OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment is 7. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Energy geostructures: A review of analysis approaches, in situ testing and model scale experiments	75
Effect of phosphogypsum on physiochemical and mechanical behaviour of cement stabilized dredged soil from Fuzhou, China	66
Hydraulic stimulation and fluid circulation experiments in underground laboratories: Stepping up the scale towards engineered geothermal systems	51
Neutron imaging for geomechanics: A review	44
Poroelastic models for fault reactivation in response to concurrent injection and production in stacked reservoirs	31
Laboratory simulations of fluid-induced seismicity, hydraulic fracture, and fluid flow	29
Fines migration and pore clogging induced by single- and two-phase fluid flows in porous media: From the perspectives of particle detachment and particle-level forces	26
Experimental investigation of energy piles: From laboratory to field testing	26
The hydro-mechanical characteristics and micro-structure of loess enhanced by microbially induced carbonate precipitation	24
Triaxial compression of hydrate-bearing sediments undergoing hydrate dissociation by depressurization	23
Benchmark study of undrained triaxial testing of Opalinus Clay shale: Results and implications for robust testing	23
Prediction of the shale gas permeability: A data mining approach	23
Kinetics of methane hydrate formation and dissociation in sand sediment	22
Macroscopic effects of nano and microscopic phenomena in clayey soils and clay rocks	22
The role of ground conditions on the heat exchange potential of energy walls	21
Thermal induced horizontal earth pressure changes of pipe energy piles under multiple heating cycles	21
Thermally induced deformation of soils: A critical overview of phenomena, challenges and opportunities	21
Particle crushing in hydrate-bearing sands	20
Mechanical properties and failure mode of sandstone specimen with a prefabricated borehole under true triaxial stress condition	18
Mechanical properties of 4 rocks at different temperatures and fracture assessment using the strain energy density criterion	17
A particle-scale investigation of mechanical behavior of cemented hydrate-bearing sediment using Discrete Element Method	17
The effects of in situ stress uncertainties on the assessment of open stope stability: Case study at the Niobec Mine, Quebec (Canada)	16
Experimental and numerical investigation of the thermo-mechanical behaviour of an energy sheet pile wall	16
Numerical research on thermal response for geothermal energy pile groups under groundwater flow	16
Modelling unsaturated soils with the Material Point Method. A discussion of the state-of-the-art	16

Geomechanical responses during depressurization of hydrate-bearing sediment formation over a long methane gas production period	16
Thermomechanical behaviour of an energy pile–raft foundation under intermittent cooling operation	15
Earth stabilisation via carbonate precipitation by plant-derived urease for building applications	15
FEM for prediction of surface deformations induced by flooding of steeply inclined mining seams	14
Variation of pore-network, mechanical and hydrological characteristics of sandstone specimens through CO2-enriched brine injection	14
Experimental and numerical studies on an energy piled wall: The effect of thermally activated pile spacing	14
A generalized water retention model with soil fabric evolution	14
Change in mechanical behaviour of gap-graded soil subjected to internal erosion observed in triaxial compression and torsional shear	13
The engineering of safe hydraulic stimulations for EGS development in hot crystalline rock masses	13
Pore pressure pulse migration in microcracked andesite recorded with fibre optic sensors	12
Incremental load transfer analysis of an energy pile under arbitrary mechanical and thermal loads	12
Hydraulic fracturing with low and high viscous injection mediums to investigate net fracture pressure and fracture network in shale of different brittleness index	12
A novel random angular bend (RAB) algorithm and DEM modeling of thermal cracking responses of sandstone	12
3D synchrotron computed tomography study on the influence of fines on gas driven fractures in Sandy Sediments	12
Fractal characteristics of rocks and mesoscopic fractures at different loading rates	12
A study on the hydraulic aperture of microannuli at the casing–cement interface using a large-scale laboratory setup	11
Self-sealing behavior of compacted bentonite–sand mixtures containing technological voids	11
Multi-disciplinary investigation of the hydraulic-mechanically driven convergence behaviour: CD-A twin niches in the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory during the first year	11
Coupled CFD–DEM numerical modelling of perforation damage and sand production in weak sandstone formation	11
Redirection of a crack driven by viscous fluid taking into account plastic effects in the process zone	11
Mechanical behavior of carbonate reservoirs with single karst cavities	11
A temperature-dependent model for tensile strength characteristic curve of unsaturated soils	11
Experimental study on mode I and mode II fracture properties of heated sandstone after two different cooling treatments	10
Thermal performance of geothermal pavements constructed with demolition wastes	10
Impacts of temperature on the mechanical properties of Longmaxi shale outcrops using instrumented nanoindentation	10
Investigating the thermal performance of energy soldier pile walls	9
Erodibility improvement and scour mitigation of beach sand by enzymatic induced carbonate precipitation	9
Scaling properties and anomalous diffusion of the Florina micro-seismic activity: Fluid driven?	9
A visco-plastic framework for interface processes in sedimentary reservoir rocks at HPHT conditions	9
Microseismicity observed in an underground mine: Source mechanisms and possible causes	9
Experimental research on different metamorphic grades of coal bodies with macro–mesoscopic structure fractal characteristics	8
Fluid injection through artificially reconstituted bio-cemented sands	8
Experimental study on fracture characteristics of coal due to liquid nitrogen fracturing	8
Successful mechanical earth model construction and wellbore stability analysis using elastic and plasticity solutions, a case study	8
Investigation of additive-assisted microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation in 3D printed cross fractures	8
Oedometric compression and thermal volume behavior of compacted Gaomiaozi bentonite saturated with salt solution	8
Utilization of Fan Palm, Date Palm, and Phragmites Australis fibers for improving the mechanical behavior of sandy soil	8
Swelling and gas transport characteristics of saturated compacted bentonite/sand samples considering the scale effect	8
Numerical study of fluid injection-induced deformation and seismicity in a mature fault zone with a low-permeability fault core bounded by a densely fractured damage zone	8
Energy performance assessment of thermo-active micro-piles via numerical modeling and statistical analysis	8
3D in situ stress state modelling and fault reactivation risk exemplified in the Ruhr region (Germany)	7
Geomechanics evolution integrated with hydraulic fractures, heterogeneity and anisotropy during shale gas depletion	7
Experimental analysis of a thermoactive underground railway station	7
Probabilistic-based geomechanical assessment of maximum operating pressure for an underground gas storage reservoir, NW China	7
Effects of particle breakage on the mechanical characteristics of geogrid-reinforced granular soils under triaxial shear: A DEM investigation	7
A hysteretic hydraulic constitutive model for unsaturated soils and application to capillary barrier systems	7
Investigating effects of temperature and confining pressure on dynamic elastic properties and permeability—An experimental study	7
Heat exchange potential of energy tunnels for different internal airflow characteristics	7
The partial electrical breakdown mechanism by high voltage electric pulses in multi-fractured granite	7
Coupled poroelastic solutions for the reservoir and caprock layers with the overburden confinement effects	7