International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Article	Citations
Shear-related roughness classification and strength model of natural rock joint based on fuzzy comprehensive evaluation	151
Coupled seepage-damage effect in fractured rock masses: model development and a case study	135
Developing a hybrid model of Jaya algorithm-based extreme gradient boosting machine to estimate blast-induced ground vibrations	132
A physical modeling-based study on the control mechanisms of Negative Poisson's ratio anchor cable on the stratified toppling deformation of anti-inclined slopes	132
Crack coalescence in rock-like specimens with two dissimilar layers and pre-existing double parallel joints under uniaxial compression	114
Study on very long-term creep tests and nonlinear creep-damage constitutive model of salt rock	99
In-situ test and bolt-grouting design evaluation method of underground engineering based on digital drilling	94
Automated extraction and evaluation of fracture trace maps from rock tunnel face images via deep learning	88
Damage progression and acoustic emission in brittle failure of granite and sandstone	86
Experimental study on rock mechanical behavior retaining the in situ geological conditions at different depths	84
Cracking mechanism and strength criteria evaluation of granite affected by intermediate principal stresses subjected to unloading stress state	84
Effect of liquid nitrogen cooling on mechanical characteristics and fracture morphology of layer coal under Brazilian splitting test	80
Effects of dynamic strain rate on the energy dissipation and fragment characteristics of cross-fissured rocks	79
Evolutions of the unfrozen water content of saturated sandstones during freezing process and the freeze-induced damage characteristics	79
Changes in the structure and mechanical properties of a typical coal induced by water immersion	79
Effect of water content on the failure pattern and acoustic emission characteristics of red sandstone	79
A FDEM-based 2D coupled thermal-hydro-mechanical model for multiphysical simulation of rock fracturing	79
Mechanical behavior of marble exposed to freeze-thaw-fatigue loading	78
Development and application of UAV-SfM photogrammetry for quantitative characterization of rock mass discontinuities	74
Acoustic emission characteristics of gabbro after microwave heating	73
Volumetric deformation and damage evolution of Tibet interbedded skarn under multistage constant-amplitude-cyclic loading	70
Seepage channel development in the crown pillar: Insights from induced microseismicity	68
Modeling coupled gas flow and geomechanics process in stimulated coal seam by hydraulic flushing	68
Mechanical property deterioration characteristics and a new constitutive model for rocks subjected to freeze-thaw weathering process	68
Modelling fluid injection-induced fracture activation, damage growth, seismicity occurrence and connectivity change in naturally fractured rocks	67

Three-dimensional tunnel face extrusion and reinforcement effects of underground excavations in deep rock masses	63
The strength characteristics and progressive failure mechanism of soft rock-coal combination samples with consideration given to interface effects	63
Experimental results of blast-induced cracking fractal characteristics and propagation behavior in deep rock mass	62
Uncertainty investigation for the classification of rock micro-fracture types using acoustic emission parameters	61
Experimental study on the softening effect and mechanism of anthracite with CO2 injection	58
True triaxial strength and failure characteristics of cubic coal and sandstone under different loading paths	58
Discing behavior and mechanism of cores extracted from Songke-2 well at depths below 4,500 m	57
Experimental and numerical investigation of laser-induced rock damage and the implications for laser-assisted rock cutting	55
Mechanical properties and energy characteristics of coal at different depths under cyclic triaxial loading and unloading	55
Effects of axial pre-force and loading rate on Mode I fracture behavior of granite	55
New criterion for the spalling failure of deep rock engineering based on energy release	54
High-intensity longwall mining-induced ground subsidence in Shendong coalfield, China	53
Mechanical properties of granite under real-time high temperature and three-dimensional stress	52
Permeability evolution of coal subjected to triaxial compression based on in-situ nuclear magnetic resonance	52
Theoretical damage characterisation and damage evolution process of intact rocks based on linear energy dissipation law under uniaxial compression	52
A combined “ground support-rock modification-destressing” strategy for 1000-m deep roadways in extreme squeezing ground condition	51
