A coupled thermal-hydro-mechanical (THM) model based on the combined finite-discrete
element method (FDEM) is presented for simulating rock cracking driven by multi-physics …

Mudstone not only swells and deforms but also be softened during water absorption
because it contains many hydrophilic clay minerals. To study the influence of water on the …

Nearly thirty years since its inception, the combined finite-discrete element method (FDEM)
has made remarkable strides in becoming a mainstream analysis tool within the field of …

This study proposes a new two-dimensional finite-discrete element method (FDEM) using
dynamically inserted cohesive elements. Unlike the conventional FDEM, which sets up …

This paper proposes a three-dimensional moisture migration model, which can simulate the
moisture migration process in soil. A simple moisture transport example with analytic …

Moisture has a great effect on the microstructure of mudstone and the stability of muddy
strata. Due to many clay minerals in mudstone, swelling deformation and even disintegration …

This paper proposes a new 2D continuous-discontinuous heat conduction model to simulate
heat transfer and thermal cracking in fractured quasi-brittle materials by combining with …

As an innovative and efficient rock breaking method, free face-assisted rock breaking is
usually applied to tunnel excavation with TBM multi-stage cutterhead. To reveal the free face …

This paper presents a 3D discrete mixed seepage model that considers the effect of fracture
on pore seepage. We unify the 3D fracture-pore mixed seepage model and finite-discrete …

Water can greatly influence the mechanical properties and dynamic fracture of underground
rock mass. However, the dynamic fragmentation and chip formation of water-soaked rock in …