Deep rock mechanics and mining theory Modelling surface subsidence during underground coal gasification Y.G. Derbin, J. Walker & D. Wanatowski Time-dependent deformation behaviour of unloading-fractured marble L. Wang, J.F. Liu, J. Pei & H. Xu Mechanical and failure characteristics of dry and saturated sandstone under triaxial loading and unloading tests Z. Sun, D. Li, W. Wang & X. Li Permiability of a fractal single fracture under the coupling of multiple experimental cases Y. Peng, R. Zhang, Y. Ju, M. Gao, J. Xie, L. Yi & Z. Zhang Improved short and long time average ratio method with multi-scale theory for accurate arrival picking Z. Zhou & R. Cheng Failure style and acoustic emission characteristics of basalt under fatigue loading K. Si, R.D. Peng, Z.D. Cui, M.X. Ge & Z.L. Xie Geomechanical and seepage evolution characteristics of coal masses under mining-induced stress paths Y. Xue & F. Gao Investigation of the mechanical behaviour of brine saturated brown coal under uni-axial compression K.H.S.M. Sampath, M.S.A. Perera, P.G. Ranjith & S.K. Matthai A case study on stress relief mining and design methods for rock-salt mine H. Wang, X.-C. Yang, H. Chen, H. Cao, X.-S. Qin, Y. Yuan & S.-B. Yu Dynamic empirical Mohr-Coulomb criterion of marble under low loading rate F.Q. Gong, S. Luo, G. Lin & X.F. Si The additional resistant energy effect for supporting structure to surrounding rock in underground powerhouse D.Y. Liu, J.H. Zhang, Z. Zhou, C.G. Liao, J.X. Zheng & T. Luo Research on damage constitutive model of coal with different depths L. Qin, Z. Zhang, M. Wang, R. Zhang, M. Gao, Z. Zhang & Z. Jia Water resources development and protection Research on flow field characteristics of compound jet pump Y. Zhao, Y.-L. Chen, L.-G. Ran, B. Wang & Y. Xu An investigation on the effect of divergent angle on performance of Venturi-type bubble generators L. Zhao, L. Sun, Z. Mo, M. Du, G. Xie & J. Tang A visualized investigation on bubble transportation and breakup in a small Venturi channel with rectangular cross section J. Huang, L. Sun, J. Tang, G. Xie, L. Zhao & M. Du Overall stability analysis of a high arch dam based on physical modeling and numerical simulation B.-Q. Yang, X.-Y. Guo, L. Zhang, X. Jiao, Y. Chen, J.-Y. Chen & J. Dong Deformation and cracking of an underground powerhouse cavern system under high in-situ stress J.B. Wei & J.H. Deng Estimation of permeability field from sparse measurements of local permeability and water table fluctuations A. Chaudhuri, A. Chakrawal, P. Naigaonkar, H.-J.H. Franssen & M. Sekhar Evaluation of GPM IMERG satellite precipitation product by using of ground-based data over the Yangtze River Basin J. Liu, J. Du, Y. Yang & T. Zhu Unconventional oil and gas extractions Fractal characteristics and acoustic emission of a low-clay shale after CO2-water-rock interactions Q. Lyu, J.Q. Tan, J.P. Zhou, P.G. Ranjith, C.E. Hu & W.B. Luo Fracturing behavior of shale reservoirs in water, N2 and SC-CO2 fracturing process J.G. Wang & X.X. Zhang Fracturing-fluid migration front progression in fractured gas shale: Experiment and numerical analyses F. Wang, Z. Pan, Q. Chen & H. Lin CO2 sequestrations technologies and nuclear waste disposal Permeability evolution of fracture during slipping under normal stress condition Q. Zhang & X.C. Li Time-dependent cracking of Beishan granite under the effect of temperature and stress condition C.P. Wang, J.F. Liu, L. Chen & J. Liu Neutron radiography study of water imbibition in unsaturated cracked sandstone: A time-fractal model to predict the dynamic evolution of wetting front Y. Zhao, Y. Wu, S. Han, L. He, S. Xue & G. Fan Geothermal energy 3-D numerical prediction of vortices group in multiple Francis turbines based on RNG-ELES approach M. Yang, M. Zhang, C. Zhang & D. Chen Experimental study on the thermal and mechanical performance of graphite-cement based composites H.