Offshore oil and gas reservoirs comprise a significant portion of the world's reserve base,
and their development is expected to help close a potential gap in the supply of …

Uncovering grain-scale mechanisms that underlie the disorder–order transition in
assemblies of dissipative, athermal particles is a fundamental problem with technological …

Determining the permeability of fractured rocks depends significantly on fracture geometry
and topology. To date, no practical approach has been proposed to produce realistic binary …

In mineral processing, ore materials exist in the form of particles of various sizes. Being able
to determine particle properties and population statistics is central to the efficient …

This article describes a microtomography experimental platform enabling in situ micro-
mechanical study of failure and fragmentation in geomaterials. The system is based on an …

We study the persistence of a geometrically frustrated local order inside partially crystallized
packings of equal-sized spheres. Measurements by x-ray tomography reveal previously …

As the mining industry continues to seek greater energy efficiency, it needs more effective
characterization of ore material as it progresses from mine to mill. The energy cost of ore …

Most of the current daily oil production comes from mature or maturing oil fields, and reserve
replacement through new discoveries is not keeping pace with the growing energy …

Filtration is crucial for separating solids and liquids in various industries. Understanding
slurry properties and filter cake structures is essential for optimising filtration performance …

This paper presents the results of a tensile and a compressive load tests on an instrumented
model pile pre-installed in medium–dense sand samples prepared in a half-circular …