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June 26–29, 2016
Houston, Texas
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50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium
Intake Slope Stabilization and Spillway Cut in Rock for Hydropower Projects
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
A Fluid-Solid Coupled Approach for Numerical Modeling of Near-Wellbore Hydraulic Fracturing and Flow Dynamics with Adaptive Mesh Refinement
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The Effect of Cyclic Pressure Drop on Shear Activation of Natural Fractures
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Performance Analysis of Multiple Rock Caverns for Thermal Energy Storage
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New Techniques for Monitoring and Analyzing the Stability of Steep Cliffs against Rock Falls
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Comparisons of Biot's Coefficients of Bakken Core Samples Measured by Three Methods
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Modeling Multiple Curved Fractures Connected through a Wellbore Using a Fluid-Coupled XFEM Algorithm
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A Comparison Study of Extended Leak-Off Tests in Permeable and Impermeable Formations
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Geomechanical Impacts of a Welding Salt Layer on Adjacent Sediments
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Critical Issues in Subsurface Integrity
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Numerical Study of Flow Rate Distribution for Simultaneous Multiple Fracture Propagation in Horizontal Wells
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The Environmental Block in Coupled Geomechanics Workflows
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Application of Discrete Fracture Networks (DFN) In the Stability Analysis of Delabole Slate Quarry, Cornwall, UK
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The Effect of Smooth-Joint Parameters on the Mechanical Behavior of Jointed Rock
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Pore-Pressure Prediction Based on Seismic Velocities Coupled with Geomechanical Modeling
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High-Resolution Numeric Simulation of a Standard Rockfall Test Setup
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Geomechanical Anisotropy of Utica Shale from Static and Dynamic Measurements
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Using Maximal Inscribed Spheres for Image-Based Compaction Forecasting
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Laboratory Investigation on Effective Stress in Middle Bakken: Implications on Poroelastic Stress Changes due to Depletion and Injection
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Experimental Study of Hydraulic Fracture Containment in Layered Reservoirs
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Acoustic Emission Characterization of Frozen Sandstone in Compression Test
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Theoretical Development on Morphology of Wellbore Toroidal Breakout
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Research on Comprehensive Gas Control Model at First Mining Face of Lower Protective Seam in Seam Group with High Gas
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A Method of Triaxial Testing for Determining Constitutive Parameters of Anisotropic Rocks Using a Single Specimen
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Numerical Modeling of Newberry Egs Stimulation
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Numerical Studies of the Deformation of Salt Bodies with Embedded Carbonate or Anhydrite Stringers
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Influence of Laboratory-Induced Maturation on Rock-Physics of Organic-Rich Chalks
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Ultrasonic Velocity Measurement of Sidewall Cores for Different Stress Paths
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Geomechanics Properties from Laboratory Testing of Soft Rocks from the Mount Messenger Formation, New Zealand
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A Revised Method of In-Situ Stress Determination from Drilling-Induced Fractures: A Case Study of High Temperature and Low Permeability Formation Drilling
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Laboratory Scale Hydraulic Fracture of Marcellus Shale
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Tensile Mechanical Behavior of Kerogen and Its Potential Implication to Fracture Opening in Kerogen-Rich Shales (KRS)
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Shale Instability of Deviated Wellbores in Southern Iraqi Fields
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Development and Application of a Site-Specific Rock Mass Classification Scheme for Wylfa Newydd New Build Nuclear Power Station in the UK
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Open Pit Mining through Historic Underground Workings
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AE Investigation of Multi-Wellbore Hydraulic Fractures at the Laboratory Scale
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Application of a Fast Marching Method to Model the Development of the Fracture Zone at the Edges of Tabular Mine Excavations
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Integrated Geomechanical Characterization for Vaca Muerta Fm.: Shale Oil Well Integration from Logs, Core, and Pressures for Fracture Optimization
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Numerical Analysis of Borehole Breakouts with Size-Dependent Compressive Strength
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Polymer-Gel Remediation of CO2 Migration through Faults and Caprock: Numerical Simulations Addressing Feasibility of Novel Approaches
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Sphere Indentation - The Hertzian Stress Field and the Effect of Far-Field Confining Stress
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Triaxial Tests for Shales after Pore Plugging with Nanomaterials: An Example of Rock Characterization on Cuttings-Size Samples
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Laboratory Characterization and Detection of Fractures through Combined Ultrasonic and Triaxial-Stress Testing
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Damage and Healing Model of Stiffness and Permeability for Salt Rock: Microstructure Imaging, Fabric Processes and Continuum Mechanics
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Cyclic Permeability and Porosity Hysteresis in Mudrocks – Experimental Study
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Up-Scaling DEM Simulations
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A New Reservoir Scale Model for Fracture Propagation and Stress Reorientation in Injection Wells
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Critical State Modeling of Sedimentary Rock Incorporating Healing and Decay of Rock Structure
