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June 29–July 2, 2008
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Three-Dimensional Unit Stress Tensor Modeling of Complex Orebody Geometry
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Effect of Thermal Loading on Compressional Wave Velocity, Mode I Fracture Toughness and Tensile Strength
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A Case Study of Pile Loading Tests in Poorly Cemented Rock
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Nucleation and growth of anti-wing crack from tips of strike-slip flaw
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Experimental Study on the Permeability of Soft Rock During the Triaxial Shear Process
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Using image mosaic technology for tunnel inspection
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Proposal of a practical guide of convergence measurements in Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory
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Rock Mass Response during High Pressure Grouting
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Geotechnical and Temporal Risk Assessment of a Large Slope Deformation
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An investigation on back analysis of heavily-jointed rock mass-Applied in Kargar cut slope
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Insights into borehole deformation and relationship between wellbore induced stresses, breakouts, and in-situ stresses
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Geomechanical Effects of a 3D Vertical Salt Well Drilling by FEA
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Application of The Block Theory For Rock Slope Stability Analysis at Highway Semenyih-Sg.Long (SSL), Selangor State in Malaysia.
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Slope Stability Analysis for Plane Failure Under the Influence of a Tension Crack.
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A New Membrane Boundary for DEM Modeling of Triaxial Tests on Intact Rock
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Engineering Geological Problems along the Qomroud Long Tunnel Lot No.1 in Iran
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Geotechnical Properties of Soluble Rocks from a Dam Site in Iran
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Validation of General Single Rock Block Stability Analysis
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Mechanical Properties of Virtual Block-in-matrix Colluvium
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Qomroud Long Tunnel Project in Iran: Rock Mass Characterization along the First 10.4 km
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Geomechanical Properties of a Conglomerate from Iran
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Assessment of Blast Performance Based on Energy Distribution
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Experimental study of subcritical crack growth under mode I, mode II and mode III loading
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Size effect on subcritical crack growth in Coconino sandstone
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Rock mechanics modeling based on soft granulation theory
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Characteristics of rock under cryogenic conditions for a underground LNG storage cavern
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Influence of geological structures on failure initiation, internal deformation and kinematics of rock slides
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A new method to estimate paleoseismic PGA using dynamic numerical back-analysis of keystone displacements in historic masonry structures
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Numerical modeling of consumption energy and fracture behavior of spherical rocks in a jaw crusher
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Laboratory Hydraulic Fracturing Tests on Small Homogeneous and Laminated Blocks
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Effect of CO2 Injection on Mechanical Properties of Berea Sandstone
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Slip on repository rock fractures induced by large earthquakes. Results from dynamic discrete fracture modeling.
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Does shaft resistance of piles in rock scale with RQD?
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In situ measurements of pillar behaviour in the Bushveld Platinum deposits of South Africa
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Numerical simulation of mechanical layering in sedimentary rock masses: a new hybrid geoDFN-DDA approach
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Analytical failure criterion for kink zone instability
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Rigid Impact - the Mechanism of Percussive Rock Drilling
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Influence of Structure and Mechanical Properties of Joint Rock Mass Elements on Its Deformation under Compression
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CO2 N2 Injection in Deep Coals and its Impact on Coal Permeability
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Numerical Simulation of Acoustic Emission in Large-scale Underground Excavations
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Simulation of Seismicity Accompanying Hydraulic Fracture Propagation
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Inter-panel barrier pillar study in a deep Utah coal mine
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Assessment of mine haulage drift stability using nonlinear analysis
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Evaluation of three-dimensional Hoek-Brown strength criteria
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odelling Thermal Geomechanical Effects on Simulation Porosity
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Comparison of Various Shear Failure Criteria Using the Results of Direct Shear Tests on Artificial Rough Surfaces
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Rock Stress as a Safety Concern for Design of Pressure Tunnels in Seymareh Dam Project
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Numerical Study of Fault Geometrical Effects on Seismic Stability of Large Underground Caverns
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Deep Water Exploration Well Pre-Drill DST Sanding Potential Prediction using Monte Carlo Simulations
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Natural fractures in the Barnett Shale: constraints on spatial organization and tensile strength with implications for hydraulic fracture treatment in shale-gas reservoirs
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Guidelines for Development of Re-entry Protocols in Seismically Active Mines
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The behavior of sand grains around the perforation channel by coupled LBM and DEM
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Parametric Three-dimensional Simulations of Dispersion of Rockfall Trajectories
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Seawater in Chalk: An EOR and Compaction Fluid
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Observation of the Spatial and Temporal Changes of Microseismic Source Parameters and Locations, Used to Identify the State of the Rock Mass in relation to the Peak and Post-Peak Strength Conditions.
