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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Cracking of unsaturated clays using a newly developed small-beam bending apparatus and analysis by digital image correlation	59
Experimental study on seepage–corrosion coupling characteristics of a single fracture in limestone subjected to acid mine drainage	40
Assessing swelling-induced damage in shale samples during triaxial testing	39
Proxy-based Bayesian inversion of strain tensor data measured during well tests	35
Effects of rate-dependent behavior of sandstone on performance of gas storage in aquifer	32
The hydro-mechanical characteristics and micro-structure of loess enhanced by microbially induced carbonate precipitation	31
The impacts of scaled capillary pressure combined with coupled flow and geomechanics on gas hydrate deposits	29
How geomechanical attributes control the morphology of stylolites in carbonate sequences? A case from Permian–Triassic gas reservoirs in the Persian Gulf	29
Comparative analysis of quasi-static penetration characteristics of slotted granite and intact granite	28
Fractal characteristics of rocks and mesoscopic fractures at different loading rates	26
Post-mining related reactivation potential of faults hosted in tight reservoir rocks around flooded coal mines, eastern Ruhr Basin, Germany	26
Shear strength and shear stiffness analysis of compacted Wyoming-type bentonite	26
Field tests on the prediction of heating power requirements for deicing in Jiangyin, China	25
Temperature dependence of soil-structure interface behaviour in the context of thermally-activated piles: A review	24
Effects of thermophysical parameters of fracturing fluid on hot dry rock damage in hydraulic fracturing	23
Coupling of a water permeability function with a bounding surface hydromechanical model for unsaturated soils	23
Influence of stress-level due to self-weight on the hydraulic conductivity of permeable concrete for geotechnical applications	23
Experimental and constitutive modeling of the anisotropic mechanical properties of shale subjected to thermal treatment	21
AC-assisted microbially induced carbonate precipitation for sand reinforcement: An experimental study	20
Engineering soil barriers to minimise annual shrinkage/swelling in plastic clays	20
Flow-geomechanics coupling constrains fault geometry in induced earthquakes	20
Modeling of coupled processes in full-scale engineered barrier system performance experiment at Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory, Japan	20
Single fluid-driven crack propagation in analogue rock assisted by chemical environment	20
Soft interface instability and gas flow channeling in low-permeability deformable media	19
Effects of supercritical CO2 based fluids imbibition on the mechanical properties of shale: An experimental study at high-temperature and high-pressure condition	19

Numerical investigation of THM behavior in anisotropic poroelastic media: from element test to geological disposal applications	19
Wellbore cement fracture permeability as a function of confining stress and pore pressure	18
Novel and simplified method of producing microbial calcite powder for clayey soil stabilization	18
Synthesis of results for Brine Availability Test in Salt (BATS) DECOVALEX-2023 Task E	18
Editorial Board	17
Analysis of shear mock-up tests in a canister-clay system for spent nuclear fuel isolation	16
Experimental study on tensile strength of granite residual soil during drying and wetting	16
Heat transfer-deformation characteristics and fracture damage analysis during LN2 freeze-thaw process in different rank coals	15
Assessment of mechanical behavior and failure criteria under varied confining pressures in treated calcareous sand	15
Fluid injection through artificially reconstituted bio-cemented sands	15
Modeling of thermal–hydraulic–mechanical–chemical acid fracturing with discretized virtual internal bond	15
Laboratory validation of a new hydro-mechanical energy-based brittleness index model for hydraulic fracturing	14
Thermo-hydraulic analysis of desiccation cracked soil strata considering ground temperature and moisture dynamics under the influence of soil-atmosphere interactions	14
Experimental investigation into the effect of porosity on the strains developing during anhydrite to gypsum transformation	14
Creep behavior and permeability evolution of red sandstone in three Gorges Reservoir area subjected to cyclic seepage pressure	14
Thermal energy transfer around buried pipe infrastructure	14
Assessment of sensor performance in the context of geological radwaste disposal—A first case study in the Belgian URL HADES	14
Hydraulic and mechanical behavior of compacted silts modified by waste steel slag	14
Shear behavior of ice–frozen soil interface: Experiments and elastoplastic modeling	14
Dam impoundment near active faults in areas with high seismic potential: Case studies from Bisri and Mseilha dams, Lebanon	14
Experimental and simulation study of cryogenic stimulation of granites from Akmola region in Kazakhstan	13
Corrigendum to “Self-sealing behavior of compacted bentonite–sand mixtures containing technological voids” [Geomech Energy Environ 25 (2021) 100213]	13
Integrating geomechanical proxy models with data assimilation for energy transition applications	13
Designing a repository in domal salt: The influence of design variants in different modelling environments	13