Experimental study on wave propagation through granite after high-temperature treatment	49
Grain size heterogeneity controls strengthening to weakening of granite over high-temperature treatment	48
A new large strain approach for predicting tunnel deformation in strain-softening rock mass based on the generalized Zhang-Zhu strength criterion	48
Numerical study of stability of mining roadways with 6.0-m section coal pillars under influence of repeated mining	47
Microstructural variations and damage evolvement of salt rock under cyclic loading	46
Deterioration of non-persistent rock joints: A focus on impact of freeze–thaw cycles	46
Real-time characterization of the grouting diffusion process in fractured sandstone based on the low-field nuclear magnetic resonance technique	45
Explosion propagation and characteristics of rock damage in decoupled charge blasting based on computed tomography scanning	45
Asynchronous difference in dynamic characteristics of adsorption swelling and mechanical compression of coal: Modeling and experiments	45
A three-dimensional coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical numerical model with partially bridging multi-stage contact fractures in horizontal-well enhanced geothermal system	45
Anisotropic characteristics of acoustic emission and the corresponding multifractal spectrum during progressive failure of shale under cyclic loading	45
Characteristics of stratum movement induced by downward longwall mining activities in middle-distance multi-seam	43
Experimental investigations of pressure stimulated currents from stressed sandstone used as precursors to rock fracture	43
Modelling of dynamic rock fracture process using the finite-discrete element method with a novel and efficient contact activation scheme	42
Long-term mechanical and acoustic emission characteristics of creep in deeply buried jinping marble considering excavation disturbance	42
Influence of repeated heating on physical-mechanical properties and damage evolution of granite	42
Multiphysics study of microwave irradiation effects on rock breakage system	42
Study on dynamic shear deformation behaviors and test methodology of sawtooth-shaped rock joints under impact load	41
Geomechanics model test research on automatically formed roadway by roof cutting and pressure releasing	41
Empty region identification method and experimental verification for the two-dimensional complex structure	41
Model experimental study on the effects of in situ stresses on pre-splitting blasting damage and strain development	41
Study on the effect of micro-geometric heterogeneity on mechanical properties of brittle rock using a grain-based discrete element method coupling with the cohesive zone model	40
Determining Young's modulus of granite using accurate grain-based modeling with microscale rock mechanical experiments	40
Anisotropic failure behaviour and breakdown pressure interpretation of hydraulic fracturing experiments on shale	39
Experimental study on the influence of prefabricated fissure size on the directional propagation law of rock type-I crack	39
A deep learning approach for rock fragmentation analysis	39
Feature extraction, recognition, and classification of acoustic emission waveform signal of coal rock sample under uniaxial compression	38
Numerical study of thermo-hydro-mechanical responses of in situ heating test with phase-field model	38
Micro-mechanism of brittle creep in saturated sandstone and its mechanical behavior after creep damage	38
Fluid-driven micro-cracking behaviour of crystalline rock using a coupled hydro-grain-based discrete element method	38
Damage constitutive model of brittle rock under uniaxial compression based on linear energy dissipation law	38
Roof-cutting and energy-absorbing method for dynamic disaster control in deep coal mine	37
A new stress-damage-flow coupling model and the damage characterization of raw coal under loading and unloading conditions	37
A constitutive model for modified cable bolts exhibiting cone shaped failure mode	37

Post-peak Stress–Strain curves of brittle hard rocks under axial-strain-controlled loading	37
Damage evolution of rock salt under multilevel amplitude creep–fatigue loading with acoustic emission monitoring	37
Experimental investigation of failure process and characteristics in circular tunnels under different stress states and internal unloading conditions	35
Mechanical anisotropy of coal under coupled biaxial static and dynamic loads	35
An experimental study of infrared radiation characteristics of sandstone in dilatancy process	35
Effects of thermally-induced cracks on acoustic emission characteristics of granite under tensile conditions	34
Experimental investigation of the influence of dry-wet, freeze-thaw and water immersion treatments on the mechanical strength of the clay-bearing green sandstone	34