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Tunnelling project in difficult geological conditions in Korea
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Numerical Simulation of Ice-Ring Formation around an Underground LNG Storage Cavern
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Rock physics modeling of soft sedimentary to hard crystalline rocks for rock engineering applications
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Improvement of fracture mapping efficiency by means of 3D-laser scanning
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Recent Applications of Discontinuous Deformation Analysis and Manifold Method
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Estimation of Moisture Movement in the Ground around the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes by Satellite Remote Sensing
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Coupled deformation and fluid flow modelling of simple fault systems and implications on hydrocarbon preservation potential
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Simulation of fracturing and mechanical damage in rocks
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Volumetric expansion ratio of rock mass affected on surface subsidence in abandoned mine area
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Controlled Blasting at Durtlang-Leitan: A Successful Blasting Operation in Sensitive and Hilly Area
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Perspectives on laboratory rock testing procedures
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Multi-scale, non-linear numerical analysis of mining induced deformation
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Void Detection Demonstration: Cross Hole Seismic Tomography
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Overcoring in Deep Surface Boreholes - Recent Experiences and Lessons for the Future
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Back-analysis of elastic properties of the ground using data from a largescale plate load test
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The Use of Glass as Pozzolan in Backfill Binder Recipes
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Creep in unconsolidated shale and its implication on rock physical properties
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Estimating the Unconfined Compressive Strength of Vesicular Basalts via Bulk Specific Gravity of the Rock Sample
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Numerical modeling of fracturing in a rock model material with pre-existing flaws
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Behaviour and Impact of Dynamic Induced Fractures in Waterflooding and EOR
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Applicability of Drucker-Prager Failure Criterion to Estimate Polyaxial Rock Strength
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Coupled Analysis of Change in Fracture Permeability during the Cooling Phase of the Yucca Mountain Drift Scale Test
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Development of a Numerical Simulator for Analyzing the Geomechanical Performance of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments
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Ground Support in Strong Fractured Rock in Diavik Open Pit Mine
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Constraining the far-field in situ stress state near a deep South African Gold Mine
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A Mathematical Model for Rock Deformation's Effect on Flow in Porous and Fractured Reservoirs
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Behavior of Mechanical Anisotropic Specimens under Triaxial Testing
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Design of Ductile Tunnel Linings
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Design of NATM Initial Support on the Caldecott 4th Bore
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Design for Swelling Ground on the Caldecott Forth Bore
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Numerical Simulation Evaluating the Structural Stability of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in Bayou Choctaw Salt Dome, USA
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Analysis of Injection-Induced Micro-Earthquakes in a Geothermal Steam Reservoir, The Geysers Geothermal Field, California
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Up-scaling of Rock Mechanical and Petrophysical Properties from Grain Scale to Log Scale by Point-Load and Wedge Indentation Tests
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Empirical and theoretical models: applicability to predictions of elastic moduli of composites and Rocks
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A rapid method for real-time evaluation of formation strength
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Exploring the possibility of mining the stabilising pillars in South African gold mines.
