Symmetry and Geotechnical Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

Disaster prevention and control in mining engineering is fundamentally controlled by the micro-scale fracture and damage evolution processes in rock masses. Traditional theories based on continuum mechanics face significant limitations when addressing the destructive behaviors caused by multi-scale defects in rock masses, such as joints, pores, and microcracks. In recent years, with the rapid development of microfracture mechanics modeling, multi-scale numerical simulations, experimental observation techniques, and risk prediction and prevention technologies driven by big data and intelligent methods, the academic community has gradually revealed the chain-like evolution process of rock damage, from microcrack initiation and development to macrofracture. This provides a new theoretical framework and technical pathway for understanding and predicting green mining operations. This Special Issue focuses on the frontier exploration and engineering applications of rock fracture mechanics in mining engineering, highlighting new methods and advancements in related research, including but not limited to the following areas:

• Multi-scale numerical simulation and experimental observation techniques for green mining blasting;
• Data-driven prediction methods and model construction for blasting effects in open-pit mining;
• Micro-scale fracture mechanisms and damage evolution laws of rock masses under freeze-thaw conditions;
• Grouting diffusion mechanisms and disaster prevention technologies in rock masses;
• Slope stability analysis and instability control research;
• Mechanisms of surrounding rock deformation in tunnels and stability control technologies;
• Ecological restoration and environmental effect research of gravel curtain layers.

Original work highlighting the latest research and technical development is encouraged, but review papers and comparative studies are also welcome.

Prof. Dr. Weiming Guan
Guest Editor

Dr. Haosen Wang
Co-Guest Editor

Dr. Xin Wang
Guest Editor Assistant

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