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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Cracking of unsaturated clays using a newly developed small-beam bending apparatus and analysis by digital image correlation	60
Effects of rate-dependent behavior of sandstone on performance of gas storage in aquifer	40
Experimental study on seepage–corrosion coupling characteristics of a single fracture in limestone subjected to acid mine drainage	39
Assessing swelling-induced damage in shale samples during triaxial testing	36
Hydromechanical simulation of argillaceous rocks: From laboratory tests to drift excavation	35
Comparative analysis of quasi-static penetration characteristics of slotted granite and intact granite	33
Temperature dependence of soil-structure interface behaviour in the context of thermally-activated piles: A review	30
Shear strength and shear stiffness analysis of compacted Wyoming-type bentonite	29
Field tests on the prediction of heating power requirements for deicing in Jiangyin, China	29
The impacts of scaled capillary pressure combined with coupled flow and geomechanics on gas hydrate deposits	28
The hydro-mechanical characteristics and micro-structure of loess enhanced by microbially induced carbonate precipitation	27
Proxy-based Bayesian inversion of strain tensor data measured during well tests	26
Post-mining related reactivation potential of faults hosted in tight reservoir rocks around flooded coal mines, eastern Ruhr Basin, Germany	26
Fractal characteristics of rocks and mesoscopic fractures at different loading rates	24
Effects of thermophysical parameters of fracturing fluid on hot dry rock damage in hydraulic fracturing	23
How geomechanical attributes control the morphology of stylolites in carbonate sequences? A case from Permian–Triassic gas reservoirs in the Persian Gulf	23
Coupling of a water permeability function with a bounding surface hydromechanical model for unsaturated soils	22
Influence of stress-level due to self-weight on the hydraulic conductivity of permeable concrete for geotechnical applications	22
Single fluid-driven crack propagation in analogue rock assisted by chemical environment	21
Numerical investigation of THM behavior in anisotropic poroelastic media: from element test to geological disposal applications	20
AC-assisted microbially induced carbonate precipitation for sand reinforcement: An experimental study	20
Flow-geomechanics coupling constrains fault geometry in induced earthquakes	20
Synthesis of results for Brine Availability Test in Salt (BATS) DECOVALEX-2023 Task E	20
The nucleation of injection-induced earthquakes on low-permeability strike-slip faults	19
Modeling of coupled processes in full-scale engineered barrier system performance experiment at Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory, Japan	19

Temperature- and Displacement-Dependent Model for unsaturated Earth pressures behind thermo-active retaining walls	19
Soft interface instability and gas flow channeling in low-permeability deformable media	19
Engineering soil barriers to minimise annual shrinkage/swelling in plastic clays	18
Experimental and constitutive modeling of the anisotropic mechanical properties of shale subjected to thermal treatment	18
Effects of supercritical CO2 based fluids imbibition on the mechanical properties of shale: An experimental study at high-temperature and high-pressure condition	17
Wellbore cement fracture permeability as a function of confining stress and pore pressure	16
Novel and simplified method of producing microbial calcite powder for clayey soil stabilization	16
Thermal energy transfer around buried pipe infrastructure	15
Heat transfer-deformation characteristics and fracture damage analysis during LN2 freeze-thaw process in different rank coals	15
Experimental study on tensile strength of granite residual soil during drying and wetting	15
Fluid injection through artificially reconstituted bio-cemented sands	15
Assessment of mechanical behavior and failure criteria under varied confining pressures in treated calcareous sand	15
Editorial Board	15
Shear behavior of ice–frozen soil interface: Experiments and elastoplastic modeling	15
Analysis of shear mock-up tests in a canister-clay system for spent nuclear fuel isolation	15
Dam impoundment near active faults in areas with high seismic potential: Case studies from Bisri and Mseilha dams, Lebanon	14
Experimental investigation into the effect of porosity on the strains developing during anhydrite to gypsum transformation	14
