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    Micro-mechanical Properties of Main Rock-Forming Minerals in Granite Under Microwave Irradiation

    Currently, the large-scale crushing technology for high-strength hard rock is struggling to meet the increasing construction demand for deep underground engineering. Although microwave-coupled mechanical rock ...

    Yanbo Bai, Mingzhong Gao, **g **e, Bengao Yang in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (2024)

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    Nonlinear Mechanical and 3D Rupture Morphology of Saturated Porous Sandstone Under True Triaxial Stress

    In deep underground geotechnical engineering, water–rock interaction emerges as a critical factor influencing the stability of engineering rock masses. This study delves into the macroscopic nonlinear mechanic...

    Minghui Li, Jun Lu, Mingzhong Gao in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (2024)

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    Mechanical Behaviors of Segments in Small Curvature Radius Intervals of Shield Tunnels: From Field Monitoring to Laboratory Testing

    Shield tunnels, especially those with small curvature radii, are currently used in the construction of underground rail transit, and they provide important support for the future development and utilization of...

    Mingzhong Gao, Fei Li, Zhiqiang Qiu, Siqi Ye in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (2023)

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    Assessing the Size Effect on Microwave Fracturing of Diorite Using a Dielectric-Loaded Converging Waveguide Antenna

    Microwave fracturing and assisted mechanical breakage of rocks has been demonstrated to be efficient and cost-effective, holding great potential in rock excavation. However, the size effect on the fracturing p...

    Zhongjun Ma, Yanlong Zheng, Mingzhong Gao in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (2023)

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    Analytical Solutions for the Characteristic Size Distribution of the Elliptical Model in Fractured Rock Mass

    Fracture characteristics have a significant effect on the mechanical and hydraulic properties of rock mass. In this paper, before modeling a discrete fracture network, the fracture is simplified as a non-simil...

    Kun **ao, Ru Zhang, **g **e, Li Ren, Mingzhong Gao in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (2023)

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    Fracture Mechanisms of Competent Overburden Under High Stress Conditions: A Case Study

    High-intensity longwall top coal caving (LTCC) mining of super-thick coal seam in high stress conditions often leads to significant movement and failure of overburden. The competent roof above the super-thick ...

    Guangdi Deng, Mingzhong Gao, **g **e in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (2023)

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    Contributory Factors and Distribution Characteristics of Asymmetric Deformation in Deep Tunnel

    Aiming at the asymmetric deformation of the surrounding rock in deep tunnels, from the perspective of the mechanical environment of the rock layer, the physical characteristics of the surrounding rock and the ...

    Yuxue Chen, Mingzhong Gao, Li** Li in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering (2021)

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    Experimental and Numerical Study of the Influence of Prefabricated Crack Width on the Fracture Toughness of NSCB Specimens

    The accuracy measurement of rock fracture toughness is one of the basic tasks of rock fracture mechanics. In order to study the influence of the width of the prefabricated crack on the fracture toughness of ro...

    Sheng Zhang, Longfei Wang, Mingzhong Gao in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (2020)

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    Permeability-enhanced rate model for coal permeability evolution and its application under various triaxial stress conditions

    Knowledge on permeability enhancement is of great significance for the exploitation of coalbed methane, shale gas, and tight gas. In this study, the volumetric strain of rocks is considered to be one of the mo...

    **g **e, Mingzhong Gao, Junjun Liu, Cong Li, Gaoyou Peng in Arabian Journal of Geosciences (2020)

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    Acoustic Emission Characteristics and Damage Evolution of Coal at Different Depths Under Triaxial Compression

    To obtain a comprehensive understanding of the difference between deep and shallow rocks, and the damage evolution laws of a rock mass at different depths, a case study was conducted on the **dingshan Coal M...

    Zheqiang Jia, Ru Zhang, Cunbao Li in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (2020)

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    Energy Evolution of Coal at Different Depths Under Unloading Conditions

    To explore the differences in deformation failure and energy evolution and simulate the real excavation conditions of coal masses at different depths during the coal-mining process, an unloading failure experi...

    Zheqiang Jia, Cunbao Li, Ru Zhang, Man Wang in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (2019)

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    Determination of the Dynamic Propagation Toughness of Marble Based on a Fractal Propagation Model and an Experimental–Numerical–Analytical Method

    Precracked chevron-notched Brazilian disc specimens were impacted by a split Hopkinson pressure bar to determine the dynamic propagation toughness of marble. The dynamic expansion process of the crack was meas...

    Yiqiang Lu, Mingzhong Gao, Sheng Zhang, Qiang Liu in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (2019)

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    Study on the Mechanical Properties and Mechanical Response of Coal Mining at 1000 m or Deeper

    As shallow coal resources are gradually depleted, resource exploitation extends from the shallow into the deep, where the mechanical properties of the coal rocks change significantly. To study the mechanical p...

    Mingzhong Gao, Ru Zhang, Gaoyou Peng in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (2019)

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    Deformation Damage and Energy Evolution Characteristics of Coal at Different Depths

    As coal mining is extended to greater depths, it is found that the mechanical behavior of deep coal differs from the mechanical behavior of shallow coal, resulting in a significant increase in accidents. To ex...

    Zhaopeng Zhang, Ru Zhang, Zetian Zhang in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (2019)

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    The Location Optimum and Permeability-Enhancing Effect of a Low-Level Shield Rock Roadway

    High (low)-level roadways are effective gas control measures for coal seams with high outburst potential and low permeability. The spatial location of the low-level roadway directly determines the gas drainag...

    Mingzhong Gao, Zhilong Zhang, Yin **angang, Chuan Xu in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (2018)

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    Mining-Induced Coal Permeability Change Under Different Mining Layouts

    To comprehensively understand the mining-induced coal permeability change, a series of laboratory unloading experiments are conducted based on a simplifying assumption of the actual mining-induced stress evolu...

    Zetian Zhang, Ru Zhang, Mingzhong Gao in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (2016)

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    Lessons Learnt from Measurements of Vertical Pressure at a Top Coal Mining Face at Datong Tashan Mines, China

    **g **e, Mingzhong Gao, Ru Zhang, Shengwei Li in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (2016)

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    Elliptical fracture network modeling with validation in Datong Mine, China

    Roof-coal recovery rate and the performance of gas extraction are essentially controlled by the fractures within coal-rock mass. Thus, it is important to generate the accurate fracture network ahead of mining ...

    Wencheng **, Mingzhong Gao, Bin Yu, Ru Zhang, **g **e in Environmental Earth Sciences (2015)

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    Theoretical and experimental validation of mining-enhanced permeability for simultaneous exploitation of coal and gas

    Simultaneous recovery of coal and methane is a promising solution for making reasonable use of energy resources and preventing gas disasters. Coal mining produces an effect that enhances the permeability of co...

    **g **e, Mingzhong Gao, Ru Zhang, Hongwei Zhou in Environmental Earth Sciences (2015)

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    The relationships among stress, effective porosity and permeability of coal considering the distribution of natural fractures: theoretical and experimental analyses

    Although the relationships among stress, effective porosity and permeability of coal are a fundamental research topic that has been studied for decades and are widely used in analyzing the mechanical behavior ...

    Zetian Zhang, Ru Zhang, Mingzhong Gao in Environmental Earth Sciences (2015)