Hydrogels hold promise in agriculture as reservoirs of water in dry soil, potentially alleviating
the burden of irrigation. However, confinement in soil can markedly reduce the ability of …

We study fluid-induced deformation and fracture of cohesive granular media, and apply
photoporomechanics to uncover the underpinning grain-scale mechanics. We fabricate …

Fluid injection‐induced deformation around a cylindrical cavity is of particular interest in the
area of subsurface energy extraction. In this study, a model is proposed to analyze the time …

Solid deformation is always a crucial factor of gas transport in sedimentary rocks. While
previous studies always adopt the assumption of isotropic poroelastic deformation …

Water injection laboratory experiments in weak, poorly consolidated sandstones show
evidence that the peak injection pressure is much larger than the one predicted by the …

Iceberg calving is a major contributor to Greenland's ice mass loss. Ice mélange, tightly
packed sea ice and icebergs, has been hypothesized to buttress the calving fronts …

The drilling of geothermal energy, CO2 sequestration, and wastewater injection all involve
the pressurized flow of fluids through porous rock, which can cause deformation and fracture …

Hydraulic fracturing-induced microseismicity has drawn public attention in recent years.
However, understanding the behavior of hydraulic fracture is limited due to the complex …

Various biological and chemical processes lead to the nucleation and growth of non-wetting
fluid bubbles within the pore space of a soft porous medium, such as the formation of gas …

On the Greenland Ice Sheet, hydrofracture connects the supraglacial and subglacial
hydrologic systems, coupling surface runoff dynamics and ice velocity. In recent decades …