The nonlinear mechanical behavior of intact rock and rock mass is characterized by
irreversible deformation, associated with strain hardening, strain softening and degradation …

Geoenergy and geoengineering applications usually involve fluid injection into and
production from fractured media. Accounting for fractures is important because of the strong …

The damage evolution law and mechanical property weakening mechanism of jointed rock
mass under hydro-mechanical coupling are important scientific problems in deep rock mass …

Shale is one of the most widely distributed and common types of surrounding rock in
underground structures such as tunnels. However, the mechanical strength of shale …

At present, the tunnel construction engineering is increasingly transferring to southwest
mountainous areas with complex terrain and geological conditions in China and presents a …

The numerical treatment of propagating fractures as embedded discontinuities is a
challenging task for which an analyst has to select a suitable numerical method from a range …

In engineering practice, numerical simulations of deep tunneling are commonly based on
isotropic linear–elastic perfectly plastic rock models. Rock, however, commonly exhibits …

Underground Research Laboratories (URLs) allow geoscientific in-situ experiments at large
scale. At the Mont Terri URL in Switzerland, international research groups conduct …

The effects of hydro-mechanical coupling in fractured rock mass on groundwater inflow into
underground openings were investigated using numerical simulations and case study. The …

Rock burst is easy to occur in the water-rich roadway of coal mines, which is closely related
to the energy dissipation and fracture mechanism of rocks under coupled hydro-mechanical …