Artificial intelligence in tunnel construction: A comprehensive review of hotspots and frontier topics
March 2024
Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in tunnel construction has the potential to transform the industry by improving efficiency, safety, and cost-effectiveness. This paper presents a comprehensive...
Roof bolting and underground roof falls
March 2023
Roof bolting has been used in underground entry (roadway) support in U.S. coal mines since the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 (US Congress, 1977) recognized roof bolting as the only means of...
Application of the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) for flood susceptibility mapping using GIS techniques in lower reach of Keleghai River Basin, West Bengal, India
June 2025
Flooding is one of the most devastating quasi-natural hazards in Southeast Asian monsoon region. The recent study aims to define the flood risk zones (FRZ) by using the multi criteria evaluation (MCE)...
Analysis of coal mine safety accident features in China, 2017–2022
June 2024
Coal-related accidents are prevalent in China, often attributed to the intricate geology and challenging working conditions of mines. This study seeks to determine the patterns of these accidents by...
Geotechnical and Geophysical Studies for the Cause of Landslide in Lesalso, Laelay Maichew Wereda, Northern Ethiopia
Available online 28 August 2025
The northern highlands of Ethiopia often experience slope failures triggered by rainfall. Landslides are common in Lesalso, Laelay Maichew Wereda, northern Ethiopia, causing destruction to homes, crops,...
Enhancing disaster management effectiveness: An integrated analysis of key factors and practical strategies through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and scopus data text mining
June 2024
In the 21st century, the surge in natural and human-induced disasters necessitates robust disaster management frameworks. This research addresses a critical gap, exploring dynamics in the successful...
Near-field ground motion intensity parameters of the major February 06, 2023, Türkey Kahramanmaraş earthquake sequences
September 2025
Türkey is located in a seismically active region where the Anatolia, Africa, and Arabia tectonic plates converge. The high seismic hazard causes the region to be repeatedly struck by major earthquakes....
Instability prevention and control of waste dump slopes with different consolidation degrees under the influence of rainfall
March 2025
The stability and management of waste dump slopes are pivotal research topics in geotechnical engineering and have long posed central challenges in coal mine ecological restoration. Controlling the...
Ground collapse: effect of building position on tunnelling-induced soil movements
September 2025
The mechanisms of tunnelling-induced ground movements are important for risk assessments of tunnelling beneath masonry buildings with shallow foundations, including ground collapse disasters. This paper...
Rockburst failure time prediction based on a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method using the acoustic emission
September 2025
Rockbursts have become one of the most serious disasters in underground engineering around the world, which seriously threaten the construction safety of underground engineering. The effective prediction...
An assessment of earthquake vulnerability by multi-criteria decision-making method
March 2023
Earthquake is one of the most destructive catastrophes in Bangladesh and the evaluation of vulnerability is a prerequisite for the earthquake risk estimation. As a result, determining vulnerability...
Leveraging artificial neural networks for robust landslide susceptibility mapping: A geospatial modeling approach in the ecologically sensitive Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu
December 2024
Landslides pose a significant threat to the lives and livelihoods of marginalised communities residing in rural areas and the delicate ecological balance of the environment. Implementing advanced technologies...
Complex analysis of GPR signals to control contact zone of concrete lining and rock mass
September 2025
Nondestructive sensing technologies are essential for assessing the condition and structural integrity of concrete linings and their surrounding rock. This study utilized ground-penetrating radar (GPR...
Size effect of temperature field in large tunnel subjected to freeze-thaw disasters
September 2025
The change in size (transverse section and longitudinal length) of a tunnel will result in variation in the temporal and spatial distribution characteristics of the tunnel temperature field, particularly...
Kinetic characterisation of sandstone exposed to high temperature-water cooling cycle treatments under the impact loading: from the perspective of geohazard
June 2025
Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) improve geothermal energy extraction but can rapidly cool high-temperature rocks, leading to internal fractures that weaken mechanical properties and pose risks such...
Tunnel SAM adapter: Adapting segment anything model for tunnel water leakage inspection
March 2024
Water leakage inspection in the tunnels is a critical engineering job that has attracted increasing concerns. Leakage area detection via manual inspection techniques is time-consuming and might produce...
Hydration-induced fractures in shale with silt layers: A perspective on slope stability
June 2025
This study investigates the phenomenon of slope failure in shale, particularly in the context of heavy rainfall events. Despite the critical role that water plays in influencing the stability of shale...
Evaluation of ground motion parameters and seismic response of reinforced concrete buildings from the Mw 6.9, 2011 Sikkim earthquake
June 2023
The continuous collision of the Eurasian plate and the Indian plate has resulted in several earthquakes in the Himalayan region. The 6.9 Mw 2011 Sikkim earthquake, which caused immense damage to the...
Optimization design method of 2D+3D slope shape for landslide prevention in open-pit coal mine
December 2024
In order to improve the stability of the slope and prevent the occurrence of landslide disaster, this study took the east slope of the first mining area of Zhundong Open-pit Coal Mine as the engineering...
Damage evolution and failure warning in early-age flexible-formwork concrete for underground support
September 2025
The evolution law of mechanical properties and damage characteristics of early-age flexible formwork filling concrete have a decisive influence on the stability control of surrounding rock of large...
Review of the experimental studies of the cracking behaviors of fractured rocks under compression
June 2024
In recent years, many useful experimental results on the cracking behaviors of fractured rocks have been obtained via uniaxial, biaxial, triaxial, and Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) tests. In this...
Difference of “whole-process and stages” response law of energy evolution regulated by high energy storage rock modification
June 2025
Aiming at the technical problems of regional rock burst control and disaster reduction, the indoor comparative tests of three kinds of variables are designed, involving water content, borehole diameter...
Induced mechanism of tunnel rockbursts based on dynamic buckling of rock plates
March 2025
Rockburst, characterized by a sudden and violent rock failure resulting in the expulsion of rock from its surroundings, poses a significant threat to the safety of tunnel excavation operations, often...
Indirect hazard evaluation by the prediction of backbreak distance in the open pit mine using support vector regression and chicken swarm optimization
March 2025
Backbreak is one of the undesirable phenomena in open-pit mines and causes several adverse hazards, such as lanslide, rock falling off and bench instability. Backbreak is influenced by many factors,...
Development laws of geological hazards along urban highway in Southwest China and countermeasures for prevention and control
March 2024
China is a mountainous country with highly developed road geologic hazards, which pose a great threat to the construction and operation of highways, bridges, and tunnels and to the safety of people...