In accordance with the Paris Agreement, many nations have set out a global framework to
stabilise and prevent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to mitigate climate change. This …

To comprehensively understand the differences in mechanical behavior of coal during the
mining process at different depths, cyclic triaxial loading and unloading (CTLU) experiments …

In many major rock projects, services have spanned decades or even hundreds of years. For
engineering design, it is necessary not only to ensure the safety of personnel during …

Roadways adjacent to a mining face are crucial for ensuring safe production, transportation,
and the security of personnel. Nevertheless, the anchoring mechanisms and the integrity of …

Salt rock is widely used as an excellent material for energy storage owing to its low
permeability, high safety, and stable mechanical properties. In this study, salt rock was …

Understanding fundamental aspects of the effects of water on both the mesostructure and
mechanical characteristics of coal and coal-water interactions is important for increasing the …

As coal mining is extended from shallow to deep areas along the western coalfield, it is of
great significance to study weakly cemented sandstone at different depths for underground …

When salt caverns are used for the medium of underground energy storage, the surrounding
rock experiences cyclic loading due to periodical injection-production. The cyclic load …

The existing micromechanical damage plasticity models assume that penny-shaped
microcracks are present in the rocks, but it is seldom a reality. These models result in the …

In this paper, we shall present a new micromechanical damage model for capturing the
mechanical behaviors of quasi-brittle geomaterials under a wide range of compressive …