Thermo-hydraulic analysis of desiccation cracked soil strata considering ground temperature and moisture dynamics under the influence of soil-atmosphere interactions	14
Modeling of thermal–hydraulic–mechanical–chemical acid fracturing with discretized virtual internal bond	14
Laboratory validation of a new hydro-mechanical energy-based brittleness index model for hydraulic fracturing	14
Creep behavior and permeability evolution of red sandstone in three Gorges Reservoir area subjected to cyclic seepage pressure	13
Assessment of sensor performance in the context of geological radwaste disposal—A first case study in the Belgian URL HADES	13
Corrigendum to “Self-sealing behavior of compacted bentonite–sand mixtures containing technological voids” [Geomech Energy Environ 25 (2021) 100213]	13
Experimental and simulation study of cryogenic stimulation of granites from Akmola region in Kazakhstan	13
Influence of the strain rate on the deformation and failure of rocks with multiscale cracks	13
Hydraulic and mechanical behavior of compacted silts modified by waste steel slag	13
Designing a repository in domal salt: The influence of design variants in different modelling environments	13
Effect of particle size on mechanical properties of bio-cemented sand using enzyme-induced calcite precipitation	13
Effective stress in unsaturated soils: Lessons from capillarity in regular sphere arrangements	13
Transient temperature and water distributions in unconstrained compacted granular bentonite under elevated temperatures	12
Insight into the mechanical degradation of coal corroded by concentrated brine solution	12
NMR-based analysis of pore water state of unsaturated compacted bentonite considering the saline effect	12
A fast approximate method for simulating thermal pile heat exchangers	12
A preliminary investigation on the mechanical behaviour of a stiff Italian clay in the context of hydrogen storage	12
3D numerical modelling and analysis of heat harvesting and pavement temperature regulation of a thermo-active road	12
Evaluating the subsidence above gas reservoirs with an elasto-viscoplastic constitutive law. Laboratory evidences and case histories	12
A three-dimensional elastoplastic constitutive model incorporating Lode angle dependence	12
Comparing modelling approaches for a generic nuclear waste repository in salt	12
Integrating geomechanical proxy models with data assimilation for energy transition applications	12
Insights from an extensive triaxial testing campaign on a shale for comparative site characterization of a deep geological repository	12
Experimental and numerical studies on an energy piled wall: The effect of thermally activated pile spacing	12
Study on novel alkali-activated cementitious grout for scour control of offshore foundation	12
Constraint strategies for estimating in-situ stress from borehole measurements	11
An assessment of the salt caprock creep impact on Pre-salt reservoir geomechanics	11
Influence of mechanical strength on gas migration through bentonite: Numerical analysis from laboratory to field scale	11
Effects of heat source conditions on the early temperature rise in heated fiber-optic cable emplaced in granulated bentonite mixture	11
Comparison of performance assessment models and methods in crystalline rock: Task F1 DECOVALEX-2023	11
Strengthening effect of nano-SiO2 on microbial induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) solidified sediment: Macro- and micro-analysis	11
Impact of shear displacement on advective transport in a laboratory-scale fracture	11
Study on energy consumption and failure mechanism of water-saturated coal sample during impact cracking	11

Internal erosion of sandy gravels and occurrence of open-framework gravels in the subsoil of a river dike	11
Rock-mass heterogeneous rheological properties caused the formation of deep tension fractures	11
A Hybrid Data-Driven/Physics-Based Modeling Approach for Hydraulic Fracture Initiation and Early-Phase Propagation in Shale	11
Prediction of the shale gas permeability: A data mining approach	11
Landslide susceptibility evaluation in Alpine environment: 2. Thermo-hydro-mechanical modeling for the response to climate-related variables	10
Life cycle environmental assessment of retaining walls in unsaturated soils	10
A methodology for incorporating thermal interference in the design of thermo-active pile groups	10
A review of fiber optic sensing in geomechanical applications at laboratory and field scales	10
Effect of temperature on gas breakthrough and permeability of compacted loess in landfill cover	10
A data-driven and machine learning-assisted interpretation of hydraulic fracturing experiments in various formations	10