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Slaking of Mudstone and Its Mechanical Consequences in 1D Compression Condition
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Factors Affecting the Loading Rate Dependence of Rock Strength
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XFEM Simulation of Blast-Induced Crack Propagation in Rocks
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Laboratory Testing of Surrogate Non-Degraded Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Materials
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Coupled Geomechanics and Fluid Flow Computational Algorithm for Hydraulic Fracturing Simulations: Case Studies
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Modelling Cement Hardening in Pre-Salt Wells
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Laboratory-Scale Hydraulic Fracturing: Experiment and Numerical Modeling
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Improved Model for Performance Prediction during Mechanical Excavation in Weak Rock
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Application of 3D Random Voronoi Tessellated Models for Simulation of Hydraulic Fracture Propagation within the Distinct Element Formulation
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Measurement of Grain Compressibility of Fine-Grained Rock
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Connection of Elastic and Thermal Properties of Bentheimer Sandstone Using Effective Medium Theory (Rock Physics)
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A Coupled Nonlocal Damage Model for Hydraulic Fracture Propagation
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Optimal Sample Size for Managing Uncertainty in Hoek-Brown Strength Parameters
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3D Poroelastic Simulation and Analysis of Multiple Fracture Propagation and Refracturing of Closely-Spaced Horizontal Wells
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Distinct Element Method Based Stability Analysis of Tunnels in a Deep Coal Mine in China
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Evaluation of a Modeling Framework Capturing the Evolution of Permeability in Crushable Granular Solids
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Construction of a Geological Information Management System and Application to Construction Sites
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On Size-Dependent Uniaxial Compressive Strength of Sedimentary Rocks in Reservoir Geomechanics
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Numerical Modeling of Thermal and Mechanical Effects in Laser-Rock Interaction – An Overview
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Effect of Cleavage Anisotropy on Hydraulic Fracturing Behavior of Pocheon Granite
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Crown Pillar Optimization for Surface to Underground Mine Transition in Erzincan/Bizmisen Iron Mine
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Effects of a Three-Dimensional Velocity Structure on the Locations of Coal Mining-Induced Seismicity
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Well Stimulation in Tight Formations: A Dynamic Approach
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Uncertainty Quantification and Inverse Modeling of Fault Poromechanics and Induced Seismicity: Application to a Synthetic Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Problem
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3D Thermo-Poromechanical Analysis of Reservoir Stimulation Using Damage Mechanics with Application to the Fenton Hill HDR Experiment
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Bakken Formation Shales Nano-Scale Analysis Understand Mechanical Parameters
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Three-Dimensional Bonded-Particle Discrete Element Modeling of Transversely Isotropic Rock: Verification and Application to Laboratory Test on Shale
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Laboratory Study on Cyclic Hydraulic Fracturing of Pocheon Granite in Korea
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A Fully Coupled Hydro-Mechanical Model for Discrete Fractured Porous Rock Masses Based on Numerical Manifold Method
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Simulation of Mode II Unconstrained Fracture Path Formation Coupled with Continuum Anisotropic Damage Propagation in Shale
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Evaluating the Effect of Earthquakes on Open Pit Mine Slopes
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A Novel Approach to Model DFNs Validating the Geological Evolution with Present Day Fracture Distributions
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Mechanisms-Based Fracture Model for Geological Materials
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Including a Stochastic Discrete Fracture Network into One-Way Coupled Poromechanical Modeling of Injection-Induced Shear Re-Activation
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Chemo-Mechanical Damage and Healing of Granular Salt: Micro-Macro Modeling
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Influence of Boundary Constraint Stiffness on Stress Heterogeneity Modelling
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Fracturing Fluids Effects on Mechanical Properties of Organic Rich Shale
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Numerical Modeling of Hydraulic Fracture Propagation from Horizontal Wells in Anisotropic Shale
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Mining Data in a Longwall Coal Mine to Predict Intersection Stability
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Investigation of Beam Specimen Geometries under Four-Point Asymmetric Bending for Shear Mode Fracture Toughness Measurements of Rocks
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Expansion of Geotechnical Knowledge by Data Mining of a Geology Database
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Geomechanics of Heave due to the Use of Pyritic Mudstone, Ireland
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Study of Stress Shadow Effects in Eagle Ford Shale: Insight from Field Data Analysis
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Reducing Breakdown Pressure and Fracture Tortuosity by In-Plane Perforations and Cyclic Pressure Ramping
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Study on the Inter-Relations between Post-Peak Behavior and Strength Parameter Evolution of Rocks
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Sample Preparation Method of Clay-Rich Sandstone Analogue of Sandstone Reservoirs in Kazakhstan
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Evaluating Constitutive Models for Simulation of Water Injection in Land Facies Karamay Oil Sand Reservoirs
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Predictions of Rock Permeability by THMC Model considering Pressure Solution
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Multidisciplinary Interpretation of a Tight Gas Reservoir to Understand Its Production Behavior, Northwestern Africa. A Change of an Old Paradigm Model.
