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1. Behavior of a Rock Mass in Uplift Field Tests of Rock Anchors

   Rock anchors are high-capacity reinforcement measures used to stabilize large-scale infrastructures. According to the literature, they can fail in...

   Bjarte Grindheim, Charlie C. Li, ... Leif Lia in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

   Article Open access 19 December 2023
   

2. Anisotropic mechanical behavior and failure characteristics of multi-jointed rock mass

   Multi-jointed rock masses are common in nature, and the failure of a jointed rock mass may potentially cause severe engineering failure. In this...

   Hui Cheng, Hongbao Zhao, ... Wenhao Sun in Environmental Earth Sciences

   Article 27 June 2023
   

3. Experimental and Numerical Study of Joint Persistence Effect on the Non-persistent Jointed Rock Mass’ Tension Failure Behavior

   Tension failure is a common failure mode for jointed rock mass, with the rock bridge as the main body subjected to the tensile load. To reveal the...

   Jie Hu, Haolan Pan, ... **ntong Wang in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

   Article 21 September 2023
   

4. Anisotropic behavior of excavated layered rock mass subjected to compression considering the joint roughness

   The failure mode of the surrounding rock disturbed by the excavation of layered fractured rock is dominated by the spatial distribution of the...

   Peitao Wang, Chi Ma, ... Meifeng Cai in Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

   Article 07 September 2023
   

5. Mechanical behavior and tension-shear failure mechanism of fractured rock mass under uniaxial condition

   The influence of different shapes and distribution forms of fractures on rock mass failure behavior has been extensively studied. However, the...

   Feng Luo, Shuai Gao, ... Yanting Sang in Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

   Article 16 July 2023
   

6. Numerical Modeling of Stress–Strain Behavior of Rock Mass in the Course of Mining of Lower Strata in a Series

   Abstract

   The features of mining of a coal series are described. The stress–strain behavior of rock mass during mining of the lower strata in the...

   S. V. Rib, O. A. Petrova, ... V. N. Fryanov in Journal of Mining Science

   Article 01 December 2023
   

7. Evaluation of the Rock Mass Strength for Hard Rock Pillar Design Using Bonded Block Models

   The estimation of rock mass strength is a crucial step in pillar design. While the tri-linear (or S-shaped) failure criterion has been proposed to...

   Farzaneh Hamediazad, Navid Bahrani in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

   Article 12 February 2024
   

8. Time History of Elastic Characteristics in Pitwall Rock Mass

   Abstract

   The article describes the studies on the geomechanical behavior of the large pitwall rock mass using the seismic method. The on-site...

   V. V. Rybin, K. N. Konstantinov, Yu. A. Startsev in Journal of Mining Science

   Article 01 October 2023
   

9. Crack Propagation Behavior and Damage Extent of Rock Mass under Instantaneous Expansion in Borehole

   Roof-cutting blasting by explosives involves certain operational risks and is prone to cause damage to surrounding rock. Accordingly, a new...

   Shan Guo, Quan Zhang, ... Chao Wang in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

   Article 10 October 2023
   

10. Mechanical behavior and failure modes of jointed rock mass based on rough discrete fracture network models

    Rough discrete fracture network (RDFN) models which consider the joint geometry of rock masses were proposed. The uniaxial compressive strength (UCS)...

    Peitao Wang, Zhenwu Qi, ... Meifeng Cai in Environmental Earth Sciences

    Article 08 December 2022
    

11. Influences of Joint Persistence on the Compressive-Shear and Tensile-Shear Failure Behavior of Jointed Rock Mass: An Experimental and Numerical Study

    The non-persistent jointed rock mass is prone to compressive-shear and tensile-shear failures. Tensile-shear failure has been studied less than...

    Jie Hu, Mingyang Wang, ... Shaoshuai Shi in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

    Article 08 August 2023
    

12. Non-attenuation Behavior of Stress Wave Propagation Through a Rock Mass

    The propagation properties of stress waves in rock masses are of great importance for exploring the internal structure of the Earth and avoiding...

    L. J. Wang, L. F. Fan, X. L. Du in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

    Article 23 March 2022
    

13. The use of stochastic geomechanical properties of potential failure plane and fracture networks for realistic modelling of rock mass behaviour: A synthetic rock mass modelling (SRM) study

    Almost all conventional discrete fracture network (DFN) models embedded within rock masses are discontinuities with zero tensile strength and mean...

    Hadi Fathipour‑Azar, Jianfeng Wang, ... Seyed Rahman Torabi in Computational Geosciences

    Article 12 April 2023

14. Shear behavior of synthetic rough jointed rock mass with 3D-printed jointing

    Preparation of laboratory samples that have surfaces with complex but repeatable roughness distributions to study the mechanical behavior of jointed...

    Peitao Wang, Zhichao Liu, ... Joseph F. Labuz in Arabian Journal of Geosciences

    Article 20 February 2022
    

15. Geomechanical Behavior of Undermined Rock Mass in Blind Orebody Mining in Tashtagol Field

    Abstract

    The behavior of a pillar is examined in the course of mining of a blind ore body in the Southeast site of Tashtagol field. The geomechanics...

    A. A. Eremenko, A. G. Gavrilov, ... V. S. Pisarev in Journal of Mining Science

    Article 01 April 2023
    

16. Evaluating coupled hydromechanical behavior of anisotropic rock mass using DEM

    Fluid transmission in geothermal reservoirs is significantly affected by foliated metamorphic rocks, which exhibit high anisotropy and heterogeneity....

    Wen-Jie Shiu, Meng-Chia Weng, ... Po-Lin Wu in Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

    Article 12 February 2022
    

17. Role of Rock Sections in Intermittent Joints in Controlling Rock Mass Strength and Failure Modes

    Rock sections in intermittent joints are important structures that prevent joints from interconnecting and maintain the stability of the rock mass,...

    Yi Tang, Hang Lin, ... Wenhua Zha in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

    Article 13 April 2023
    

18. Modified FEM Algorithm with Introduced Elastic Blocks for Geomechanical Modeling of Undermined Rock Mass

    Abstract

    The authors attempt the numerical modeling of the geomechanical behavior of rock mass in the course of single unit face longwall mining. The...

    M. A. Zhuravkov, M. A. Nikolaichik, N. M. Klimkovich in Journal of Mining Science

    Article 01 June 2023
    

19. Empirical estimation of rock mass deformation modulus of rocks: comparison of intact rock properties and rock mass classifications as inputs

    Deformation modulus of rock mass (Em) is an important parameter for the analysis and design of mining engineering projects. However, field tests for...

    Adeyemi Emman Aladejare, Toochukwu Malachi Ozoji, ... Moshood Onifade in Arabian Journal of Geosciences

    Article Open access 21 May 2022
    

20. Determination of the Rock Mass Bearing Mechanism Following Excavation of Circular Tunnels

    The self-supporting capacity of the surrounding rock mass is a critical factor in maintaining tunnel stability after excavation and is a key...

    Kaimeng Ma, Jichun Zhang, ... Chao Kong in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

    Article 03 April 2024