The microstructure and mineralogy of volcanic rocks is varied and complex, and their
mechanical behaviour is similarly varied and complex. This review summarises recent …

A detailed understanding of the thermal damage and failure mechanical behavior of granite
at elevated temperatures is a key concern in nuclear waste disposal engineering …

An evidently precursory acoustic emission (AE) time series, characterized by a time‐
reversed Omori law, is registered prior to the unconfined catastrophic rupture of brittle …

One of the most intriguing and (from the point of view of modeling) poorly understood
aspects of geomaterial mechanics is strain localization. Strain localization is a common …

Conventional triaxial compression and “reducing confining pressure” experiments were
carried out for red sandstone by an MTS815 Flex Test GT rock mechanics experimental …

Time-dependent cracking and brittle creep of rock is fundamental to understanding the long-
term evolution and dynamic failure in underground rock engineering. In the present paper …

A numerical hydro-mechanical model for brittle creep is proposed to describe the time-
dependent deformation of heterogeneous brittle rock under constant confining and pore …

Acoustic emission (AE) and 4D X-ray computed tomography (4D XCT) were used
simultaneously to study crack initiation and propagation in two different types of quartz-rich …

A 2-D numerical model for brittle creep and stress relaxation is proposed for the time-
dependent brittle deformation of heterogeneous brittle rock under uniaxial loading …

Rocksalt and mudstone are usually under common stress in salt storage caverns, resulting
in different mechanical properties from pure rocksalt and mudstone. To accurately obtain the …