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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Assessing swelling-induced damage in shale samples during triaxial testing	54
Effects of rate-dependent behavior of sandstone on performance of gas storage in aquifer	38
Cracking of unsaturated clays using a newly developed small-beam bending apparatus and analysis by digital image correlation	35
Comparative analysis of quasi-static penetration characteristics of slotted granite and intact granite	34
How geomechanical attributes control the morphology of stylolites in carbonate sequences? A case from Permian–Triassic gas reservoirs in the Persian Gulf	33
Field tests on the prediction of heating power requirements for deicing in Jiangyin, China	28
Proxy-based Bayesian inversion of strain tensor data measured during well tests	27
The hydro-mechanical characteristics and micro-structure of loess enhanced by microbially induced carbonate precipitation	26
Post-mining related reactivation potential of faults hosted in tight reservoir rocks around flooded coal mines, eastern Ruhr Basin, Germany	25
Temperature dependence of soil-structure interface behaviour in the context of thermally-activated piles: A review	25
Shear strength and shear stiffness analysis of compacted Wyoming-type bentonite	25
Experimental study on seepage–corrosion coupling characteristics of a single fracture in limestone subjected to acid mine drainage	22
Experimental and constitutive modeling of the anisotropic mechanical properties of shale subjected to thermal treatment	22
Fractal characteristics of rocks and mesoscopic fractures at different loading rates	22
Novel and simplified method of producing microbial calcite powder for clayey soil stabilization	22
The impacts of scaled capillary pressure combined with coupled flow and geomechanics on gas hydrate deposits	22
Effects of thermophysical parameters of fracturing fluid on hot dry rock damage in hydraulic fracturing	21
Flow-geomechanics coupling constrains fault geometry in induced earthquakes	20
Influence of stress-level due to self-weight on the hydraulic conductivity of permeable concrete for geotechnical applications	20
Soft interface instability and gas flow channeling in low-permeability deformable media	19
AC-assisted microbially induced carbonate precipitation for sand reinforcement: An experimental study	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
Engineering soil barriers to minimise annual shrinkage/swelling in plastic clays	18
Coupling of a water permeability function with a bounding surface hydromechanical model for unsaturated soils	18
Modeling of coupled processes in full-scale engineered barrier system performance experiment at Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory, Japan	17

Numerical investigation of THM behavior in anisotropic poroelastic media: from element test to geological disposal applications	17
Modeling of thermal–hydraulic–mechanical–chemical acid fracturing with discretized virtual internal bond	16
Synthesis of results for Brine Availability Test in Salt (BATS) DECOVALEX-2023 Task E	16
Single fluid-driven crack propagation in analogue rock assisted by chemical environment	16
Shear behavior of ice–frozen soil interface: Experiments and elastoplastic modeling	16
Fluid injection through artificially reconstituted bio-cemented sands	15
Wellbore cement fracture permeability as a function of confining stress and pore pressure	15
Editorial Board	14
Thermo-hydraulic analysis of desiccation cracked soil strata considering ground temperature and moisture dynamics under the influence of soil-atmosphere interactions	13
Thermal energy transfer around buried pipe infrastructure	13
Heat transfer-deformation characteristics and fracture damage analysis during LN2 freeze-thaw process in different rank coals	13
Analysis of shear mock-up tests in a canister-clay system for spent nuclear fuel isolation	13
Experimental study on tensile strength of granite residual soil during drying and wetting	13
Assessment of mechanical behavior and failure criteria under varied confining pressures in treated calcareous sand	13
Laboratory validation of a new hydro-mechanical energy-based brittleness index model for hydraulic fracturing	12
Hydraulic and mechanical behavior of compacted silts modified by waste steel slag	12
Creep behavior and permeability evolution of red sandstone in three Gorges Reservoir area subjected to cyclic seepage pressure	12
Experimental investigation into the effect of porosity on the strains developing during anhydrite to gypsum transformation	12
Assessment of sensor performance in the context of geological radwaste disposal—A first case study in the Belgian URL HADES	12
Dam impoundment near active faults in areas with high seismic potential: Case studies from Bisri and Mseilha dams, Lebanon	12
Experimental and simulation study of cryogenic stimulation of granites from Akmola region in Kazakhstan	12
Effective stress in unsaturated soils: Lessons from capillarity in regular sphere arrangements	11
Insight into the mechanical degradation of coal corroded by concentrated brine solution	11
Integrating geomechanical proxy models with data assimilation for energy transition applications	11
A preliminary investigation on the mechanical behaviour of a stiff Italian clay in the context of hydrogen storage	11
A fast approximate method for simulating thermal pile heat exchangers	11