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 waveguide	10
Experimental study on the swelling pressure of compacted bentonite under high temperatures above 100 °C	10
Triaxial unloading effects on pre-holed sandstone energy characteristics and damage evolution mechanism: Comparative analysis of diffrent borehole bottom locations	9
Impacts of intensive seepage flow on suffusion development in cohesionless soil: Insight from a theoretical model	9
Effects of in-situ stress on heat transfer in fracture networks	9
New rock strength-based UCS-Vp	9
Failure characteristics and brittleness index establishment based on marble energy evolution mechanism	9
Benchmark study of a new simplified DFN model for shearing of intersecting fractures and faults	9
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 test	9
Study on the characteristics of coal pore structure changes during hot flue gas displacement and their impact on the gas displacement effect	8
Thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of energy barrettes: Field experiments and numerical simulations	8
Numerical study of the effect of soil-plant-atmosphere interaction under future climate projections and different vegetation covers	8
Thermo-hydro mechanical coupling in a discrete modelling: Large-scale 3D application to thermal hydrofracturing	8
Determination of fault damage zones in sandstone rocks using numerical models and statistical analyses	8
Effect of multifractal characteristics of pore structure in coal adsorbed by low pressure gas on thermal conductivity and thermal diffusion	8
Experimental study on the settlement behavior of soil–rock mixtures under reservoir water level rise and fall	8
Surrogate models for development of unconventional shale reservoirs by an integrated numerical approach of hydraulic fracturing, flow and geomechanics, and machine learning	8
Investigation of additive-assisted microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation in 3D printed cross fractures	8
Comparative analysis of primary variables selection in modeling non-isothermal two-phase flow: Insights from EBS experiment at Horonobe URL	8
Probability analysis of rock slope using FORM based on a nonlinear strength criterion	7
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	7
A thermodynamically consistent model of strain coupling in expansive soils	7
Vertical dynamic responses of model energy piles	7
Numerical modeling of the fracturing mechanisms of unconsolidated sand reservoirs under water injection	7
The physics of desiccation cracks 1: Ductile fracturing and dependence on relative humidity	7
Impact of initial effective stress on the thermo-mechanical behavior of normally consolidated clay	7
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 waste	7
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 strain	7
Early-stage thermal performance design of thermo-active walls implemented in underground infrastructures	7
Thermal performance of geothermal pavements constructed with demolition wastes	7
Numerical simulation of solute transport in argillaceous rock under thermal gradient with a coupled THM-solute transport model	7
A novel random angular bend (RAB) algorithm and DEM modeling of thermal cracking responses of sandstone	7
Sealing failure of a cement sheath under temperature variation	7
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
Study on the interaction between pile and soil under lateral load in coral sand	7
Creep characteristics and damage mechanisms of rock in the plateau tunnel: Insights from acoustic emission and energy evolution	7
Soil behavior under low- and high-cycle loading—Element tests vs. constitutive models	7
Reducing uncertainty on land subsidence modeling prediction by a sequential data-integration approach. Application to the Arlua off-shore reservoir in Italy	7
Free swelling behavior of MX80 bentonite under elevated temperatures up to 200 °C	7
Numerical simulation study of proppant transport within fractures under the influence of interlayers and weak planes	7
Effect of thermal cycling on the isotropic consolidation and triaxial shear behavior of lateritic clay	7
Application of discrete element numerical simulation methods in mechanical characterization of hydrate-bearing sediments: Research status and challenges	7
Experimental analysis of a thermoactive underground railway station	7
A simple method for analyzing thermomechanical response of an energy pile in a group	7
Micro-macro investigation on bio-cemented sand under different grouting saturation: An effective enhancement method	7