Stress wave superposition effect and crack initiation mechanism between two adjacent boreholes	34
Multi-source data driven method for assessing the rock mass quality of a NATM tunnel face via hybrid ensemble learning models	33
Mechanical properties of rock salt under combined creep and fatigue	33
The influence of immersed water level on the short- and long-term mechanical behavior of sandstone	33
Effect of water on sandstone's fracture toughness and frictional parameters: Brittle strength constraints	33
Seepage characteristics of chemical grout flow in porous sandstone with a fracture under different temperature conditions: An NMR based experimental investigation	32
A 3D thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling model for enhanced geothermal systems	32
Effective evaluation of deep-hole blasting for controlling strong tremors induced by deep coal mining-A case study	32
Nano-scale mechanical properties of constituent minerals in shales investigated by combined nanoindentation statistical analyses and SEM-EDS-XRD techniques	31
Heating characteristics of igneous rock-forming minerals under microwave irradiation	31
A reliable numerical analysis for large-scale modelling of a high-level radioactive waste repository in the Callovo-Oxfordian claystone	31
A novel test device for the direct measurement of tensile strength of rock using ring shape sample	31
Development of an easy-assembly and low-cost multismartphone photogrammetric monitoring system for rock slope hazards	30
Dynamic mechanical characteristic and fracture evolution mechanism of deep roadway sandstone containing weakly filled joints with various angles	30
Modeling study of cumulative damage effects and safety criterion of surrounding rock under multiple full-face blasting of a large cross-section tunnel	30
Integrated rockburst early warning model based on fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method	30
Imaging opening-mode fracture in sandstone under three-point bending: A direct identification of the fracture process zone and traction-free crack based on cohesive zone model	30
Numerical electric breakdown model of heterogeneous granite for electro-pulse-boring	30
Anisotropic deformability and strength of slate from NW-Spain	30
A study on the energy sources and the role of the surrounding rock mass in strain burst	30
Tunneling in heterogeneous rock masses with a block-in-matrix fabric	29
Experimental study of rock fragmentation under different stemming conditions in model blasting	29
An experimental investigation on tensile fracturing of brittle rocks by considering the effect of grain size and mineralogical composition	29
Recognition of shear and tension signals based on acoustic emission parameters and waveform using machine learning methods	29
In-situ digital profiling of soil to rock strength from drilling process monitoring of 200 m deep drillhole in loess ground	29
TOUGH-RFPA: Coupled thermal-hydraulic-mechanical Rock Failure Process Analysis with application to deep geothermal wells	29
Experimental study of the creep properties of coal considering initial damage	29
A microwave fracturability index (MFI) of hard igneous rocks	29
Cracking mechanisms of a medium-grained granite under mixed-mode I-II loading illuminated by acoustic emission	28
Dynamic failure behavior of Jinping marble under various preloading conditions corresponding to different depths	28
Mechanical model for the calculation of stress distribution on fault surface during the underground coal seam mining	28
Understanding competing effect between sorption swelling and mechanical compression on coal matrix deformation and its permeability	28
An experimental investigation of the effect of long-term, time-dependent proppant embedment on fracture permeability and fracture aperture reduction	28
Location error based seismic cluster analysis and its application to burst damage assessment in underground coal mines	28
Assessing the stability of high-level pillars in deeply-buried metal mines stabilized using cemented backfill	28
Investigation on the key techniques and application of the new-generation automatically formed roadway without coal pillars by roof cutting	28
Evaluation of energy storage and release potentials of highly stressed rock pillar from rockburst control perspectives	28
Laboratory hydraulic stimulation experiments to investigate the interaction between newly formed and preexisting fractures	28
Modelling real particle shape in DEM: a comparison of two methods with application to railway ballast	28
Microwave fracturing of water-bearing sandstones: Heating characteristics and bursting	28
Development and application of cutterhead vibration monitoring system for TBM tunnelling	27
