Natural rock joint permeability deviates from the classic fluid flow governing equations due
to the inherent fracture surface roughness (ie, contact points, spatial correlation, matching …

Bentonite is a key material for the construction of Engineered Barrier Systems (EBSs) in
deep geological repositories (DGRs) for radioactive waste. Modelling of gas migration in …

Numerical-simulation studies of transport and flow in porous media are essential in many
practical fields of research. Including the coupling of different physical processes allows …

The operation of an enhanced geothermal system (EGS) involves a complex thermal–
hydraulic–mechanical (THM) coupling process, which is important for exploiting the …

Enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) is currently the most efficient method to mine heat
from hot dry rock (HDR) reservoirs. The coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) effect …

This paper presents a coupled thermal-hydraulic-mechanical (THM) model for simulating
failure processes in geological media. The coupling between stress/strain and heat transfer …

Deformation and fracturing of the rock mass are heavily affected by complex thermal-
hydraulic-mechanical (THM) processes in the subsurface environment. This study develops …

Abstract Thermo–hydro–mechanical (THM) coupling prevails in all sorts of underground
activities, and numerical simulation is an effective tool to understand THM coupling. The …

Hot dry rock (HDR) geothermal energy is an effective alternative to traditional fossil fuels and
can be exploited through enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). Compared to water, CO 2 …

Accurate numerical simulation of coupled fracture/fault deformation and fluid flow is crucial
to the performance and safety assessment of many subsurface systems. In this work, we …