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Experimental Study on Mechanical and Strain Localisation Behaviour of Sandstone Under Seepage–Stress Coupling
In this study, the effects on the mechanical and seepage behaviour of sandstone were analysed using triaxial compression tests under various...
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Evaluation of Processing Parameters in High-Speed Digital Image Correlation for Strain Measurement in Rock Testing
High-speed digital image correlation (DIC) offers a powerful tool for full-field measurement of transient deformation of rock. One of the critical...
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Strain Localized Deformation Variation of a Small-Scale Ductile Shear Zone
A continental-scale strike-slip shear zone frequently presents a long-lasting deformation and physical expression of strain localization in a middle...
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Thermal Impact on the Excavation Damage Zone Around a Supported Drift Using the 2nd Gradient Model
The temperature increase induced by radioactive waste decay generates the thermal pressurisation around the excavation damage zone (EDZ), and the...
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The 2 December 2020 MW 4.6, Kallithea (Viotia), central Greece earthquake: a very shallow damaging rupture detected by InSAR and its role in strain accommodation by neotectonic normal faults
On 2 December 2020 10:54 UTC a shallow earthquake of M W (NOA) = 4.6 occurred near the village of Kallithea (to the east of Thiva), central Greece,...
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Brittle initiation of dissolution–precipitation creep in plagioclase-rich rocks: insights from the Bergen arcs, Norway
The initiation of ductile shear zones commonly occurs spatially associated with fluid-rock reactions along brittle precursors. In many cases the...
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A Regularised Anisotropic Elastoplastic Damage and Viscoplastic Model and Its Hydromechanical Application to a Meuse/Haute-Marne URL Drift
Clay formations are one of the options currently being considered for the storage of radioactive wastes worldwide. In France, the National...
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Numerical Modelling of Lithospheric Block-and-Fault Dynamics: What Did We Learn About Large Earthquake Occurrences and Their Frequency?
Dynamics of lithospheric plates resulting in localisation of tectonic stresses and their release in large earthquakes provides important information...
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Calibration Method and Material Constants of an Anisotropic, Linearly Elastic and Perfectly Plastic Mohr–Coulomb Constitutive Model for Opalinus Clay
Nagra, the cooperative for develo** and implementing a long-term radioactive waste depository in Switzerland, identified Opalinus Clay as the most...
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Reactivation of variably sealed joints and permeability enhancement in geothermal reservoir rocks
Hydraulic stimulation of enhanced deep geothermal reservoirs commonly targets pre-existing joint networks with the goal of increasing reservoir...
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Keynote Lecture: The Jettan Rockslide—An Engineering Geological Overview
A recognised cluster of gravitational slope deformations in northern Norway is the result of a protracted geological history. A combination of nappe...
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Numerical Analysis of a Tunnel in an Anisotropy Rock Mass. Envalira Tunnel (Principality of Andorra)
The Envalira Tunnel (Principality of Andorra) passes through a rock mass of phyllite and quarzite, and its construction had some parts with great...
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Mechanical behaviour and spatial fracture characteristics of weakly filled granite with different diameters under uniaxial loading revealed by 3D DIC and AE monitoring
The mechanical behaviour and failure characteristics of weakly filled granite are important factors affecting the safety and stability of rock...
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Ultimate in-plane shear behaviour of clay brick masonry elements strengthened with TRM overlays
This paper studies the response of unreinforced masonry (URM) members made of hydraulic lime mortar and fired clay bricks, commonly found in heritage...
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Geological-Technical and Geo-engineering Aspects of Dimensional Stone Underground Quarrying
Underground exploitation of dimensional stones is not a novelty, being long since practised, as proved by a number of historical documents and by a...
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Flow of the partially molten crust in the Variscan foreland revealed by U–Th–Pb dating of metamorphism, magmatism and deformation (Agly Massif, Eastern Pyrenees)
In this contribution, we investigate the spatial and temporal evolution of mid-crustal flow in the Agly Massif (North Pyrenean Zone) that represents...
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Criterion of shear failure along a surface inside soil-mass and its application to progressive failure analysis
This study extended the strength criterion used to determine the failure of a soil structure from a differential expression at a point or an...
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Thermomechanics for Geological, Civil Engineering and Geodynamic Applications: Rate-Dependent Critical State Line Models
Equilibrium thermodynamics has been of fundamental importance to many branches of engineering including cyclical mechanical applications. However, in...
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Temperature-Induced Ductile–Brittle Transition in Porous Carbonates and Change in Compaction Band Growth Revealed by 4-D X-Ray Tomography
Deformation bands featuring localised material failure are ubiquitous in nature. They form important flow barriers and reduce/compartmentalise fluid...