Rockburst prediction and analysis of activity characteristics within surrounding rock based on microseismic monitoring and numerical simulation	27
Effect of microwave radiation on mechanical behaviors of tight fine sandstone subjected to true triaxial stress	27
Upscaling THM modeling from small-scale to full-scale in-situ experiments in the Callovo-Oxfordian claystone	27
A comprehensive study on ring shape specimens under compressive and tensile loadings for covering the full range of I+II fracture modes of gypsum material	27
Stability analyses of side-exposed backfill considering mine depth and extraction of adjacent stope	27
A novel GPGPU-parallelized contact detection algorithm for combined finite-discrete element method	27
The propagation and interaction of cracks under freeze-thaw cycling in rock-like material	27
Laboratory characterization of cyclic hydraulic fracturing for deep shale application in Southwest China	27
Slip behavior of rough rock discontinuity under high velocity impact: Experiments and models	27
Fracture mechanism and energy evolution of sandstone with a circular inclusion	27
The use of supercritical CO2 in deep geothermal reservoirs as a working fluid: Insights from coupled THMC modeling	26
An international model comparison study of controlled fault activation experiments in argillaceous claystone at the Mont Terri Laboratory	26
A combined approach for estimating horizontal principal stress magnitudes from borehole breakout data via artificial neural network and rock failure criterion	26
Feasibility of constructing a full-scale radioactive high-level waste disposal cell and characterization of its thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior	26
Experimental and theoretical investigation of coupled damage of rock under combined disturbance	26
Permeability prediction for porous sandstone using digital twin modeling technology and Lattice Boltzmann method	26
An analysis of the meso-structural damage evolution of coal using X-ray CT and a gray-scale level co-occurrence matrix method	26
Size effect and other effects on mode I fracture toughness using two testing methods	26
Thermal shock and freeze-thaw resistance of different types of carbonate rocks	26
Experimental study on the effect of heating and liquid nitrogen-cooling cyclic treatment on mechanical properties and fracturing characteristics of granite	26
Study on the mechanism of displacement mutation for jointed rock slopes during blasting excavation	26
Damage monitoring in rock specimens with pre-existing flaws by non-linear ultrasonic waves and digital image correlation	26
Study on the mechanism of a new fully mechanical mining method for extremely thick coal seam	26
Experimental investigation of water sensitivity effects on microscale mechanical behavior of shale	25
A geomechanical method for predicting the height of a water-flowing fractured zone in a layered overburden of longwall coal mining	25
The role of porosity in the dynamic disturbance resistance of water-saturated coal	25
A new method for constructing finite difference model of soil-rock mixture slope and its stability analysis	25
Anisotropic mechanical behaviour of columnar jointed rock masses subjected to cyclic loading: An experimental investigation	25
A comprehensive underground excavation design (CUED) methodology for geotechnical engineering design of deep underground mining and tunneling	25
Ground response of entries driven adjacent to a retreating longwall panel	25
Experimental investigation of rock strength using indentation test and point load test	25
The role of prior creep duration on the acoustic emission characteristics of rock salt under cyclic loading	25

An auto-detection network to provide an automated real-time early warning of rock engineering hazards using microseismic monitoring	24
Experimental study on influence of host rock strength on shear performance of Micro-NPR steel bolted rock joints	24
Coupled multiscale-modeling of microwave-heating-induced fracturing in shales	24
Numerical investigation into impacts of major fault on coal burst in longwall mining – A case study	24
Creep deformation analysis of gas storage in salt caverns	23
Effects of inherent spatial variability of rock properties on the thermo-hydro-mechanical responses of a high-level radioactive waste repository	23
Risk assessment approach for rockfall hazards in steeply dipping coal seams	23
Damage mechanism and heat transfer characteristics of limestone after thermal shock cycle treatments based on geothermal development	23
Numerical simulation of fracture propagation in freezing rocks using the extended finite element method (XFEM)	23
Hydromechanical insight of fracture opening and closure during in-situ hydraulic fracturing in crystalline rock	23
