Issue 5/2022
Special Issue: Introduction to Selected Contributions from the 54th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Golden, CO, 2020
Content (31 Articles)
Introduction to Selected Contributions from the 54th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Golden, CO, 2020
Gabriel Walton, Ahmadreza Hedayat
Improving Reliability of Structural Domaining for Engineering Projects
Trevor G. Carter, Wayne P. Barnett
A New Approach to Characterise the Impact of Rock Bridges in Stability Analysis
Davide Elmo, Doug Stead, Beverly Yang, Gianluca Marcato, Lisa Borgatti
New Experimental Methods to Study Proppant Embedment in Shales
Ekrem Alagoz, Haotian Wang, Rodney T. Russell, Mukul M. Sharma
A Coupled X-Ray Imaging and Experimental Permeability Study of Propped Hydraulically Induced Fractures
K. M. A. S. Bandara, P. G. Ranjith, W. G. P. Kumari
A New Dynamic Indentation Tool for Rapid Mechanical Properties Profiling and Mapping
Jesse C. Hampton, Gregory N. Boitnott, Laurent Louis
Measuring the Full-Field Strain Response of Uniaxial Compression Test Specimens Using Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing
S. Hegger, N. Vlachopoulos, T. Poles, M. S. Diederichs
New Data Processing Protocols to Isolate Fracture Deformations to Measure Normal and Shear Joint Stiffness
Timothy R. M. Packulak, Jennifer J. Day, Mariem T. Ahmed Labeid, Mark S. Diederichs
Evolution of Permeability in Sandstone During Confined Brazilian Testing
T. Hagengruber, M. M. Reda Taha, E. Rougier, E. E. Knight, J. C. Stormont
Experimental Investigation of Elastodynamic Nonlinear Response of Dry Intact, Fractured and Saturated Rock
Prabhakaran Manogharan, Clay Wood, Chris Marone, Derek Elsworth, Jacques Rivière, Parisa Shokouhi
On the Representativity of Rock Salt Specimens During Laboratory Tests
Mejda Azabou, Ahmed Rouabhi, Laura Blanco-Martín
A Time-Dependent Directional Damage Theory for Brittle Rocks Considering the Kinetics of Microcrack Growth
Mitul Sisodiya, Yida Zhang
Material Properties and Triggering Mechanisms of an Andesitic Lava Dome Collapse at Shiveluch Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia, Revealed Using the Finite Element Method
Cory S. Wallace, Lauren N. Schaefer, Marlène C. Villeneuve
Considerations Relevant to the Stability of Granite Boulders
L. R. Alejano, I. Pérez-Rey, M. Múñiz-Menéndez, A. Riquelme, G. Walton
Generalized Block Theory for the Stability Analysis of Blocky Rock Mass Systems Under Seismic Loads
Shuaifeng Wang, Zixin Zhang, Xin Huang, Qinghua Lei
Probabilistic Assessment of Void Risk and Grouting Volume for Tunneling Applications
Rajat M. Gangrade, Jacob G. Grasmick, Michael A. Mooney
Global Sensitivity Analysis for a Tunnel-Support System in Weak Rock Mass for Both—Uncorrelated and Correlated Input Parameters
Bhardwaj Pandit, G. L. Sivakumar Babu
An Illustrative Study of the Potential Sensitivity, of Predicted Long-Term EDZ Development, to Internal Fabric of Argillaceous Limestone
Mark S. Diederichs, Jennifer J. Day
A Convolutional Neural Network Approach for Predicting Tunnel Liner Yield at Cigar Lake Mine
Josephine Morgenroth, Matthew A. Perras, Usman T. Khan
Surrogate Models in Rock and Soil Mechanics: Integrating Numerical Modeling and Machine Learning
J. K. Furtney, C. Thielsen, W. Fu, R. Le Goc
Voronoi-Based Discrete Element Analyses to Assess the Influence of the Grain Size and Its Uniformity on the Apparent Fracture Toughness of Notched Rock Specimens
J. Justo, H. Konietzky, J. Castro
Exploring the Deformation Mechanics of Coal Ribs Using the Distinct Element Modeling Approach
Maurice Sunkpal, Taghi Sherizadeh
Effect of Damping Mode in Laboratory and Field-Scale Universal Distinct Element Code (UDEC) Models
Sankhaneel Sinha, Rami Abousleiman, Gabriel Walton
An Integrated Approach for Evaluation of Linear Cohesive Zone Model’s Performance in Fracturing of Rocks
Prasoon Garg, Bhardwaj Pandit, Ahmadreza Hedayat, D. V. Griffiths, Gandluri Lakshminarasimha Sivakumar Babu
Mapping Fracture Complexity of Fractured Shale in Laboratory: Three-dimensional Reconstruction From Serial-section Images
Mei Li, Earl Magsipoc, Aly Abdelaziz, Johnson Ha, Karl Peterson, Giovanni Grasselli
Characterizing Anisotropic Rocks Using a Modified St. Venant Method and High-Resolution Core Measurements with Extension to Field Logs
D. Sassen, B. Abell
Investigation of Parent-Well Production Induced Stress Interference in Multilayer Unconventional Reservoirs
Yanli Pei, Kamy Sepehrnoori
Semi-analytical Method for Modeling Wellbore Breakout Development
Ngurah Beni Setiawan, Robert W. Zimmerman
Borehole Failure Mechanisms in Naturally Fractured Formations
Ruud Weijermars, Jihoon Wang, Tri Pham
Flowback Test Analyses at the Utah Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) Site
Pengju Xing, Branko Damjanac, Joseph Moore, John McLennan
Multi-scale Coupled Processes Modeling of Fractures as Porous, Interfacial and Granular Systems from Rock Images with the Numerical Manifold Method
Mengsu Hu, Jonny Rutqvist