM	6
Modelling of flow in backward erosion pipes	6
A coupled simulation of lateral erosion, unsaturated seepage and bank instability due to prolonged high flow	6
Study on the whole process application of advanced grouting pipe shed support under urban complex stratum conditions	6
Assessment method for determining rock brittleness based on statistical damage constitutive relations	6
Coal permeability considering mining-induced stresses subjected to fractional derivative	6
Probabilistic-based geomechanical assessment of maximum operating pressure for an underground gas storage reservoir, NW China	6
Effects of thermophysical parameters of fracturing fluid on hot dry rock damage in hydraulic fracturing	6
Failure characteristics and brittleness index establishment based on marble energy evolution mechanism	6
Editorial for the Special Issue: Innovative numerical methods for soil internal erosion processes	6