The evaluation of the out-of-plane (OOP) behavior for infilled walls is a critical aspect of
regional seismic and fire resilience assessment. This study presents a detailed finite …

Underground stope stability has important implications for the safety and efficiency of metal
mining, especially when there are subsidence zones above. To analyze the stope stability …

When frozen soil serves as the foundation of engineering facilities in cold regions, it often
suffers from the combined action of freeze–thaw cycles (FTC) and impact loading, which …

In the present work, three different woven composite laminates were fabricated using the
hand lay-up method. The woven reinforcement fibres were carbon fibres (CFRP), glass …

Phase-field models are a leading approach for realistic fracture problems. They treat the
crack as a second phase and use gradient terms to smear out the crack faces, enabling the …

Obtaining complete rock cores is exceptionally challenging in certain extreme environments,
such as deep earth and deep space; consequently, it is difficult to obtain the macro strengths …

Numerical simulation of rock fracture mechanics has been a major research interest and
challenging area in the field of rock mechanics. Based on this background, a smooth particle …

Phase-field models have emerged as a powerful approach for modeling fracture, particularly
when combined with Griffith's fracture theory. These models are capable of simulating crack …

Sleeve fracturing is a promising but underused field method for estimation of maximum and
minimum horizontal stress in the subsurface. Similarly, the burst experiment is a laboratory …

Pressurizing a jacketed and notched borehole under confinement is a laboratory test used
for the estimation of rock fracture toughness. The premise is that the fracture toughness can …