The design of underground hard rock pillars plays a crucial role in the safety and stability of
underground mining operations. Ensuring safe and efficient resource extraction while …

NASA's Dragonfly mission will send a rotorcraft lander to the surface of Titan in the mid-
2030s. Dragonfly's science themes include investigation of Titan's prebiotic chemistry …

The design experience and the shallow tunnel theory, which emphasize the plane strain
assumption, two-dimensional (2D) strength theory, and indoor or back analysis-based …

Numerical back analysis is a valuable tool available to rock mechanics researchers and
practitioners. Recent studies related to back analysis methods focused primarily on …

The floor heave and the inward movement of sidewalls are often encountered in the
excavation of tunnels with swelling rock properties. However, the deformation mechanism …

After the excavation of deep underground engineering, the three-dimensional (3D) stress
state redistributes, leading to a significant change in the mechanical properties of the …

The mechanical behavior of rock under cyclic loading is quite complicated compared to
monotonic loading or unloading conditions. The triaxial cyclic loading and unloading testing …

A simple numerical procedure for calculating the distribution of stresses and radial
displacements around a circular tunnel excavated in a strain-softening Mohr–Coulomb or …

The dilation angle is the most commonly used parameter to study nonlinear post-peak
dilatancy (PPD) behavior and simulate surrounding rock deformation; however, simplified or …

Experimental and field observations of rock failure show that the failure process is closely
associated with rock dilation, an indicator of volumetric increase during rock deformation …