Since underground structures such as tunnels are inevitably surrounded by rocks, their long-
term safety and stability are primarily governed by the comportment of these materials. Being …

Due to the advantages of low porosity, low permeability, high ductility, and excellent
capacities for creep and damage self‐healing, salt rock is internationally considered as the …

Transversely isotropic layered rock is widely distributed in nature. To better describe the time-
dependent entire creep characteristics for transversely isotropic rock, a simple nonlinear …

Many landslides have occurred in the purple mudstone of the Middle Triassic Badong
Formation (T 2 b), which is widely distributed in Chongqing City and western Hubei …

Taking the Baihetan hydropower station in Southwest China as an example, creep models
and parameter inversion of the columnar jointed basalt rock mass were investigated in this …

Similar to the squeezing soft-rock tunnel, the surrounding rock pressure for a deep-buried
hard-rock tunnel under high geo-stress also possesses certain long-term evolution …

This article employs a nonlinear creep constitutive model and explores the microscopic
deformation features of hard tuff during the creep process, incorporating damage effects …

Accurately predicting the time-dependent behavior of surrounding rock is crucial for
supporting design, revealing the mechanism of lining cracking and understanding long-term …

A novel bounding surface viscoplastic damage (BS-VPD) framework is proposed in this
study for capturing the time-dependent rock deformation driven by subcritical cracking. Our …

Creep failure behavior of rock is the focus of research on rock rheology and affects the
stability and safety of slopes and underground structure. Based on continuous damage …