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On the Application of Rockfall Risk Assessment Techniques from Field Observation and Quarry Experience
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3D Geomechanics Completion Quality Mapping
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Experimental Study of Volume Effect on the Water-Sand Seepage Characteristics in Broken Rock Mass
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Continuum/Discrete Numerical Simulation of Columnar Basalt in Large-Scale Underground Excavations
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Directional Equivalent Permeability of Discrete Fracture Networks
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Laboratory Gas Migration Experiments through Intact and Fractured Rock
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Density of Induced Earthquake Hypocenters as a Proxy for Pore Pressure Increase during Well Stimulation
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Partial Annular Cracks around Cemented Casing Interfaces
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Estimating the Height of Mining Induced Connective Fracturing
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Study on Stability and Treatment Project for Yangnangou Tunnel Portal Slope of Shiyan to Baihe Road in Hubei Province
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Stress Initialization in Geomechanics Using the Adjoint-State Method
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Data Driven Approaches to Designing Large Open Pit Slopes – Lessons from Engineering Geology
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Case Study: Mechanisms of Dilution at Henderson Mine
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Experimental Characterization of Toughness Profile for Hydraulic Fracturing of Shales
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Water Weakening Triggers Mechanical Instability in Laboratory Fluid Substitution Experiments on a Weakly-Consolidated Sandstone
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Numerical Three-Point Bending Test of Fracture Process Zone in Post-Peak Deformation of Rock
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Multi-Scale Modeling of Time-Dependent Behavior of Claystones
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An Algorithm for the Calculation of Material Tangent Stiffness Tensor Using Extended Sandler-Rubin Cap Plasticity Model in Finite Element Analysis
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Micro-Mechanical Analysis of Salt Creep Tests with a Joint-Enriched Finite Element Model
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Utilize an Integrated Geomechanical Wellbore Model to Analyze the Horizontal Borehole Failure Regions of Laminated Heterogeneous Shale Formation
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Wear of Geo-Materials by Mechanical Impulse
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Numerical Modeling of Borehole Breakout in Ductile Formation considering Fluid Seepage and Damage-Induced Permeability Change
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Well Integrity Analysis: 3D Numerical Modeling of Cement Interface Debonding
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A 3-D Poro-Elasto-Plastic Model for Sand Production around Open-Hole and Cased & Perforated Wellbores
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Non-linear Shear Strength Descriptions Are Still Needed in Petroleum Geomechanics, despite 50 Years of Linearity
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Historical Developments of True Triaxial Testing Machines – Challenges and Improvements
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Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Hydro-Thermally Induced Shear Stimulation
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Laboratory Scale Investigation of Enhanced Geothermal Reservoir Stimulation
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Mechanical Behavior and Microstructure Development in Consolidation of Nominally Dry Granular Salt
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Geomechanical Prediction of Thermal Induced Fractures in a Reservoir
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Ultrasonic Velocity and Anisotropy of Organic-rich Chalks
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Implementing a Universal Tip Asymptotic Solution into an Implicit Level Set Algorithm (ILSA) For Multiple Parallel Hydraulic Fractures
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Using Ellipsoidal Inclusion Model to Study Shale Gas Mechanical Anisotropy
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Breakage Mechanics Modeling of the Brittle-ductile Transition in Granular Materials
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Influence of Embankment Loading on the Hydro-Mechanical Response of a NATM Tunnel in Saturated Ground
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Modeling of Natural Fracture Propagation under Sedimentation
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Comparing Laboratory Hydraulic Fracturing and Brazilian Test Tensile Strengths
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New Performance Criterion for Thin Spray-on Liners: Tensile Toughness
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A Probabilistic Assessment of the Casing Integrity in a Pre-salt Wellbore
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The In-Situ Stress Response of Reservoirs to Pressure Reduction Followed by Pressure Increase: Depletion and Rebound Stress Paths from Two Case Studies
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Impact of Fracture Interactions, Rock Anisotropy and Heterogeneity on Hydraulic Fracturing: Some Insights from Numerical Simulations
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The Effects of Stress Changes and Natural Fractures on Hydraulic Fracture Interactions
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Incorporating Universal Scaling of Fracture Stiffness and Surface Roughness Effects for Improved Productivity Prediction in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
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Thermal Effects on Sand Prediction