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Shaped-Core Uniaxial Compression Test for Studying Borehole Breakout in Rocks
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Shear-Stress Monitoring on a Rough Fracture Using Seismic Wave Scattering
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Plastic Compaction and Anisotropic Permeability Development in Unconsolidated Sands with Implications for Horizontal Well Performance
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Chemo-Poromechanical Finite Element Modeling of a Wellbore in Swelling Shale
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Crack Coalescence Tests on Granite
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A Three-Dimensional Poroelastic Model for Water Injection into a Geothermal Reservoir
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Stability Analysis of Rock Surface Spillways Using a Partition of Unity Method
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Estimating ore pass longevity in hard rock mines
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Using centrally cracked ring specimen for investigating mixed mode fracture toughness of rocks
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Movement monitoring as a tool for back analysis of slope stability illustrated by a case study
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Induced seismicity risk in Irani oil and gas fields
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The Effect of Different Mixing Techniques on the Strength Behavior of Paste Backfill
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Engineering Design of Backfill Systems in Adjacent Pillar Mining
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Computational Modelling of the Rate Dependent Deformation and Liquefaction of Chalk
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Microseismic Monitoring of Longwall Strata to provide Real Time Instability Indications to Mine management at Rajendra Coalmine in India
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The Practical Modelling of Discontinuous Rock Masses with Finite Element Analysis
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Hydraulic and Poroelastic Properties of Porous Rocks and Concrete Materials
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Numerical Modeling of Subsidence above a Solidifying Magma Chamber
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Characterization of Discontinuities using 3-D Laser scanner
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Experimental Study on Deformation Behavior of Rock under Uniaxial Compression and Direct Tension
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Modeling fracture propagation with the numerical manifold method
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Investigation of the stress-dependence of static and dynamic moduli of sandstones using a discrete element method
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Geomechanical modeling of subsidence and compaction in the M1 and Jintan gas fields, offshore Malaysia
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Hydro-Mechanical Evolution of Damaged Zones around a Microtunnel in a Claystone Formation of the Swiss Jura Mountains
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Model tests and numerical analyses on the stability of a cavern complex
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Questions and comprehensive economic evaluation model for sand management
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Development of an automated triaxial system for thermo-hydromechanical testing of rocks
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Shear Failure and Brittle to Ductile Transition in Shales from P-Wave Velocity
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3D Analysis of Coupled Stress-Flow in Jointed Rock Masses Using Finite Element Method
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Avoiding Drilling Problems by Strengthening the Wellbore while Drilling
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Hydraulic fracturing stress measurements near a headrace tunnel and proposed DUSEL validation
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Numerical simulation of a branching-out tunnel construction process using Flac3D
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A Coupled Stress and Energy Criterion for Natural and Artificial Triggering of Dry Snow Slab Avalanches
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The role of oversize particles on the shear strength and deformational behavior of rock pile material
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Laboratory study of hydrothermal deformation in unconsolidated St Peter quartz sand
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Effect of Weathering on Strength and Modulus of Basalt and Siltstone
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Elastic, Geomechanical and Petrophysical Properties of Shales
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Development of a shear-flow coupling test method for a natural rock joint
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Geomechanical Stability Assessment of Williston Basin Formations for Petroleum Production and CO2 Sequestration
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Dynamic Properties of Granite Exposed to Low Temperature
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Modification of SMR for simple users
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A new in-situ approach for hydromechanical characterization of mesoscale fractures: the High-Pulse Poroelasticity Protocol (HPPP)
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Rock type and hole failure pattern effects on sand production
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Characterization of cavities in marble from automatic monitoring of hydraulic rotary drilling in ground investigation
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Case Study of Drilling Process Monitoring from Two Adjacent Holes with Two Drills
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Dissolution of a Stressed Calcite Crystal- High Resolution Strain Measurements and Interface Observations
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The shale puncher - a compact tool for fast testing of small shale samples
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Borehole Triple Breakouts - Fiction or Reality in Nature?
