This work presents experimental tests based on coal collected from a coal mine based
underground water reservoir (CMUWR). The mechanical responses of dry and water …

Despite the hazard posed by earthquakes, we still lack fundamental understanding of the
processes that control fault lubrication behind a propagating rupture front and enhance …

The shear behavior is regarded as the dominant property of rock joints and is dramatically
affected by the joint surface roughness. To date, the effect of surface roughness on the shear …

In recent years, rockburst have gained significant attention as a crucial topic in rock
engineering. Strain and fault-slip rockburst are two common types that occur frequently and …

Little is known about the impact of pressure (P) and temperature (T) on faulting behavior and
the transition to fault locking under high P–T conditions. Using a Paterson gas‐medium …

Evidence for coseismic temperature rise that induces dynamic weakening is challenging to
directly observe and quantify in natural and experimental fault rocks. Hematite (U-Th)/He …

Pseudotachylytes originate from the solidification of frictional melt, which transiently forms
and lubricates the fault plane during an earthquake. Here, we observe how the …

The presence of discontinuities can significantly weaken rock masses, whose shear load-
bearing capacity is always dictated by discontinuity failures. The shear response of rock …

岩石断层颗粒夹层的粘性特性对于断层的动力学行为影响很大, 但在不同滑移速度下断层颗粒
夹层粘性系数的确定问题还没有得到解决. 本文针对此问题进行了理论研究. 首先 …

New insights into the pressure and temperature conditions on fault surfaces during seismic
slip are provided by Raman-active vibrational modes of SiO 2 glass. We performed triaxial …