Effective stress in unsaturated soils: Lessons from capillarity in regular sphere arrangements	13
Transient temperature and water distributions in unconstrained compacted granular bentonite under elevated temperatures	13
A fast approximate method for simulating thermal pile heat exchangers	13
Insights from an extensive triaxial testing campaign on a shale for comparative site characterization of a deep geological repository	13
3D numerical modelling and analysis of heat harvesting and pavement temperature regulation of a thermo-active road	12
Comparing modelling approaches for a generic nuclear waste repository in salt	12
NMR-based analysis of pore water state of unsaturated compacted bentonite considering the saline effect	12
Experimental and numerical studies on an energy piled wall: The effect of thermally activated pile spacing	12
A preliminary investigation on the mechanical behaviour of a stiff Italian clay in the context of hydrogen storage	12
Study on novel alkali-activated cementitious grout for scour control of offshore foundation	12
Insight into the mechanical degradation of coal corroded by concentrated brine solution	12
Evaluating the subsidence above gas reservoirs with an elasto-viscoplastic constitutive law. Laboratory evidences and case histories	12
A three-dimensional elastoplastic constitutive model incorporating Lode angle dependence	12
Study on energy consumption and failure mechanism of water-saturated coal sample during impact cracking	12
Constraint strategies for estimating in-situ stress from borehole measurements	11
Strengthening effect of nano-SiO2 on microbial induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) solidified sediment: Macro- and micro-analysis	11
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	11
Impact of shear displacement on advective transport in a laboratory-scale fracture	11
Internal erosion of sandy gravels and occurrence of open-framework gravels in the subsoil of a river dike	11
An assessment of the salt caprock creep impact on Pre-salt reservoir geomechanics	11
A methodology for incorporating thermal interference in the design of thermo-active pile groups	11
Prediction of the shale gas permeability: A data mining approach	11
A Hybrid Data-Driven/Physics-Based Modeling Approach for Hydraulic Fracture Initiation and Early-Phase Propagation in Shale	11
Influence of mechanical strength on gas migration through bentonite: Numerical analysis from laboratory to field scale	11
Rock-mass heterogeneous rheological properties caused the formation of deep tension fractures	11
Landslide susceptibility evaluation in Alpine environment: 2. Thermo-hydro-mechanical modeling for the response to climate-related variables	11

Comparison of performance assessment models and methods in crystalline rock: Task F1 DECOVALEX-2023	11
Effects of heat source conditions on the early temperature rise in heated fiber-optic cable emplaced in granulated bentonite mixture	11
Benchmark study of a new simplified DFN model for shearing of intersecting fractures and faults	10
Effect of temperature on gas breakthrough and permeability of compacted loess in landfill cover	10
Life cycle environmental assessment of retaining walls in unsaturated soils	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
Experimental study on the swelling pressure of compacted bentonite under high temperatures above 100 °C	10
New rock strength-based UCS-Vp	10
Triaxial unloading effects on pre-holed sandstone energy characteristics and damage evolution mechanism: Comparative analysis of diffrent borehole bottom locations	10
Impacts of intensive seepage flow on suffusion development in cohesionless soil: Insight from a theoretical model	9
Comparative analysis of primary variables selection in modeling non-isothermal two-phase flow: Insights from EBS experiment at Horonobe URL	9
Effects of in-situ stress on heat transfer in fracture networks	9
Failure characteristics and brittleness index establishment based on marble energy evolution mechanism	9
Effect of multifractal characteristics of pore structure in coal adsorbed by low pressure gas on thermal conductivity and thermal diffusion	8
Thermal performance of geothermal pavements constructed with demolition wastes	8
Study on the characteristics of coal pore structure changes during hot flue gas displacement and their impact on the gas displacement effect	8
Thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of energy barrettes: Field experiments and numerical simulations	8
Determination of fault damage zones in sandstone rocks using numerical models and statistical analyses	8
Vertical dynamic responses of model energy piles	8
Effect of thermal cycling on the isotropic consolidation and triaxial shear behavior of lateritic clay	8
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
Thermo-hydro mechanical coupling in a discrete modelling: Large-scale 3D application to thermal hydrofracturing	8
Investigation of additive-assisted microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation in 3D printed cross fractures	8
A thermodynamically consistent model of strain coupling in expansive soils	8
Reducing uncertainty on land subsidence modeling prediction by a sequential data-integration approach. Application to the Arlua off-shore reservoir in Italy	8
Numerical simulation of solute transport in argillaceous rock under thermal gradient with a coupled THM-solute transport model	8