The goal of this review paper is to provide a summary of selected discrete element and
hybrid finite–discrete element modeling techniques that have emerged in the field of rock …

During the past decades, significant progress has been made in the development of induced
seismicity monitoring for related human activities. Hydraulic fracturing and induced …

Abstract The Hoek–Brown criterion was introduced in 1980 to provide input for the design of
underground excavations in rock. The criterion now incorporates both intact rock and …

The use of three artificial neural network (ANN)-based models for the prediction of
unconfined compressive strength (UCS) of granite using three non-destructive test …

Large deformation of soft rock roadway has always been a major difficulty in deep mining
practices. This paper describes a case study of the failure mechanisms and stability control …

The design experience and the shallow tunnel theory, which emphasize the plane strain
assumption, two-dimensional (2D) strength theory, and indoor or back analysis-based …

This paper presents a hybrid ensemble classifier combined synthetic minority oversampling
technique (SMOTE), random search (RS) hyper-parameters optimization algorithm and …

2 Background Coulomb, in his investigations of retaining walls (Heyman 1972), proposed
the relationship jsj ¼ S0 þ r tan/ ð1Þ where S0 is the inherent shear strength, also known as …

Obtaining a reasonable assessment of the stability of high-level pillars stabilized using
cemented backfill is particularly important when designing deeply-buried metal mines. This …

To enhance computational efficiency in reliability analysis, metamodeling has been widely
adopted for reliability assessment. This work develops an efficient reliability method which …