Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment

Papers
(The median citation count of Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment is 3. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
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Hydromechanical simulation of argillaceous rocks: From laboratory tests to drift excavation43
Experimental study on seepage–corrosion coupling characteristics of a single fracture in limestone subjected to acid mine drainage43
Proxy-based Bayesian inversion of strain tensor data measured during well tests41
How geomechanical attributes control the morphology of stylolites in carbonate sequences? A case from Permian–Triassic gas reservoirs in the Persian Gulf37
The impacts of scaled capillary pressure combined with coupled flow and geomechanics on gas hydrate deposits35
Effects of rate-dependent behavior of sandstone on performance of gas storage in aquifer34
Field tests on the prediction of heating power requirements for deicing in Jiangyin, China31
Shear strength and shear stiffness analysis of compacted Wyoming-type bentonite31
Cracking of unsaturated clays using a newly developed small-beam bending apparatus and analysis by digital image correlation30
Assessing swelling-induced damage in shale samples during triaxial testing29
Comparative analysis of quasi-static penetration characteristics of slotted granite and intact granite29
The hydro-mechanical characteristics and micro-structure of loess enhanced by microbially induced carbonate precipitation26
Fractal characteristics of rocks and mesoscopic fractures at different loading rates26
Temperature dependence of soil-structure interface behaviour in the context of thermally-activated piles: A review24
Post-mining related reactivation potential of faults hosted in tight reservoir rocks around flooded coal mines, eastern Ruhr Basin, Germany22
Modeling of coupled processes in full-scale engineered barrier system performance experiment at Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory, Japan21
Engineering soil barriers to minimise annual shrinkage/swelling in plastic clays21
Soft interface instability and gas flow channeling in low-permeability deformable media21
Novel and simplified method of producing microbial calcite powder for clayey soil stabilization21
Temperature- and Displacement-Dependent Model for unsaturated Earth pressures behind thermo-active retaining walls21
Coupling of a water permeability function with a bounding surface hydromechanical model for unsaturated soils21
The nucleation of injection-induced earthquakes on low-permeability strike-slip faults20
Influence of stress-level due to self-weight on the hydraulic conductivity of permeable concrete for geotechnical applications20
Single fluid-driven crack propagation in analogue rock assisted by chemical environment20
Numerical investigation of THM behavior in anisotropic poroelastic media: from element test to geological disposal applications19
Effects of thermophysical parameters of fracturing fluid on hot dry rock damage in hydraulic fracturing19
AC-assisted microbially induced carbonate precipitation for sand reinforcement: An experimental study19
Load transfer analysis of driven energy pile under combined thermal and mechanical loading18
Flow-geomechanics coupling constrains fault geometry in induced earthquakes18
Fluid injection through artificially reconstituted bio-cemented sands18
Synthesis of results for Brine Availability Test in Salt (BATS) DECOVALEX-2023 Task E18
Effects of supercritical CO2 based fluids imbibition on the mechanical properties of shale: An experimental study at high-temperature and high-pressure condition18
Experimental and constitutive modeling of the anisotropic mechanical properties of shale subjected to thermal treatment18
Analysis of shear mock-up tests in a canister-clay system for spent nuclear fuel isolation18
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Wellbore cement fracture permeability as a function of confining stress and pore pressure17
Shear behavior of ice–frozen soil interface: Experiments and elastoplastic modeling17
Modeling of thermal–hydraulic–mechanical–chemical​ acid fracturing with discretized virtual internal bond16
Investigations into crack evolution during controlled continual laser-based rock processing16
Influence of natural fracture zones on hydraulic fracture propagation and proppant transport in tight sandstone reservoirs16
Three-dimensional evaluation of effective thermal conductivity in micro-carbon fiber reinforced clay soils with varying fiber distributions16
Heat transfer-deformation characteristics and fracture damage analysis during LN2 freeze-thaw process in different rank coals16
Strata control methods and optimization design for mining earthquake prevention and environmental protection16
Experimental study on tensile strength of granite residual soil during drying and wetting15
Assessment of mechanical behavior and failure criteria under varied confining pressures in treated calcareous sand15
Thermal energy transfer around buried pipe infrastructure15
Post-wildfire soil hydrophobicity and slope erosion remediation by applying environmentally friendly modifiers15
Experimental investigation into the effect of porosity on the strains developing during anhydrite to gypsum transformation15
