OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment is 8. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Cracking of unsaturated clays using a newly developed small-beam bending apparatus and analysis by digital image correlation	43
Assessing swelling-induced damage in shale samples during triaxial testing	40
Shear strength and shear stiffness analysis of compacted Wyoming-type bentonite	40
The impacts of scaled capillary pressure combined with coupled flow and geomechanics on gas hydrate deposits	33
Temperature dependence of soil-structure interface behaviour in the context of thermally-activated piles: A review	32
Field tests on the prediction of heating power requirements for deicing in Jiangyin, China	31
Hydromechanical simulation of argillaceous rocks: From laboratory tests to drift excavation	30
Experimental study on seepage–corrosion coupling characteristics of a single fracture in limestone subjected to acid mine drainage	29
Effects of rate-dependent behavior of sandstone on performance of gas storage in aquifer	28
Proxy-based Bayesian inversion of strain tensor data measured during well tests	28
How geomechanical attributes control the morphology of stylolites in carbonate sequences? A case from Permian–Triassic gas reservoirs in the Persian Gulf	26
Comparative analysis of quasi-static penetration characteristics of slotted granite and intact granite	25
Fractal characteristics of rocks and mesoscopic fractures at different loading rates	25
Post-mining related reactivation potential of faults hosted in tight reservoir rocks around flooded coal mines, eastern Ruhr Basin, Germany	24
Temperature- and Displacement-Dependent Model for unsaturated Earth pressures behind thermo-active retaining walls	22
AC-assisted microbially induced carbonate precipitation for sand reinforcement: An experimental study	22
The hydro-mechanical characteristics and micro-structure of loess enhanced by microbially induced carbonate precipitation	22
Single fluid-driven crack propagation in analogue rock assisted by chemical environment	21
Engineering soil barriers to minimise annual shrinkage/swelling in plastic clays	21
Influence of stress-level due to self-weight on the hydraulic conductivity of permeable concrete for geotechnical applications	20
Effects of supercritical CO2 based fluids imbibition on the mechanical properties of shale: An experimental study at high-temperature and high-pressure condition	20
Novel and simplified method of producing microbial calcite powder for clayey soil stabilization	20
Effects of thermophysical parameters of fracturing fluid on hot dry rock damage in hydraulic fracturing	20
Coupling of a water permeability function with a bounding surface hydromechanical model for unsaturated soils	20
Flow-geomechanics coupling constrains fault geometry in induced earthquakes	19

Numerical investigation of THM behavior in anisotropic poroelastic media: from element test to geological disposal applications	19
Soft interface instability and gas flow channeling in low-permeability deformable media	18
Synthesis of results for Brine Availability Test in Salt (BATS) DECOVALEX-2023 Task E	18
The nucleation of injection-induced earthquakes on low-permeability strike-slip faults	18
Modeling of coupled processes in full-scale engineered barrier system performance experiment at Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory, Japan	18
Experimental and constitutive modeling of the anisotropic mechanical properties of shale subjected to thermal treatment	18
Experimental study on tensile strength of granite residual soil during drying and wetting	17
Editorial Board	17
Fluid injection through artificially reconstituted bio-cemented sands	16
Wellbore cement fracture permeability as a function of confining stress and pore pressure	16
Modeling of thermal–hydraulic–mechanical–chemical acid fracturing with discretized virtual internal bond	15
Assessment of mechanical behavior and failure criteria under varied confining pressures in treated calcareous sand	15
Analysis of shear mock-up tests in a canister-clay system for spent nuclear fuel isolation	15
Shear behavior of ice–frozen soil interface: Experiments and elastoplastic modeling	15
Heat transfer-deformation characteristics and fracture damage analysis during LN2 freeze-thaw process in different rank coals	15
Thermal energy transfer around buried pipe infrastructure	15
Thermo-hydraulic analysis of desiccation cracked soil strata considering ground temperature and moisture dynamics under the influence of soil-atmosphere interactions	15
Experimental and simulation study of cryogenic stimulation of granites from Akmola region in Kazakhstan	14
Influence of the strain rate on the deformation and failure of rocks with multiscale cracks	14
Effect of particle size on mechanical properties of bio-cemented sand using enzyme-induced calcite precipitation	14
Designing a repository in domal salt: The influence of design variants in different modelling environments	14
Assessment of sensor performance in the context of geological radwaste disposal—A first case study in the Belgian URL HADES	14
Dam impoundment near active faults in areas with high seismic potential: Case studies from Bisri and Mseilha dams, Lebanon	14
Experimental investigation into the effect of porosity on the strains developing during anhydrite to gypsum transformation	14
Hydraulic and mechanical behavior of compacted silts modified by waste steel slag	14
Laboratory validation of a new hydro-mechanical energy-based brittleness index model for hydraulic fracturing	14
Study on novel alkali-activated cementitious grout for scour control of offshore foundation	13
A preliminary investigation on the mechanical behaviour of a stiff Italian clay in the context of hydrogen storage	13
Study on energy consumption and failure mechanism of water-saturated coal sample during impact cracking	13
Integrating geomechanical proxy models with data assimilation for energy transition applications	13
A fast approximate method for simulating thermal pile heat exchangers	13
Comparing modelling approaches for a generic nuclear waste repository in salt	13