A wing-crack extension model for tensile response of saturated rocks under coupled static-dynamic loading	23
Effects of grain size distributions on the macro-mechanical behavior of rock salt using micro-based multiscale methods	23
Prediction of rock abrasivity and hardness from mineral composition	23
In-situ direct shear test and numerical simulation of slate structural planes with thick muddy interlayer along bedding slope	23
Key factors analysis and constitutive equation modification of a macro-NPR bolt for achieving high constant resistance and large deformation characteristics	23
Numerical analysis of dual porosity coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour during CO2 sequestration in coal	23
Failure in rock with intersecting rough joints under uniaxial compression	23
Experimental investigations of static mechanical properties and failure characteristics of damaged diorite after dynamic triaxial compression	22
Automatic recognition of effective and interference signals based on machine learning: A case study of acoustic emission and electromagnetic radiation	22
The study of water-resistant key strata stability detected by optic fiber sensing in shallow-buried coal seam	22
A constitutive model for anisotropic clay-rich rocks considering micro-structural composition	22
Experimental investigation on infrared radiation features of fracturing process in jointed rock under concentrated load	22
Numerical simulation based approach for assessment of blast induced deformation pattern in slot raise excavation	22
Deformation characteristics of sidewall and anchorage mechanisms of prestressed cables in layered rock strata dipping steeply into the inner space of underground powerhouse cavern	22
The in situ stress field and microscale controlling factors in the Ordos Basin, central China	22
Estimating the long-term strength and time-to-failure of brittle rocks from laboratory testing	22
Strain rockburst failure characteristics and mechanism of high stress circular hard rock tunnel triggered by dynamic impact load	22
Fracturing mechanisms and deformation characteristics of rock surrounding the gate during gob-side entry retention through roof pre-fracturing	22
A modified rock mass classification system for TBM tunnels and tunneling based on the HC method of China	22
Effects of geo-stress on the dynamic response of multi-physical field parameters during coal and gas outbursts under true triaxial stress	21
Accurate moment tensor inversion of acoustic emissions and its application to Brazilian splitting test	21
Investigation of the efficiency of longwall top coal caving method applied by forming a face in horizontal thickness of the seam in steeply inclined thick coal seams by using a physical model	21
Numerical analysis for rock cutting force prediction in the tunnel boring process	21
Automated rock mass discontinuity set characterisation using amplitude and phase decomposition of point cloud data	21
Influence of asperity degradation and gouge formation on flow during rock fracture shearing	21
Failure modes and excavation stability of large-scale columnar jointed rock masses containing interlayer shear weakness zones	21
Three-dimensional stability assessment of slopes in intact rock governed by the Hoek-Brown failure criterion	21
Roof fall hazard assessment with the use of artificial neural network	21
Slope stability and post-failure analysis of soil-rock-mixture using the modified 2D DDA-SPH method	21
Improving uniaxial compressive strength estimation of carbonate sedimentary rocks by combining minimally invasive and non-destructive techniques	21
Resistance behavior of Constant-Resistance-Large-Deformation bolt considering surrounding rock pressure	21
Intelligent modeling of blast-induced rock movement prediction using dimensional analysis and optimized artificial neural network technique	21
Development and application of an in-situ indentation testing system for the prediction of tunnel boring machine performance	21
Temperature-dependent mechanical properties and crack propagation modes of 3D printed sandstones	21
Cyclic injection to reduce hydraulic fracture surface roughness in glutenite reservoirs	21
Investigation of pillar damage mechanisms and rock-support interaction using Bonded Block Models	21
Application of superposition method to study the mechanical behaviour of overlying strata in longwall mining	20
A new modification to the Kuz-Ram model using the fragment size predicted by image analysis	20
Thermal damage effect on the thermal conductivity inhomogeneity of granite	20
Experimental study of crack propagation and failure around a horseshoe tunnel during nearby blasting	20
A novel approach for fracture skeleton extraction from rock surface images	20