Thermo-hydraulic analysis of desiccation cracked soil strata considering ground temperature and moisture dynamics under the influence of soil-atmosphere interactions15
Dam impoundment near active faults in areas with high seismic potential: Case studies from Bisri and Mseilha dams, Lebanon14
Creep behavior and permeability evolution of red sandstone in three Gorges Reservoir area subjected to cyclic seepage pressure14
A fast approximate method for simulating thermal pile heat exchangers14
Laboratory validation of a new hydro-mechanical energy-based brittleness index model for hydraulic fracturing14
Effect of particle size on mechanical properties of bio-cemented sand using enzyme-induced calcite precipitation14
Designing a repository in domal salt: The influence of design variants in different modelling environments14
Hydraulic and mechanical behavior of compacted silts modified by waste steel slag14
Influence of the strain rate on the deformation and failure of rocks with multiscale cracks14
Assessment of sensor performance in the context of geological radwaste disposal—A first case study in the Belgian URL HADES14
Experimental and simulation study of cryogenic stimulation of granites from Akmola region in Kazakhstan14
Insights from an extensive triaxial testing campaign on a shale for comparative site characterization of a deep geological repository13
Study on energy consumption and failure mechanism of water-saturated coal sample during impact cracking13
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 applications13
Comparing modelling approaches for a generic nuclear waste repository in salt13
3D numerical modelling and analysis of heat harvesting and pavement temperature regulation of a thermo-active road13
Effective stress in unsaturated soils: Lessons from capillarity in regular sphere arrangements13
Experimental and numerical studies on an energy piled wall: The effect of thermally activated pile spacing12
A preliminary investigation on the mechanical behaviour of a stiff Italian clay in the context of hydrogen storage12
Impact of shear displacement on advective transport in a laboratory-scale fracture12
A three-dimensional elastoplastic constitutive model incorporating Lode angle dependence12
Transient temperature and water distributions in unconstrained compacted granular bentonite under elevated temperatures12
Comparison of performance assessment models and methods in crystalline rock: Task F1 DECOVALEX-202312
NMR-based analysis of pore water state of unsaturated compacted bentonite considering the saline effect12
Insight into the mechanical degradation of coal corroded by concentrated brine solution12
Study on novel alkali-activated cementitious grout for scour control of offshore foundation12
Constraint strategies for estimating in-situ stress from borehole measurements12
A Hybrid Data-Driven/Physics-Based Modeling Approach for Hydraulic Fracture Initiation and Early-Phase Propagation in Shale11
An assessment of the salt caprock creep impact on Pre-salt reservoir geomechanics11
Rock-mass heterogeneous rheological properties caused the formation of deep tension fractures11
Strengthening effect of nano-SiO2 on microbial induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) solidified sediment: Macro- and micro-analysis11
Internal erosion of sandy gravels and occurrence of open-framework gravels in the subsoil of a river dike11
Prediction of the shale gas permeability: A data mining approach11
A data-driven and machine learning-assisted interpretation of hydraulic fracturing experiments in various formations11
Influence of mechanical strength on gas migration through bentonite: Numerical analysis from laboratory to field scale11
Influence of matric suction on the behavior of energy pile groups under geometrically asymmetrical thermal cycling11
New rock strength-based UCS-V 11
Benchmark study of a new simplified DFN model for shearing of intersecting fractures and faults11
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 test10
Mechanism of anomalous “internal subsidence and peripheral uplift” in a salt mine goaf: A multi-source validated superposition of poroelastic uplift and mining-induced subsidence10
Predicting subsurface thermal conductivity from wellbore temperatures10
A review of fiber optic sensing in geomechanical applications at laboratory and field scales10
Landslide susceptibility evaluation in Alpine environment: 2. Thermo-hydro-mechanical modeling for the response to climate-related variables10
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 waveguide10
A three-dimensional fractional elastoplastic constitutive model for rocks within ductile domain10
Triaxial unloading effects on pre-holed sandstone energy characteristics and damage evolution mechanism: Comparative analysis of diffrent borehole bottom locations10
A methodology for incorporating thermal interference in the design of thermo-active pile groups10
Life cycle environmental assessment of retaining walls in unsaturated soils10
Effect of temperature on gas breakthrough and permeability of compacted loess in landfill cover10
Surrogate models for development of unconventional shale reservoirs by an integrated numerical approach of hydraulic fracturing, flow and geomechanics, and machine learning9