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Simulations and Case Studies for Enhancing Production in a Stress-Sensitive Fractured Carbonated Reservoir
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Determining Minimum and Maximum Horizontal Stress Magnitudes from Borehole Sonic Measurements in Organic Shales
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Investigation of Thermal Effects of Fluid Injection into Unconsolidated Formation in Microscopic Numerical Models
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A Novel Mesh Generation Algorithm for Field-Level Coupled Flow and Geomechanics Simulations
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Barite Nano-Micro Particles with LCM Seals Fractured Form Better in Weighted Water Based Drilling Fluids
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Potential Directional Drilling Benefits of Barite Nanoparticles in Weighted Water Based Drilling Fluids
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Nanoparticles in Weighted Water Based Drilling Fluids Increase Loss Gradient
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Rotary Sidewall Coring and Its Use in Real-Time Strength Estimation
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The Application of Statistical and Computational Techniques for Analysis of Pre-Driven Longwall Recovery-Room Stability and Support Options
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Nonlinear Elasticity Theory: Two-Velocity Model of Microfractured Porous Saturated Media
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Effect of Non-linear Plasticity of Clay on Collapse Gradient for Deep Water Drilling
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Analysis of Roof Control Plans for Improved Stability at Four-Way Coal Mine Intersections
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Implementation of a Full-Dome, Sonar-Based Finite Element Geomechanical Model to Analyze Cavern and Well Stability at the West Hackberry SPR Site
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Influence of Recycled Rubber Tire Morphology on the Mechanical Properties of Well Cements
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Integrated Evaluation of Haynesville Shale with Special Emphasis on Anisotropy
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Well Strengthening in Gas Wells from near Wellbore Drying
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
A Hydro-mechanical Erosion Analytical Model for Sand Prediction
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Laboratory Creep Strain Rate versus Deviatoric Stress for Sylvinite and Halite at Room and Elevated Temperature
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Considerations on Slope Stability in a Jointed Rock Mass
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Stability Evaluation of Two Parallel Declines Joining Multi-Workings with Low Interburden Thickness
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Omission of Wellbore Block for Computational Efficiency in Big Hill Strategic Petroleum Reserve Model
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Roof Collapse Modeling with FLAC3D
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Monitoring the Hydration Process and Shear Wave Evolution in Cemented Paste Backfill.
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Enhanced Study of Rock Elastic Anisotropy
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Investigation on a Slope Movement in a Complex Rock Formation: Modeling of the Deformation Mode and Remedial Measures
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
3-D Displacement Comparison between Modeling and Field Data for an Open Pit Mine in USA
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
3-D Discontinuum Numerical Modeling of Ore Extraction, Backfilling and Subsidence in an Underground Iron Mine in China
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Rock Mechanics Investigations for Pre-mining Support and Mechanization of Underground Operations in Narrow and Weak Manganese Deposits of MOIL Limited, India
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Stress State Analysis of a Fault Plane with Large Induced Seismicity
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Hydraulic Fracturing in CO2 Geological Storage
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Distribution and Properties of Faults and Fractures in Shales: Permeability Model and Implications for Optimum Flow Stimulation by Hydraulic Fracturing
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Fully Coupled Geomechanics and Reservoir Simulation for Naturally and Hydraulically Fractured Reservoirs
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Accurate Forecasts of Stress Accumulation during Slurry Injection Operations
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Thermal Effects during Hydraulic Fracturing in Low-Permeability Brittle Rocks
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Load-Rate Dependence of Rock Tensile Strength Testing: Experimental Evidence and Implications of Kinetic Fracture Theory
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Translating Laboratory Compaction Test Results to Field Scale
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Size Effects on Triaxial Strength Measurements and Brittle-Ductile Behavior of Carbonate Rock
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
A Fracture Mechanics Based Slope Stability Analysis with Application to Reclaimed Steep-Slopes
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Introduction of New Roughness Parameters to Quantify Rock Joints Surface Using Fourier Analysis
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Numerical Modeling of Land Subsidence Resulting from Oil Production
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Empirical Slope Design for Hard and Soft Rocks Using Q-slope
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Induced Stresses near Staged Fractures and Impacts on SRV Region in Low-permeability (Tight, Fractured and Shale) Formations
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Modeling Induced Microseismicity in an Enhanced Geothermal System
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Rock Mass Modeling Approach for Simulating Wave Propagation, Rock Fracture, and Rock Ejection.
