Water–rock interaction (WRI) is a topic of interest in geology and geotechnical engineering.
Many geological hazards and engineering safety problems are severe under the WRI. This …

The review covers the development and the state of the art in deep-sea mining rock
mechanics, equipment and challenges. It begins by introducing the significance of deep-sea …

Fully understanding the influence of water on the rock materials' mechanical properties is of
great significance to the safety design and evaluation in rock engineering. In this study …

As a typical form of weathering, cyclic wetting-drying treatment on host rock is commonly
encountered in many applications of geotechnical engineering. How cyclic wetting-drying …

Underground rock structures are frequently subjected to water erosion and dynamic
disturbance simultaneously. Herein, in order to study the coupled effects of water and high …

For rock engineering in cold regions, rock is often subjected to coupled fatigue damage
caused by freeze-thaw (FT) and stress disturbance. To investigate the cracking propagation …

Abstract Freeze-thaw-fatigue (FTF) testing was carried out on Tibet marble at lab-scale by
considering various Freeze-Thaw (FT) cycles and multi-level cyclic loading. The aim is to …

The influence of the loading rate on the mode I fracture property of rocks has been
extensively investigated through experiments. However, the rate-effect of the dynamic mode …

Underground coal mining has a strong disturbance on surrounding rock strata, causing
inevitable water inflow into mined spaces, which seriously affects safety production. Mine …

The potential mechanism responsible for water-weakening effects on the direct tensile
failure of rocks remains poorly understood due to the difficulty of experimental control and …