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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Effect of phosphogypsum on physiochemical and mechanical behaviour of cement stabilized dredged soil from Fuzhou, China	72
Hydraulic stimulation and fluid circulation experiments in underground laboratories: Stepping up the scale towards engineered geothermal systems	55
Neutron imaging for geomechanics: A review	44
Poroelastic models for fault reactivation in response to concurrent injection and production in stacked reservoirs	32
Laboratory simulations of fluid-induced seismicity, hydraulic fracture, and fluid flow	32
Prediction of the shale gas permeability: A data mining approach	28
Experimental investigation of energy piles: From laboratory to field testing	28
Benchmark study of undrained triaxial testing of Opalinus Clay shale: Results and implications for robust testing	25
Thermally induced deformation of soils: A critical overview of phenomena, challenges and opportunities	25
Mechanical properties of 4 rocks at different temperatures and fracture assessment using the strain energy density criterion	24
The hydro-mechanical characteristics and micro-structure of loess enhanced by microbially induced carbonate precipitation	24
Thermal induced horizontal earth pressure changes of pipe energy piles under multiple heating cycles	22
The role of ground conditions on the heat exchange potential of energy walls	22
Mechanical properties and failure mode of sandstone specimen with a prefabricated borehole under true triaxial stress condition	22
Macroscopic effects of nano and microscopic phenomena in clayey soils and clay rocks	22
Modelling unsaturated soils with the Material Point Method. A discussion of the state-of-the-art	20
Thermomechanical behaviour of an energy pile–raft foundation under intermittent cooling operation	19
The effects of in situ stress uncertainties on the assessment of open stope stability: Case study at the Niobec Mine, Quebec (Canada)	19
Experimental and numerical investigation of the thermo-mechanical behaviour of an energy sheet pile wall	19
Earth stabilisation via carbonate precipitation by plant-derived urease for building applications	18
Fractal characteristics of rocks and mesoscopic fractures at different loading rates	18
FEM for prediction of surface deformations induced by flooding of steeply inclined mining seams	17
Variation of pore-network, mechanical and hydrological characteristics of sandstone specimens through CO2-enriched brine injection	17
Self-sealing behavior of compacted bentonite–sand mixtures containing technological voids	17
A particle-scale investigation of mechanical behavior of cemented hydrate-bearing sediment using Discrete Element Method	17

Numerical research on thermal response for geothermal energy pile groups under groundwater flow	16
Experimental and numerical studies on an energy piled wall: The effect of thermally activated pile spacing	15
Effects of particle breakage on the mechanical characteristics of geogrid-reinforced granular soils under triaxial shear: A DEM investigation	15
A novel random angular bend (RAB) algorithm and DEM modeling of thermal cracking responses of sandstone	14
A generalized water retention model with soil fabric evolution	14
Experimental study on fracture characteristics of coal due to liquid nitrogen fracturing	14
The engineering of safe hydraulic stimulations for EGS development in hot crystalline rock masses	13
Experimental study on mode I and mode II fracture properties of heated sandstone after two different cooling treatments	13
Change in mechanical behaviour of gap-graded soil subjected to internal erosion observed in triaxial compression and torsional shear	13
Pore pressure pulse migration in microcracked andesite recorded with fibre optic sensors	13
Incremental load transfer analysis of an energy pile under arbitrary mechanical and thermal loads	12
A temperature-dependent model for tensile strength characteristic curve of unsaturated soils	12
Redirection of a crack driven by viscous fluid taking into account plastic effects in the process zone	12
Hydraulic fracturing with low and high viscous injection mediums to investigate net fracture pressure and fracture network in shale of different brittleness index	12
Multi-disciplinary investigation of the hydraulic-mechanically driven convergence behaviour: CD-A twin niches in the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory during the first year	12
Impacts of temperature on the mechanical properties of Longmaxi shale outcrops using instrumented nanoindentation	11
A study on the hydraulic aperture of microannuli at the casing–cement interface using a large-scale laboratory setup	11
Effects of cyclic loading and unloading rates on the energy evolution of rocks with different lithology	11
Mechanical behavior of carbonate reservoirs with single karst cavities	11
Coupled CFD–DEM numerical modelling of perforation damage and sand production in weak sandstone formation	11
Successful mechanical earth model construction and wellbore stability analysis using elastic and plasticity solutions, a case study	10
Erodibility improvement and scour mitigation of beach sand by enzymatic induced carbonate precipitation	10
Thermal performance of geothermal pavements constructed with demolition wastes	10
A DEM study of the effect of the loss of fine particles on the mechanical behavior of gap-graded soils	10
The partial electrical breakdown mechanism by high voltage electric pulses in multi-fractured granite	10
Oedometric compression and thermal volume behavior of compacted Gaomiaozi bentonite saturated with salt solution	10
Energy performance assessment of thermo-active micro-piles via numerical modeling and statistical analysis	10
Effect of fault activation on the hydraulic connectivity of faults in mudstone	9
Swelling and gas transport characteristics of saturated compacted bentonite/sand samples considering the scale effect	9
Scaling properties and anomalous diffusion of the Florina micro-seismic activity: Fluid driven?	9
Investigating the thermal performance of energy soldier pile walls	9
Deep learning reservoir porosity prediction method based on a spatiotemporal convolution bi-directional long short-term memory neural network model	9
A review on the thermo-hydro-mechanical response of soil–structure interface for energy geostructures applications	9
Utilization of Fan Palm, Date Palm, and Phragmites Australis fibers for improving the mechanical behavior of sandy soil	9
Fluid injection through artificially reconstituted bio-cemented sands	9
Tensile strength of a compacted vegetated soil: Laboratory results and reinforcement interpretation	8
Numerical analyses of coupled thermal–hydraulic–mechanical–chemical processes for estimating permeability change in fractured rock induced by alkaline solution	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
Experimental investigation of proppant flow and transport dynamics through fracture intersections	8
Experimental research on different metamorphic grades of coal bodies with macro–mesoscopic structure fractal characteristics	8
Investigation of additive-assisted microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation in 3D printed cross fractures	8
Geomechanics evolution integrated with hydraulic fractures, heterogeneity and anisotropy during shale gas depletion	8
Study on gas extraction efficiency using in-seam borehole method considering influence of plastic zone induced by borehole drilling	8
Thermal energy transfer around buried pipe infrastructure	8
3D in situ stress state modelling and fault reactivation risk exemplified in the Ruhr region (Germany)	8
An effective stress constitutive framework for the prediction of desiccation crack in lime-treated soil: Experimental characterization and constitutive prediction	7
Study on the whole process application of advanced grouting pipe shed support under urban complex stratum conditions	7
Variation in fault hydraulic connectivity with depth in mudstone: An analysis of poroelastic hydraulic response to excavation in the Horonobe URL	7
Heat exchange potential of energy tunnels for different internal airflow characteristics	7
Probabilistic-based geomechanical assessment of maximum operating pressure for an underground gas storage reservoir, NW China	7

Hydro-mechanical modeling of borehole breakout in naturally fractured rocks using distinct element method	7
A working model for estimating CO2-induced uplift of cap rocks under different flow regimes in CO2 sequestration	7
Experimental analysis of a thermoactive underground railway station	7
Effect of pore fluid chemistry on uniaxial compaction creep of Bentheim sandstone and implications for reservoir injection operations	7
Coal permeability considering mining-induced stresses subjected to fractional derivative	7
Experimental studies on the physical and mechanical properties of heated rock by air, water and high-viscosity fluid cooling	7
Coupled poroelastic solutions for the reservoir and caprock layers with the overburden confinement effects	7