Symmetries and Asymmetries in Rock Mechanics
A Special Issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994) belonging to the section "F: Engineering and Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2027 | Viewed by 32
Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the continued expansion of deep-resource extraction and underground-space utilization, the in situ stress regimes, geological structures, and engineering disturbances affecting rock masses have become increasingly complex. Symmetry and asymmetry are ubiquitous intrinsic attributes of rocks and rock masses across multiple scales. They are manifested in many dimensions, including microstructures, fracture networks, the spatial distribution of rock strata, stress and deformation fields, multiphysics coupling responses, and engineering applications, and are therefore of considerable importance to research on the mechanical behavior, deformation evolution, energy transfer, and engineering stability of rock masses. In particular, under the combined effects of complex stress environments and dynamic disturbances, the damage evolution, failure processes, and instability modes of rock masses often exhibit pronounced asymmetric characteristics; their underlying mechanisms remain a central topic of ongoing research in rock mechanics. To foster academic exchange in rock mechanics and promote innovation in theoretical research and technological applications, the journal Symmetry plans to publish a Special Issue entitled “Symmetries and Asymmetries in Rock Mechanics.” We welcome original research and review articles on the symmetric and asymmetric structures of rocks and rock masses, their mechanical responses, damage and failure behavior, stability analysis, and engineering applications.
Dr. Yingyuan Wen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- rock mechanics
- symmetry and asymmetry
- rock mass structure
- fracture development and evolution
- stress and deformation fields
- dynamic disturbances
- damage and failure
- rock mass stability
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