Rockburst risk control and mitigation in deep mining
June 2024
It is important to understand and manage rockburst challenges in deep mining operations. This paper presents a systematic study of rockburst risk in underground mining, offering a detailed examination...
Casing damage in oil and water wells: Causes and prevention
February 2026
Casing damage represents a persistent and multifaceted challenge in oil and gas development, often manifesting as structural deformation, rupture, or seal failure. These issues not only compromise well...
A review of the geological characterization, classification, modeling, and case studies of anisotropic rock masses
November 2025
Rock anisotropy caused by inherent structures like bedding, foliation, and micro-fractures directly influences strength, deformability, and stress distribution variations. These directional changes...
Progress, trend, and challenges in testing and field monitoring of energy-absorbing rockbolts
November 2026
Subterranean construction, like other types of geotechnical structures, necessitates ground support systems to prevent rock failure; one of the most prevalent is rockbolt. Rockbolts have evolved through...
A caprock integrity assessment to optimize CO2 storage using coupled geomechanics: A case study of the Angostura Field
August 2026
Long-term storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) in depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs or deep saline aquifers heavily depends on the sealing performance of the caprock. Therefore, it is crucial to evaluate the...
Quantitative characterization of hydraulic fractures propagating through rock layers in shale-sandstone interbedded formation
November 2026
The special geological conditions of shale-sandstone interbedded reservoirs pose great challenges to fracturing design. Insufficient understanding of their hydraulic fracturing behavior can easily lead...
Artificial intelligence technology in rock mechanics and rock engineering
June 2024
The scope and scale of rock engineering activities have witnessed continuous expansion, which makes the geological conditions of rock engineering increasingly complex, and there are more and more types...
Application of soft computing methods in underground mine stability: A PRISMA-based systematic review
Available online 15 May 2026
Geological uncertainties make the prediction of rock mass behavior highly challenging, emphasizing the need for continuous advances in excavation stability and risk mitigation. Soft computing algorithms,...
A novel approach for modeling rock permeability under varying stress and temperature conditions based on tortuous fracture network
Available online 10 August 2026
Quantitatively characterizing the relationship between permeability, effective stress, and temperature is of critical importance for energy extraction and underground engineering applications. Since...
An integrated intelligent long-term device for the borehole monitoring of deformation and evolution of fractures in rock masses
May 2026
To solve the problems of complex operation, low efficiency, and lagging information collection in rock mass disaster monitoring, an integrated monitoring device is developed, which can simultaneously...
An innovative approach for oil well bottomhole pressure forecasting using Kolmogorov-Arnold Neural Networks (KANs): A case study in an offshore oilfield
February 2026
This study introduces a novel method for bottomhole pressure (BHP) prediction utilizing the Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (KAN) machine learning algorithm. The KAN model is an interpretable neural network...
Reservoir heterogeneity and its role in long-term CO₂ storage performance: A case study of Air Benakat formation
November 2025
Indonesia’s strategy for attaining net-zero emissions by 2050 is contingent upon carbon capture and storage (CCS). The long-term CO₂ storage performance of Air Benakat formation in the South Sumatra...
Damage and control of mining surface deformation: Research status, hot spots and trends
November 2025
In order to master the research status, hotspots and trends of mining surface deformation (MSD) in metal mines, exploring the green and sustainable development path of mines, 2241 articles in the Web...
Advances in dynamic test of deep rocks considering in-situ mechanical and hydraulic conditions
June 2024
Determining the dynamic behaviors of deep rocks is important but challenging for deep underground rock engineering. Recently, great advances have been made by researchers in dynamic tests of deep rocks...
Response induced by transient blasting or seismic P-wave around a diversion tunnel with an imperfect rock-liner interface
August 2026
The work focuses on transient response of a deep-buried circular lined diversion tunnel with an imperfect rock-liner interface, which is full of water, subjected to an aperiodic blasting or seismic...
Concept to proof long-term safety of abandoned salt mines by hydro-mechanical coupled simulations with FLAC3D and Ansys Fluent
November 2025
Evaluation and prediction of the long-term behavior of abandoned mines have to consider complex interactions of different physical processes. The hydro-mechanical coupling plays an important role for...
Geothermal energy and tiered synergistic mining of geothermal energy and minerals: Advantages, issues, and paths
August 2025
Geothermal resources, especially hot dry rock (HDR), hold the unparalleled potential to decarbonize energy systems and bolster the global clean energy transition. Despite five decades of development,...
A machine learning based attitude control model for open-type TBMs on the spiral ramp of Beishan underground research laboratory
August 2026
Precise attitude control of Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) is critically important for ensuring tunneling quality and safety, especially in tunnels with steep slopes, long curves, or small turning radii....
Insight into undercut-induced ground deformations in cave mines
May 2026
As underground cave mines transition to greater depths, they face the unavoidable challenge of managing stress-driven instabilities on the extraction level, particularly those resulting from high abutment...
Quantifying the mechanical properties of coal matrix and cleat using digital image correlation method
February 2025
Coal mass consists of matrices and cleats, which exhibits significant difference in mechanical properties, such as uniaxial compressive strength and Young's modulus. Understanding this difference is...
Improving deconvolution reliability in well test analysis with an automated objective function
February 2026
Deconvolution is a mathematical technique that eliminates the effects of production rate variations in pressure transient data, enabling the recovery of a smoother pressure signal extended across both...
Effect of mining geometry on mining induced burst events – A case study
Available online 19 June 2026
Rockburst is a complex problem that underground mines face around the world as they reach deposits at greater depths. Based on literature, it is well established that rockbursts can be caused by numerous...
Influence of initial stress difference on the hard rock fracture mechanism under stepwise unloading during large high-stress underground powerhouse layered excavation
August 2026
With the continuous advancement of deep resource exploitation and underground engineering construction, the mechanical behavior and failure mechanisms of hard rock under stepwise unloading during Layered...
Infrared thermal image detection method of stressed sandstone fracture based on deep learning
February 2026
Under stress, multiple cracks in the localized damaged zones in mine rock masses will expand and connect, which can lead to the rock mass instability and failure. Rapid, accurate identification of cracks...
An energy-based assessment index (WERR) for rockburst proneness of seawater-immersed rock under biaxial cyclic stress
Available online 20 September 2026
Rockburst disasters can occur during subsea mining in the burst prone areas. Understanding the effects of seawater on rockburst proneness characteristics is of critical importance for prevention of...