Comparative analysis of primary variables selection in modeling non-isothermal two-phase flow: Insights from EBS experiment at Horonobe URL9
Effect of multifractal characteristics of pore structure in coal adsorbed by low pressure gas on thermal conductivity and thermal diffusion9
Effects of in-situ stress on heat transfer in fracture networks9
Experimental study on the swelling pressure of compacted bentonite under high temperatures above 100 °C9
Determination of fault damage zones in sandstone rocks using numerical models and statistical analyses9
Experimental study on the settlement behavior of soil–rock mixtures under reservoir water level rise and fall9
Numerical study of the effect of soil-plant-atmosphere interaction under future climate projections and different vegetation covers9
Impacts of intensive seepage flow on suffusion development in cohesionless soil: Insight from a theoretical model9
Failure characteristics and brittleness index establishment based on marble energy evolution mechanism9
A thermodynamically consistent model of strain coupling in expansive soils8
Reducing uncertainty on land subsidence modeling prediction by a sequential data-integration approach. Application to the Arlua off-shore reservoir in Italy8
An effective poroelastic model for fractured porous media8
Study on the characteristics of coal pore structure changes during hot flue gas displacement and their impact on the gas displacement effect8
Numerical modeling of the fracturing mechanisms of unconsolidated sand reservoirs under water injection8
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 strain8
Numerical simulation of solute transport in argillaceous rock under thermal gradient with a coupled THM-solute transport model8
Investigation of additive-assisted microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation in 3D printed cross fractures8
Free swelling behavior of MX80 bentonite under elevated temperatures up to 200 °C8
Vertical dynamic responses of model energy piles8
Sealing failure of a cement sheath under temperature variation8
Thermo-hydro mechanical coupling in a discrete modelling: Large-scale 3D application to thermal hydrofracturing8
Thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of energy barrettes: Field experiments and numerical simulations8
Effect of thermal cycling on the isotropic consolidation and triaxial shear behavior of lateritic clay8
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 zone8
Numerical simulation study of proppant transport within fractures under the influence of interlayers and weak planes8
Early-stage thermal performance design of thermo-active walls implemented in underground infrastructures8
Quantitative prediction of tertiary formation fractures and its application in lost circulation prediction in the Bozhong Depression7
Probability analysis of rock slope using FORM based on a nonlinear strength criterion7
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 waste7
Three dimensional wellbore feature of air drilling hole and its influence on bit side force7
Creep properties and model of fractured sandstone under freezing environment7
Experimental analysis of a thermoactive underground railway station7
Study on the interaction between pile and soil under lateral load in coral sand7
Creep characteristics and damage mechanisms of rock in the plateau tunnel: Insights from acoustic emission and energy evolution7
Micro-macro investigation on bio-cemented sand under different grouting saturation: An effective enhancement method7
The physics of desiccation cracks 1: Ductile fracturing and dependence on relative humidity7
A novel random angular bend (RAB) algorithm and DEM modeling of thermal cracking responses of sandstone7
Numerical study on enhancing coalbed methane recovery using stress relief by multiple cavities7
A simple method for analyzing thermomechanical response of an energy pile in a group7
Mechanism of gas seepage enhancement based on the evolution of micro-pores and energy dissipation in coal under dynamic load7
A constitutive framework for caprocks accounting for viscoplastic cyclic degradation and coupled geo-chemo-mechanical processes7
Physical–mechanical properties and microstructure degradation of acid–alkali contaminated granite residual soil7
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
Displacement analysis for energy pile foundations under thermomechanical loads6
A hysteretic hydraulic constitutive model for unsaturated soils and application to capillary barrier systems6
Impact of initial effective stress on the thermo-mechanical behavior of normally consolidated clay6
Utilization of Fan Palm, Date Palm, and Phragmites Australis fibers for improving the mechanical behavior of sandy soil6
Cyclic swell shrink behaviour of lime and lignosulphonate amended expansive soil—An experimental quantification and comparison6
A new mechanism on how LCMs deposited stably to bridge during wellbore strengthening and its analytical model6
Fracture evolution and energy dissipation characteristics of limestone under triaxial loading and unloading experiments6
Study on the fracture propagation rule of simultaneous fracturing under cyclic injection6
Thermal influence zone of energy tunnels in sandy soils under the hydrostatic condition6
A thermoplastic clay constitutive model with temperature dependent evolution of stress anisotropy6
