It has become an inevitable trend of human development to seek resources from the deep
underground. However, rock encountered in deep underground engineering is usually in an …

Rockburst is becoming a huge challenge for the utilization of deep underground space.
Extensive efforts have been devoted to investigating the rockburst behavior and mechanism …

This work aims at investigating the fracture evolution and energy characteristics of marble
subjected to fatigue cyclic loading and confining pressure unloading (FC-CPU) conditions …

With the rapid development of nuclear power in China, the disposal of high-level radioactive
waste (HLW) has become an important issue for nuclear safety and environmental …

Spalling and rockburst are two common failure modes in deep hard-rock tunnels and they
exhibit a strong correlation. In this paper, the process of rockburst induced by spalling is …

Characteristics of energy accumulation, evolution, and dissipation in uniaxial cyclic loading
and unloading compression of 30 sandstone rock specimens under six different loading …

The effect of high temperatures up to 800° C on the physical and mechanical characteristics
and fracturing behaviour of Beishan granite is experimentally studied with a combination of …

In recent years, many studies have shown that it is meaningful to place rocks under stress
paths corresponding to various loading and unloading conditions. However, the deformation …

Slabbing/spalling and rockburst are unconventional types of failure of hard rocks under
conditions of unloading and various dynamic loads in environments with high and complex …

Extensive true-triaxial unloading tests are conducted on rectangular Miluo granite
specimens to investigate their crack propagation behavior and peak unloading strength …