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Framework for Simulating Fracture, Ejection, and Restraint of Rock around a Mine Drift Subjected to Seismic Loading
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Evolution of Relay Zones in Normal Faulted Terranes: Integrating Field Geological Studies with Forward Geomechanical Models
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
NonEuclidean Model of Inelastic Deformations Applied to Rock Cutting
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Pore Pressure and Reservoir Location and Their Relation to the Combined Basin Compaction and Formation Thermal Properties: Heat Flux and Thermal Conductivity
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Dilation of Shales under Triaxial Compression
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Longwall Caving in Potash Mining – Geomechanical Assessment of Damage and Barrier Integrity
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Rocksalt Creep, Uncertainties, and Their Implications for Surface Subsidence above a Producing Rocksalt-Capped Reservoir
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Deep Borehole Disposal in Salt Rocks
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Acoustic Velocities and Pillar Monitoring on the 4850 Level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Hydraulic Fracture Growth and Containment Design in Unconventional Reservoirs
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Effect of Confining Stress on Sand-Fiber Proppant Placement in a Deformable Fracture
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
A Methodology to Select Valid Results from Lab Tests to Estimate Properties of Intact Rock with Microdefects
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
N-Porosity and N-Permeability Generalized Wellbore Stability Analytical Solutions and Applications
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Cohesion and Fracturing in a Transparent Jointed Rock Analogue
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Mitigation of the Thermomechanical Impacts of the Rock Melt Borehole Sealing System
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Deformation Properties of Saw-Cut Fractures in Barnett, Mancos and Pierre Shales
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Branch Line Analysis of Faults and Fractures
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Exploring the Link between Permeability and Strength Evolution during Fracture Shearing
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Influence of Hydrostatic Confining Pressure on the Dynamic Tensile Failure of Rock Material
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Coupled Reservoir Simulation of Geomechanics and Fluid Flow in Organic-Rich Rocks: Impact of Gas Desorption and Stress Changes on Permeability during Depletion
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Impact of Flow Regimes on Coal Fines Generation during Coal Seam Gas Production Process
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Use of Coupled Geomechanics and Fluid Flow Model for Optimization of Multistage Hydraulic Fracturing and Horizontal Wells in Enhanced Geothermal System Applications
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Rock Brittleness Capacity upon Compressive Fracture Energy Dissipation to Assess Drilling Efficiency
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
A Comparison of Short-Term and Long-Term Creep Experiments in Unconventional Reservoir Formations
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Lessons from Larger than Expected Subsidence due to Production of Halite and Natural Gas in Fryslân
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Modernized Mechanical Testing of Kerogen-Rich Shales (KRS) By Monitoring in Situ Microscale Tensile Failures
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Use of Geological Strength Index to Characterize the Miami Limestone for Shallow Foundation Design
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Development of a Fully-Coupled, Hydro-Mechanical Model for Finite-Discrete Element Simulations of Fluid-driven Fracturing
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Improvements in Data Collection for Geotechnical Pit Slope Stability Assessment
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Support Design and Mining Practices in Bad Ground Conditions: A Case of Zimbabwe Room and Pillar Mining
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Importance of Fluid Compressibility and Multi-Phase Flow in Numerical Modeling of Hydraulic Fracture Propagation
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Stability Analysis and Preliminary Support Design for Longhole Stoping Prefeasibility Study of a Greenfield Platinum Project
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Methods for FEM Stress Initialization Based on Stress Functions, and Application to a Reservoir Cross-Section
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Numerical Modeling of Microearthquakes by Using Coupled Geomechanics Simulation for Planar Fracture Propagation
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Application of Electrical and Electromagnetic Geophysical Methods for Detecting Hydraulically-Active Fractured Zones
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Numerical Investigation of Potential Cement Failure along the Wellbore and Gas Leak during Hydraulic Fracturing of Shale Gas Reservoirs
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Rigorous Modeling of Coupled Flow and Geomechanics in Largely Deformable Anisotropic Geological Systems
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Modelling of a Drill Bit Blaster