Application of discrete element numerical simulation methods in mechanical characterization of hydrate-bearing sediments: Research status and challenges6
Quantitative assessment of well leakage, part I: Cement stress evolution6
Study on gas extraction efficiency using in-seam borehole method considering influence of plastic zone induced by borehole drilling6
Geomechanics for energy and the environment: Current developments6
Performance analysis of multi-well EGS system based on unique network structure — Voronoi fractures6
Effect of heat-treatment on the pure- and mixed-mode fracture properties of a homogeneous sandstone6
Analysis of wellbore stability for overbalanced drilling in marine methane hydrate-bearing sediments under non-hydrostatic stresses6
The influence of hydrating mineral components on wellbore sealing capacity of salt-plugged wells6
Development and validation of TOUGH-3DEC: A three-dimensional discontinuum-based numerical simulator for coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical analysis6
An integral approach using InSAR and data assimilation to disentangle and quantify multi-depth driven subsidence causes in the Ravenna coastland, Northern Italy6
Investigation of fracture-plugging wellbore strengthening: Large scale true tri-axial experiments and field tests6
Experimental study on improving hydraulic characteristics of sand via microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation6
Investigation of the emplacement dry density of granulated bentonite mixtures using dielectric, mass-balance and actively heated fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing methods6
An effective stress constitutive framework for the prediction of desiccation crack in lime-treated soil: Experimental characterization and constitutive prediction5
WITHDRAWN: A closed form solution for the internal stability of landfills considering spatial variability of the input seismic motion5
Field investigation on geothermal pavements5
Shape effect of shear box in large-scale direct shear test for soil-rock mixture5
The influence of initial shaft resistance mobilisation in the response of seasonally, thermally-activated pile foundations in granular media5
Modelling flow and transport in fractured crystalline rocks by an upscaled equivalent continuous porous media method5
Modelling a granular bentonite system as a discrete set of continuum units5
Cyclic plasticity of hardened oil well cement paste: A nonlinear kinematic hardening perspective5
Multi-scale constitutive modeling of the brittle–ductile transition behavior of rocks with microcracks and two populations of pores5
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Coal permeability considering mining-induced stresses subjected to fractional derivative5
Modelling production-induced dynamic rupture of intra-graben faults and related earthquakes in the North German Basin5
Thermomechanical response and crack evolution of sandstone at elevated temperatures5
Observation of water transport in compacted bentonite at elevated temperatures using X-ray tomography and image analysis5
Numerical modeling of hydro-mechanical processes during hydraulic testing of pre-existing fractures at the Grimsel Test Site, Switzerland5
Unified models for water permeability in hydrate-bearing sandy soil considering pore morphology evolution5
Internal erosion by suffusion on cohesionless gap-graded soils: Model and sensibility analysis5
Erodibility improvement and scour mitigation of beach sand by enzymatic induced carbonate precipitation5
Editorial for the Special Issue: Innovative numerical methods for soil internal erosion processes5
Numerical study of long-time growth of hydraulic fractures in a line drive5
Geotechnical and engineering properties of expansive clayey soil stabilized with biomass ash and nanomaterials for its application in structural road layers5
Incipient motion of sands in the pipe and numerical modelling of the pipe depth5
Investigation of fracture propagation dynamics during multi-stage water injection shearing in fault-fracture reservoirs5
Comparative experimental study on thermo-mechanical responses of phase-change and normal energy piles4
Evaluating the effect of organic matter contained in shale on hydraulic fracturing of infill-well4
Stress-state dependency of the strain ratio of quasi-elastic granular soils under cyclic loading4
The physics of desiccation cracks 2: Modeling and prediction of the crack patterns4
Closed-form modeling of matric suction in unsaturated soils under undrained heating4
Coupled hydro–mechanical simulation of the interaction between adjacent lined rock caverns subject to internal gas pressurisation4
Accelerating the Energy Transition with Energy Geotechnics: editorial4
Effects of cyclic loading and unloading rates on the energy evolution of rocks with different lithology4
Energy evolution law and multi-scale failure strength criterion of granite under multiaxial compression4
Comparative tests on the failure characteristics and mechanisms of soft inclined foundation waste dump under gravity4
An insight from energy index characterization to determine the proneness of rockburst for hard rock4
Hydro-mechanical and homogenization behaviour of GMZ bentonite pellets/block assemblies upon hydration4