Evaluating the subsidence above gas reservoirs with an elasto-viscoplastic constitutive law. Laboratory evidences and case histories	13
Corrigendum to “Self-sealing behavior of compacted bentonite–sand mixtures containing technological voids” [Geomech Energy Environ 25 (2021) 100213]	13
Transient temperature and water distributions in unconstrained compacted granular bentonite under elevated temperatures	13
Creep behavior and permeability evolution of red sandstone in three Gorges Reservoir area subjected to cyclic seepage pressure	13
3D numerical modelling and analysis of heat harvesting and pavement temperature regulation of a thermo-active road	13
NMR-based analysis of pore water state of unsaturated compacted bentonite considering the saline effect	13
Insights from an extensive triaxial testing campaign on a shale for comparative site characterization of a deep geological repository	12
Insight into the mechanical degradation of coal corroded by concentrated brine solution	12
Comparison of performance assessment models and methods in crystalline rock: Task F1 DECOVALEX-2023	12
Effects of heat source conditions on the early temperature rise in heated fiber-optic cable emplaced in granulated bentonite mixture	12
Effective stress in unsaturated soils: Lessons from capillarity in regular sphere arrangements	12
Experimental and numerical studies on an energy piled wall: The effect of thermally activated pile spacing	12
An assessment of the salt caprock creep impact on Pre-salt reservoir geomechanics	12
A three-dimensional elastoplastic constitutive model incorporating Lode angle dependence	12
Internal erosion of sandy gravels and occurrence of open-framework gravels in the subsoil of a river dike	12
Influence of mechanical strength on gas migration through bentonite: Numerical analysis from laboratory to field scale	12
Prediction of the shale gas permeability: A data mining approach	11
Rock-mass heterogeneous rheological properties caused the formation of deep tension fractures	11

Constraint strategies for estimating in-situ stress from borehole measurements	11
Impact of shear displacement on advective transport in a laboratory-scale fracture	11
Landslide susceptibility evaluation in Alpine environment: 2. Thermo-hydro-mechanical modeling for the response to climate-related variables	11
A Hybrid Data-Driven/Physics-Based Modeling Approach for Hydraulic Fracture Initiation and Early-Phase Propagation in Shale	11
Strengthening effect of nano-SiO2 on microbial induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) solidified sediment: Macro- and micro-analysis	11
A review of fiber optic sensing in geomechanical applications at laboratory and field scales	11
Life cycle environmental assessment of retaining walls in unsaturated soils	10
Triaxial unloading effects on pre-holed sandstone energy characteristics and damage evolution mechanism: Comparative analysis of diffrent borehole bottom locations	10
Experimental study on the swelling pressure of compacted bentonite under high temperatures above 100 °C	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
A data-driven and machine learning-assisted interpretation of hydraulic fracturing experiments in various formations	10
New rock strength-based UCS-Vp	10
A methodology for incorporating thermal interference in the design of thermo-active pile groups	10
Benchmark study of a new simplified DFN model for shearing of intersecting fractures and faults	10
A comparative analysis of numerical approaches for the description of gas flow in clay-based repository systems: From a laboratory to a large-scale gas injection test	10
Effect of temperature on gas breakthrough and permeability of compacted loess in landfill cover	9
Comparative analysis of primary variables selection in modeling non-isothermal two-phase flow: Insights from EBS experiment at Horonobe URL	9
Numerical study of the effect of soil-plant-atmosphere interaction under future climate projections and different vegetation covers	9
Experimental study on the settlement behavior of soil–rock mixtures under reservoir water level rise and fall	9
Failure characteristics and brittleness index establishment based on marble energy evolution mechanism	9
Thermo-hydro mechanical coupling in a discrete modelling: Large-scale 3D application to thermal hydrofracturing	9
Effect of multifractal characteristics of pore structure in coal adsorbed by low pressure gas on thermal conductivity and thermal diffusion	9
Surrogate models for development of unconventional shale reservoirs by an integrated numerical approach of hydraulic fracturing, flow and geomechanics, and machine learning	9
Effects of in-situ stress on heat transfer in fracture networks	9
Impacts of intensive seepage flow on suffusion development in cohesionless soil: Insight from a theoretical model	9
Full-scale in-situ tests on a displacement cast in situ energy pile: Effects of cyclic thermal loads under different mechanical load levels on pile stress and strain	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
A thermodynamically consistent model of strain coupling in expansive soils	8
Free swelling behavior of MX80 bentonite under elevated temperatures up to 200 °C	8
Effect of thermal cycling on the isotropic consolidation and triaxial shear behavior of lateritic clay	8
Determination of fault damage zones in sandstone rocks using numerical models and statistical analyses	8
Study on the characteristics of coal pore structure changes during hot flue gas displacement and their impact on the gas displacement effect	8
Thermal performance of geothermal pavements constructed with demolition wastes	8
Vertical dynamic responses of model energy piles	8
Reducing uncertainty on land subsidence modeling prediction by a sequential data-integration approach. Application to the Arlua off-shore reservoir in Italy	8
Thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of energy barrettes: Field experiments and numerical simulations	8
Numerical simulation of solute transport in argillaceous rock under thermal gradient with a coupled THM-solute transport model	8