Corrigendum to “Self-sealing behavior of compacted bentonite–sand mixtures containing technological voids” [Geomech Energy Environ 25 (2021) 100213]	11
The engineering of safe hydraulic stimulations for EGS development in hot crystalline rock masses	11
Study on energy consumption and failure mechanism of water-saturated coal sample during impact cracking	11
Experimental and numerical studies on an energy piled wall: The effect of thermally activated pile spacing	10
Comparing modelling approaches for a generic nuclear waste repository in salt	10
Impact of shear displacement on advective transport in a laboratory-scale fracture	10
Comparison of performance assessment models and methods in crystalline rock: Task F1 DECOVALEX-2023	10
Strengthening effect of nano-SiO2 on microbial induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) solidified sediment: Macro- and micro-analysis	10
A three-dimensional elastoplastic constitutive model incorporating Lode angle dependence	10
Evaluating the subsidence above gas reservoirs with an elasto-viscoplastic constitutive law. Laboratory evidences and case histories	10
Transient temperature and water distributions in unconstrained compacted granular bentonite under elevated temperatures	10
Effects of heat source conditions on the early temperature rise in heated fiber-optic cable emplaced in granulated bentonite mixture	10
Influence of mechanical strength on gas migration through bentonite: Numerical analysis from laboratory to field scale	10
New rock strength-based UCS-Vp	10
Insights from an extensive triaxial testing campaign on a shale for comparative site characterization of a deep geological repository	10
NMR-based analysis of pore water state of unsaturated compacted bentonite considering the saline effect	10
A Hybrid Data-Driven/Physics-Based Modeling Approach for Hydraulic Fracture Initiation and Early-Phase Propagation in Shale	10
An assessment of the salt caprock creep impact on Pre-salt reservoir geomechanics	10
Prediction of the shale gas permeability: A data mining approach	10
Constraint strategies for estimating in-situ stress from borehole measurements	10
Effect of temperature on gas breakthrough and permeability of compacted loess in landfill cover	9
Life cycle environmental assessment of retaining walls in unsaturated soils	9
Rock-mass heterogeneous rheological properties caused the formation of deep tension fractures	9
Landslide susceptibility evaluation in Alpine environment: 2. Thermo-hydro-mechanical modeling for the response to climate-related variables	9

A methodology for incorporating thermal interference in the design of thermo-active pile groups	9
Benchmark study of a new simplified DFN model for shearing of intersecting fractures and faults	8
Failure characteristics and brittleness index establishment based on marble energy evolution mechanism	8
Vertical dynamic responses of model energy piles	8
Thermal performance of geothermal pavements constructed with demolition wastes	8
Thermo-hydro mechanical coupling in a discrete modelling: Large-scale 3D application to thermal hydrofracturing	8
Effects of in-situ stress on heat transfer in fracture networks	8
Impacts of intensive seepage flow on suffusion development in cohesionless soil: Insight from a theoretical model	8
Investigation of additive-assisted microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation in 3D printed cross fractures	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
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	8
Determination of fault damage zones in sandstone rocks using numerical models and statistical analyses	8
Comparative analysis of primary variables selection in modeling non-isothermal two-phase flow: Insights from EBS experiment at Horonobe URL	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
Reducing uncertainty on land subsidence modeling prediction by a sequential data-integration approach. Application to the Arlua off-shore reservoir in Italy	8
Effect of thermal cycling on the isotropic consolidation and triaxial shear behavior of lateritic clay	7
Probability analysis of rock slope using FORM based on a nonlinear strength criterion	7
Experimental analysis of a thermoactive underground railway station	7
Numerical simulation study of proppant transport within fractures under the influence of interlayers and weak planes	7
Micro-macro investigation on bio-cemented sand under different grouting saturation: An effective enhancement method	7
Thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of energy barrettes: Field experiments and numerical simulations	7
Free swelling behavior of MX80 bentonite under elevated temperatures up to 200 °C	7
Soil behavior under low- and high-cycle loading—Element tests vs. constitutive models	7
A simple method for analyzing thermomechanical response of an energy pile in a group	7
Numerical simulation of solute transport in argillaceous rock under thermal gradient with a coupled THM-solute transport model	7
A novel random angular bend (RAB) algorithm and DEM modeling of thermal cracking responses of sandstone	7
Development of bio-grout injection strategy and design guide using reactive transport model for field-scale soil improvement based on microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP)	7
Modelling of failure and fracture development of the Callovo-Oxfordian claystone during an in-situ heating experiment associated with geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste	7