Energy and entropy balance laws for porous media saturated by one or two non-miscible pore fluids at different temperatures4
Microscale thermo-hydro-mechanical modeling of thermal recovery of shale gas4
In situ static elastic properties assessment and validation with pressuremeter testing using a formation tester tool4
Numerical simulation of coupled THM behaviour of full-scale EBS in backfilled experimental gallery in the Horonobe URL4
Experimental study on P-wave response characteristics of hot dry rock under high temperature and high confining pressure4
Cement with bacterial nanocellulose cured at reservoir temperature: Mechanical performance in the context of CO 4
Fracture and porosity evolution of coal under uniaxial compression: An in-situ X-ray tomography study4
3D modelling of backward erosion piping experiments4
Utilizing high-resolution 3D Voronoi meshing to analyze field data from the Brine Availability Test in Salt (BATS)4
Effect of fault activation on the hydraulic connectivity of faults in mudstone4
Importance of drilling-related processes on the origin of borehole breakouts — Insights from LWD observations4
Experiment study on shear behavior and properties of granite fractures under real-time high-temperature conditions4
Evolution of the micromechanical properties of reaction layers in wellbore cement under geologic CO2 storage conditions4
Quantitative assessment of well leakage, part II: Case studies for CCS3
Thermally induced tensile hoop stresses in energy piles: Implications for design and operation3
Production performance analysis of low permeability reservoirs using a new water flooding characteristic curve and Weibull model3
Discrimination of critically stressed faults and safety-optimized hydraulic fracturing design: Insights from meter-scale physical modeling3
Small-scale physical modelling of vertically loaded, cyclically thermally-activated helical piles3
Analysis of barrette foundations subjected to mechanical and thermal loads3
Modelling unsaturated soils with the Material Point Method. A discussion of the state-of-the-art3
A study on the hydraulic aperture of microannuli at the casing–cement interface using a large-scale laboratory setup3
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Calculation of the representative temperature change for the thermomechanical design of energy piles3
Numerical assessment of the time-dependent behaviour of a tunnel with a yielding support system for a potential repository in claystone3
Modelling of mass transport in fractured crystalline rock using velocity interpolation and cell-jump particle tracking methods3
The impact of soil layering and groundwater flow on energy pile thermal performance3
Discontinuum-based numerical analysis of thermoshearing in planar and rough granite fractures: A comparison with laboratory observations3
A finite discrete element approach for modeling of desiccation fracturing around underground openings in Opalinus clay3
Evolution of rock mass stress, movement, and deformation during injection-production processes in coal mines that have been converted into natural gas storage facilities3
Settlement analysis in the context of underground climate change3
Enhancing fiber–matrix interface permeability resistance of natural fiber-reinforced, bio-cemented sand by CaCO 3
Value of abstraction in performance assessment – When is a higher level of detail necessary?3
A DEM study on microstructural behaviour of soluble granular materials subjected to chemo-mechanical loading3
Damage and acoustic characteristics of water-saturated coals with different ranks under liquid nitrogen freezing and thawing treatments3
Evaluation of instruments for monitoring the soil–plant continuum3
Assessing the performance of geothermal pavement constructed using demolition wastes by experimental and CFD simulation techniques3
Study on mechanical response and strain of frozen coal after ultra-low temperature3
Research on hydrate-bearing reservoir deformation and wellbore wall stability during natural gas hydrate exploitation3
DISCUSSION OF “ASSESSMENT OF AN AMENDED SOIL AS A CLIMATE ADAPTIVE BARRIER: ELEMENT TESTING AND PHYSICAL MODELLING”3
Geomechanics for energy and the environment3
Modeling thermally driven migration of brine in bedded salt3
DECOVALEX-2023: An international collaboration for advancing the understanding and modeling of coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical (THMC) processes in geological systems3
Borehole observation-based in situ stress state estimation of the Los Humeros geothermal field (Mexico)3
Modelling the thermo-mechanical behaviour of a rock joint3
Analytical solution for transient radial interaction between energy piles and soils: Thermo-elastic cavity expansion analysis3
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Impacts of temperature on the mechanical properties of Longmaxi shale outcrops using instrumented nanoindentation3
Integrated evaluation of stiffness degradation by combining Resonant-Column, Cyclic Triaxial and Cyclic Simple Shear Tests: Application to Riotinto mine tailings3
Quantification of energy consumed in simulated percussive drilling process using dynamic indentation experiment3
Earth stabilisation via carbonate precipitation by plant-derived urease for building applications3
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