-R. Guo, L. Qiao & Y.-Y. Xiao High heat generating granites of Saudi Arabian shield: Prospect for CO2 emissions reduction and climate mitigation D. Chandrasekharam, K. Bankher & P.G. Ranjith Digital rock physics and application of high-resolution micro-CT techniques for geomaterials B. Mahanta, P.G. Ranjith, T.N. Singh, V. Vishal, W.H. Duan & M. Sazid A semi-analytical model to predict the heat extraction from an enhanced geothermal system with multiple wells and areal flow B. Wu, X. Zhang & R.G. Jeffrey Overpressure-induced fracture slip triggering in granite Y.L. Ji, Y.Z. Jia, T.D. Rathnaweera & W. Wu Preliminary laboratory study on initiation and propagation of hydraulic fractures in granite using X-ray computed tomography L. Zhuang, K.Y. Kim, S. Yeom, S.G. Jung & M. Diaz Mining engineering Effect of prefabricated crack width on stress intensity factors of Brazilian disc sample with center crack C. Li, M. Gao, Y. Lu, Q. Liu, Z. He & G. Peng Research on law of front abutment pressure change of top-coal caving Z. He, M. Gao, J. Xie, Y. Lu & C. Li Development of coring system with in-situ condition for deep rock by ultrasonic L. Chen, X. Guo, H. Wan, X. Hua, Y. Lu, C. Li & Z. He 3D modelling of microwave induced damage and fracturing of hard rocks Y. Yuan & T. Xu Experimental study on crushing dissipated energy of deep granite under triaxial geostress condition L. Chen, L. Qiao, M. Zhou & Q.W. Li The immediate roof periodic fractures of suberect and extremely thick coal G. Zhang & Y. Zhang Effect of faults on stability of partially saturated rock slope G. You, N. Jaggi, M. Al Mandalawi, K. Dowling & P. Dahlhaus Temperature and pressure dependent gas diffusion coefficient in coal: Numerical modeling and experiments S.Y. Liu, C.H. Wei, W.C. Zhu & Y.J. Yu Study on the failure process of rock masses using the Discontinuous Deformation and Displacement (DDD) method B. Gong, S. Wang & C. Tang Prediction of UCS based on multivariate adaptive regression splines and the BP neural network C. Xu, Z.-L. Zhang & Z. Zhang Petroleum engineering Seismic response characteristics of buried pipeline under different parameters H. Qu, L. Liu, Y. Wu, Q. Hu & Y. Liu Use of risk-controlled model for predicting collapse pressure of vertical and inclined wells T. Ma, T. Tang, N. Peng, Y. Wang & Z. Guo Modelling of phase behaviours, viscous instabilities and oil recovery during different types of surfactant-polymer flooding in five-spot setup A. Chaudhuri & R. Vishnudas Numerical approach for wellbore stability and minimum required mud weight H.A. Sheha & A.-A.H. Elsayed Geo-environmental engineering Calculation methods of seepage coefficient for clay based on the permeation mechanism Y. Zhang, T.L. Chen, Y.J. Zhang & W.Z. Ren The application of a geographically weighted logistic regression for earthquake-triggered landslide susceptibility mapping on different geographic scales Q. Lin & Y. Wang Research on the dynamic propagation law of cracks in sandstone specimens under impact load Y. Lu, M. Gao, S. Zhang, J. Xie, Q. Liu, Z. He & C. Li A numerical analysis of Self-Similar Heat Exchanger for cooling the heat release equipments in deep space under the ground W. Tang, L. Sun, J. Bao, G. Xie, M. Du & J. Tang Study on the law of ground pressure obliquity effect with gently inclined thin to medium thickness phosphate body from open-pit to underground X.-S. Li, K. Zhao, Y. Yang & X.-Y. Zhi Civil geotechnical engineering Ground motion at a rock trapezoidal hill under seismic waves induced by an underground exploitation Z.L. Li, J.C. Li, Q. Zhang & J. Zhao Discrete element analyses of debris flow impact on slit dams S.X. Gong, T. Zhao, F. Dai & N.W. Xu The loading effects on the mechanical behaviors of transversely isotropic rock Z.Y. Liu, M.L. Xiao, J.F. Xue, L.L. Li, H.Q. Xie & J.D. He Seismic response characteristics of stabilizing pile based