Characteristics of fractures stimulated by supercritical carbon dioxide fracturing in shale based on acoustic emission monitoring	20
A fully automatic-image-based approach to quantifying the geological strength index of underground rock mass	20
Effects of foliation on deformation and failure mechanism of silty slates	20
Mechanical response and strain localization in coal under uniaxial loading, using digital volume correlation on X-ray tomography images	20
A novel in-situ stress measurement method incorporating non-oriented core ground re-orientation and acoustic emission: A case study of a deep borehole	20
Analytical solution for determining the plastic zones around twin circular tunnels excavated at great depth	20
Experimental and simulation study on rock-breaking efficiency of disc cutters on composite rocks	20
Numerical analysis of the stability of arched sill mats made of cemented backfill	20
Instability of an intersecting fault-dyke system during deep rock excavation	20
Forecast of time-of-instability in rocks under complex stress conditions using spatial precursory AE response rate	19
Observations of breakage for transversely isotropic shale using acoustic emission and X-ray computed tomography: Effect of bedding orientation, pre-existing weaknesses, and pore water	19
Dynamic photoelastic experimental study on the influence of joint surface geometrical property on wave propagation and stress disturbance	19
3D spatial fracture behavior of sandstone containing a surface flaw under uniaxial compression	19
Visualization of hydraulic fracture using physics-informed clustering to process ultrasonic shear waves	19
A method for seismic stability analysis of jointed rock slopes using Barton-Bandis failure criterion	19
An Uzawa-type augmented Lagrangian numerical manifold method for frictional discontinuities in rock masses	19
Characterizing the cracking process of various rock types under Brazilian loading based on coupled Acoustic Emission and high-speed imaging techniques	19
A multi-scale model of plasticity and damage for rock-like materials with pores and inclusions	19
Bentonite homogenisation during the closure of void spaces	19
An improved hydromechanical model for particle flow simulation of fractures in fluid-saturated rocks	19
Rockburst and microseismicity characteristics in the Qinling water conveyance tunnel of the Hanjiang-to-Weihe River Diversion Project	19
Coupled hydro-mechanical modelling of dilatancy controlled gas flow and gas induced fracturing in saturated claystone	19
Analytical solution of T-stresses for an inclined crack in compression	19
HM and THM interactions in bentonite engineered barriers for nuclear waste disposal	18
An uncertainty hybrid model for risk assessment and prediction of blast-induced rock mass fragmentation	18
Analysis and determination of the behavioral mechanism of rock bridges using experimental and numerical modeling of non-persistent rock joints	18
Verification of a DDA-based hydro-mechanical model and its application to dam foundation stability analysis	18
Failure characterization of Longmaxi shale under direct shear mode loadings	18
Peridynamic simulation of fracture mechanical behaviour of granite specimen under real-time temperature and post-temperature treatments	18
Modelling anisotropic adsorption-induced coal swelling and stress-dependent anisotropic permeability	18
Stress perturbation caused by multistage hydraulic fracturing: Implications for deep fault reactivation	18
Peak shear strength criterion for mismatched rock joints: Revisiting JRC-JMC criterion	18
Mechanical properties of α-quartz using nanoindentation tests and molecular dynamics simulations	18
Acoustic emission characteristics of coal failure using automatic speech recognition methodology analysis	18
Rock breaking characteristics of the self-rotating multi-orifices nozzle applied to coalbed methane radial jet drilling	18
Strain rate and size effects on the brittleness indexes of Carrara marble	18
Cross-scale characterization of sandstones via statistical nanoindentation: Evaluation of data analytics and upscaling models	18
Hard Rock Fragmentation in Percussion Drilling Considering Confining Pressure: Insights from an Experimental Study	18
Modified 2D roughness parameters for rock joints at two different scales and their correlation with JRC	18
Characterizing thermal damage of diorite treated by an open-ended microwave antenna	18
A grain texture model to investigate effects of grain shape and orientation on macro-mechanical behavior of crystalline rock	18
Probabilistic stability analysis of failed and stable cases of coal pillars	18
Towards concrete-rock interface shear containing similar triangular asperities	18
Experimental study on dynamic mechanical and failure behavior of a jointed rock mass	17