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Comparison of Different Methods to Estimate Uniaxial Compressive Strength in a Barnett Shale
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Use of a Swarm Algorithm to Reduce the Drilling Time through Measurable Improvement in Rate of Penetration
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Wellbore Geomechanics of Extended Drilling Margins and Engineered Lost Circulation Solutions
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Calibration of Stiffness and Strength for Layered Rocks
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Influence of Mineral Compositions of Rocks on Mechanical Properties
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Stability of Borehole with Breakouts – An Experimental and Numerical Modelling Study
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Development of Biogrouting Using Plant-Derived Urease and Calcium Phosphate Compound
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Study on Hydraulic Fracturing of Large-Size Coal Mass Containing Natural Macro-Fracture
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Hydro-Mechanical Modeling of Hydraulic Injection inside a Fault Zone
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Numerical Estimation of Structural Integrity of Salt Cavern Wells
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Preliminary Investigation of Dynamic Characteristics of Leaching Strings for Solution Mining of Salt Cavern Storage
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
3D Hydro-Mechanical Modeling of Multiple Injections
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
How Creeping Shale May Form a Sealing Barrier around a Well
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Analysis of Vertical Well Collapse Volume in Radial Porous Media Flows of a High Pressure Gas
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Monitoring of Fracture Reopening in Sandstones
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Computational Advances and Data Analytics to Reduce Subsurface Uncertainty
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Modeling of Near-Wellbore Fracture Reorientation Using a Fluid-Coupled 2D XFEM Algorithm
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Friction-Permeability Relationships for Reservoir Caprocks
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Where Does the Stress Path Lead? Irreversibility and Hysteresis in Reservoir Geomechanics
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Thomsen's Delta-Dependent Stress Anisotropy for Orthorhombic Hydrocarbon Reservoirs
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Creep Experiments on Welded Nonlithophysal Topopah Spring Tuff
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Backfill Composition Effects on Backfill Optimisation in Massive Mining
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Comparison of Pressure, Flow Rate, Stepped, and Oscillatory Control Methods for Fracture Permeability Measurements at Triaxial Stress Conditions
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Notched Specimen Hydraulic Fracturing Method for Conducting Mechanical and Hydrological Experiments at Triaxial Reservoir Conditions
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Coupling Elasticity and Fluid Flow for a 3D Hydraulic Fracturing Solver
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Creating a Digital Outcrop Model by Using Hyper-Spectrometry and Terrestrial LiDAR
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Time-Dependent Deformation of Pierre Shale as Determined by Long-Duration Creep Tests
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Fracturing of Migmatite Monitored by Acoustic Emission and Ultrasonic Sounding
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Microcracking and Stress - Strain Response of Thermally Loaded Granitic Rock: In Situ and Laboratory Experiments
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Influence of Sorptive Tendency of Porous Medium on Hydraulic Properties of Shale
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Workflow on Incorporating Thick-Walled Cylinder Test Results in Finite Element Models of near Wellbore for Sanding Prediction Studies
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Development of a New Fully-Parallel Finite-Discrete Element Code: Irazu
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Estimating Drilling Conditions Based on Forward Modeling along Wells, a Case Study including Mechanical and Chemical Compaction.
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Fault Stability Assessment for Well Planning: A Case Study Related to Salt Structures
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Simulation of Dynamic Triggering of Acoustic Emissions Using a Bonded-Particle Method
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Coupling a Fluid Flow Simulation with a Geomechanical Model of a Fractured Reservoir
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Properties of Immediate above Seam Strata and Their Relationship to Ground Control at San Juan Mine
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Studies of Seismicity Generated by Unstable Failures around Circular Excavations
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Acoustic Emission Geomechanics of Hydraulic Fracturing in the Laboratory
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Use of Seismic Deformation and Stress Inversion Analysis to Help Improve the Understanding of Rock Mass Response to Excavation
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.
Modeling of Swelling Rocks for Group Pier Foundation Applications
Paper presented at the 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, Texas, June 2016.