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Prediction of directional changes in well drilling based on formation rock strength
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A Risk Evaluation Approach for Pit Slope Design
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Analysis of the block-size distribution in the Shale-Limestone Chaotic Complex (Tuscany, Italy)
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Experimental work on unconsolidated sand: The effect of burial depth at time of deformation
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Endoscopic method of rock mass quality evaluation - new experiences
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Long-term stability study of open-hole completions in a producing hydrocarbon field
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Stability and Support Issues in the Construction of Large Span Caverns for Physics
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Point load solutions for an inclined transversely isotropic rock
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Laboratory Poromechanics Simulation and Modeling of Transversely Isotropic Hollow Cylinders
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Investigating the contemporary kinematics and the 3D state of stress of the Upper Rhine Graben (Germany) using 3D finite element modeling
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Recent faulting in the Upper Rhine Graben (Germany): a 3D finite element approach to predict fault reactivation
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Depletion-induced reservoir compaction: Two geomechanical models and their application in the planning of subsidence monitoring
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Estimation of pillar strength in the presence of non-coal bands in coal seams
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Triangulation-Based 3D Laser Imaging for Underground Rock Mass Characterization: Impact of Operational Parameters
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Estimation of ground stability in considering groundwater and air bubbles using multiphase simulator
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Reliability Estimation of Rock Slopes
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Analysis of Failure Potential around a Hydraulic Fracture in Jointed Rock
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Fracture Aperture Change in Response to Reactive Transport of Silica and Thermoelastic Effects
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Chemically- and Mechanically-mediated Influences on Rock Fractures and their Implications on Thermomechanical Loading Cycle
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Application of Geomechanics Technology in Borehole Stability Reduces Well Construction Costs
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Laboratory Characterization of Anisotropy and Fluid Effects on Shale Mechanical Properties Using Inclined Direct Shear Testing Device IDSTD
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Design of Cemented Rockfill Span for Longhole Stope
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Bayesian framework for the deformability modulus updating in an underground structure
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Evaluation of Screen Integrity in Horizontal Open-Hole Screen Completions --- A Numerical Approach
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A comparison of numerical and experimental results of hydraulic fracture growth into a zone of lower confining stress
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Granular Dynamics Model to Study Elastic and Fabric Properties of Simulated Packs
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
In-situ stress modeling of a salt-based gravity driven thrust belt in a passive margins setting using physical and numerical modeling.
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Direct Numerical Simulation of Fluid Driven Fracturing Events with Application to Carbon Sequestration
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Derivation of anisotropy parameters in a shale using borehole sonic data
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Correlation of Sonic Log Values to Strength in Salt
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Experimental analysis of confined shear fracturing of saturated granite and numerical analysis by 2D hydro-mechanical coupled bonded-particle modeling
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
A Quantitative Risk Assessment Framework for Rock Slides
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
A microseismic trial at Lihir open-cut gold mine for the investigation of potentially explosive geothermal areas
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Microseismic monitoring of burn front in an underground coal gasification experiment
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Logistic Regression improvements to the Scaled Span Method for dimensioning Surface Crown Pillars over civil or mining openings
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
A method for determination of Mode II fracture toughness at elevated confining pressure
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Numerical modeling of thermal stress in a layered rock mass
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Investigating the Shear Mechanics of Kuan-Miao Sandstone Using Undrained Ring Shear Test
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Characterizing the permeability-porosity relationship during compactive cataclastic flow
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Strain Sensitivity of Wave Velocities in Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
A qualitative comparison between discrete particle modeling and laboratory observations of compaction bands in porous rock
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of Cements
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
A new strategy of hydrofracturing for deep stress measurements, BABHY, and its application to a field test
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Numerical simulation of geomechanic fracture networks: application to measuring effective permeability variability
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Microseismicity associated with rockbursting
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Local Earthquake Tomography for Imaging Mining-Induced Changes Within the Overburden above a Longwall Mine
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Image Analysis of Shear Banding
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Rock Mechanics Issues in the Swedish Waste Management Program
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Shale Triaxial Strength Alteration due to Brine Exposure
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
isk Assessment in Strategic and Tactical Geomechanical Underground Mine Design
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Poroelastoplastic Analysis of Factors Controlling Sand Production from a Hemispherical Cavity
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
A Change Detection Method for Slope Monitoring and Identification of Potential Rockfall Using Three-Dimensional Imaging
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Pore Pressure and Chemical Stresses around a Borehole In a Shale Formation
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Modeling uncertainty in the permeability of stress-sensitive fractures
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
A Simple Model for Coupling between the Normal Stiffness and the Hydraulic Transmissivity of a Fracture
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Engineering the Geological Chaos of Franciscan and Other Bimrocks
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Assessing Potential Rock Fall Impacts and Foundation Block Movement, Iron Canyon Fish Ladder, Upper Bidwell Park, Chico, California
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Strength and Failure Modes of Macroporous Rock: Results from Laboratory Testing and 3D Numerical Models
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Hydraulic Fracture Simulation Revisited
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Observations of Hydraulic Fracture Initiation and Propagation in a Brittle Polymer
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Surveillance and Diagnostics of Permanent Bottomhole Gauge Data Coupled with Geomechanical Modeling to Identify Sources of Formation Damage
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Study of Wellbore Stability due to Drilling Fluid/Shale Interactions
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Multi-fracture propagation modeling: Applications to hydraulic fracturing in shales and tight gas sands
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Tunnel Design and Construction in a Franciscan Melange
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Laboratory Observation of CO2 Phase Transition Induced Seismic Velocity Change
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Effects of the Sub-porosity on Wave Propagation Across a Fracture
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Measuring coupled geochemical alteration and geomechanical deformation in discrete variable-aperture fractures
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Development of borehole tangential deformation gage and its application for determining the stress in rock
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
onitoring Steam Injection Deformation Using Microseismicity and Tiltmeters
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Various Nozzle Designs for High Pressure Waterjet Scaling of Loose Rocks from Mine Openings
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Tunnel stability analysis using a method coupling Block Theory and 3D DDA
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Evaluation of Åknes rock slide hazard using event trees
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
A new analytical method for analysis of flexural toppling failure in rock slopes
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Modeling Rock and Drill Cutter Behavior
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Some aspects on model uncertainty in the calculation of block stability using Kinematics Limit Equilibrium
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Joint Inversion of Downhole Tiltmeter and Microseismic Data and its Application to Hydraulic Fracture Mapping in Tight Gas Sand Formation
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Development of Three-Dimensional Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (3-D DDA) with 3rd Order Displacement Function
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Use of Innovative Numerical Modelling and Rock Mass Characterization Approaches for Design of Foundations within Weak Coralline Limestones
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Reproducibility in Rock Mass Classification
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Failure mechanism following peak strength in Carboniferous-Permian soft rock
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Proppant Placement During Tight Gas Shale Stimulation: Literature Review And Speculation
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Franciscan complex, California: Problems in recognition of melanges, and the gap between research knowledge and professional practice
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Microseismic Monitoring of a Controlled Collapse at Ocnele Mari, Romania
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Characterizing excavation-induced perturbations around a short tunnel in an overconsolidated clay shale
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Modeling of Stability of Junctions in Multilateral Wells using Finite Element
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Observation and modeling of the hydraulic fracture tip in sand
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Parallel Finite Element Methods for Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical (THM) Coupled Problems: MPI Concepts on Different Parallel Computer Platforms
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
A simplified hydro-mechanical approach taking into account gas effect in underground waste disposal
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Salt Mechanics and Casing Deformation in Solution-Mined Gas Storage Operations
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Photogrammetric Mapping and Geological Characterization of Foundation Blocks in the Right Abutment of East Canyon Dam
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Management of High Stress and Seismicity at Vale Inco Creighton Mine
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
Creep of rocksalt at low temperatures
Paper presented at the The 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium (USRMS), San Francisco, California, June 2008.
