Coastal marine soft clays subjected to long-term storm wave loading often exhibit inclined initial principal stress orientation (α0) and subsequent cyclic principal stress rotation (PSR). These stress states critically influence soil mechanical...
The excavation of deep tunnels has significant spatial and temporal effects on the stress distribution of the surrounding rock. Accurately describing the distribution characteristics of the surrounding rock stress state is a key issue in analyzing th...
The orientation and relative magnitudes of paleo tectonic stresses in the western central region of the White Mountains of New Hampshire is reconstructed using the direct inversion method of fault slip analysis on 1–10-m long fractures exposed...
Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) extend geothermal energy beyond conventional hydrothermal resources but face challenges in creating sustainable heat exchangers in low-permeability formations. This review synthesizes achievements from the Utah Front...
This work presents a methodology for the generation of continuous fibre trajectories based on principal stress directions in continuous fibre-reinforced additive manufacturing (CFAM). The material system considered consists of continuous carbon fibre...
The faults in the post-rift period have an important controlling effect on the migration and accumulation of oil and gas in the shallow strata of Bohai Bay Basin. Based on the seismic interpretation data of Bozhong 19-6 Structural Belt, this paper an...
The original rock stress field is mainly divided into the σHZ-dominant stress field, the σZ-dominant stress field, and the σH-dominant stress field. Via theoretical analysis, the plastic zone morphology and the orientation of roadwa...
On 12 June 2021, an earthquake with MS 5.0 occurred in Yingjiang, adjacent to eastern Myanmar, where seismic activity is frequent due to plate collision. To explore the mechanism of this earthquake, the regional stress field of the Yingjiang zone was...
Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) was used to determine the orientation of mechanically twinned grains in Carrara marble experimentally deformed to a small strain (≤4%) at room temperature and at a moderate confining pressure (225 MPa). The...
Rigid low-density plastic foams subjected to mechanical loads typically exhibit a nonlinear deformation stage preceding failure. At moderate strains, when the geometrical nonlinearity is negligible, such foam response is predominantly caused by the n...
The development of fractures under multiple geological tectonic movements affects the occurrence and efficient production of free gas in deep coal reservoirs. Taking the No.8 deep coal seam of the Benxi formation in the Linxing area as the object, a...
Frozen loess is extensively distributed across seasonally frozen regions, where its mechanical behavior plays a critical role in the stability of engineering structures such as foundations, tunnels, and slopes. While the temperature-dependent strengt...
In this study an elastic-plastic stress analysis is carried out in an orthotropic composite cantilever beam loaded uniformly at the upper surface. An analytical solution is found satisfying both the governing differential equation in two dimensional...
On 16 September 2015, a Mw 8.3 interplate thrust earthquake ruptured offshore the Illapel region (Chile). Here, we perform coseismic slip fault modeling based on multi-orbit Sentinel 1-A (S1A) data. To do this, we generate ascending and descending S1...
To investigate the characteristics of the in-situ stress field in the lower rock mass of underground gas storage caverns at the Zhumadian compressed air energy storage (CAES) power station, and to predict the risk level of rockburst in the caverns fo...
Identifying and categorizing drilling-induced fractures is pivotal for understanding the mechanisms underlying wellbore instability, drilling fluid loss, and assessing reservoirs using imaging logging data. This study employs a linear elastic stress...
To address the challenge of asymmetric deformation and failure in the surrounding rock of main roadways within extra-thick coal seams caused by level differences under intense mining disturbance, this study systematically analyzed the evolution laws...
This study investigated the internal stress distribution of unidirectional fiber-reinforced plastics (UD-FRP) at the micro level using principal component analysis (PCA). The composite material was simulated using a representative volume element mode...
Deep underground engineering encounters substantial layered hard rock formations, and the engineering triaxial stress path involves an increase in maximum principal stress, constant intermediate principal stress, and a decrease in minimum principal s...
In this paper, a numerical method is proposed to simulate the mechanical behavior of a new polymeric pre-structured material manufactured by fused filament fabrication (FFF), where the filaments are oriented along the principal stress directions. The...
Aiming at some stress-induced failure phenomena in surrounding rock that occur during the construction of super-long and deep-buried tunnels, a method for estimating the in situ stress in the tunnels based on multivariate information integration is p...
In this paper, we characterized the natural fracture systems and inferred the state of in situ stress field through an integrated study in a very complex and heterogeneous fractured carbonate reservoir. Relative magnitudes and orientations of the in-...
We investigated the relationship between stratigraphy, stress, and microseismicity at the Hydraulic Fracture Test Site-1. The site comprises two sets of horizontal wells in the Wolfcamp shale and a deviated well drilled after hydraulic fracturing. Re...
Deep borehole cores are an important material basis for understanding deep stress conditions and rockburst risk; however, the complex environment of deep boreholes poses many challenges to traditional core orientation techniques, thus limiting the ap...
We determined inhomogeneity of strains around discontinuities as well as changes in orientation of collagen fibrils under applied load in skin. Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) images of collagen fibrils were obtained at different strain magnitudes....
Pure shear tests of textured magnesium AZ31B sheet samples were carried out using a 5 kN Kammrath & Weiss in situ tension-compression stage in a scanning electron microscope in combination with real-time electron backscatter diffraction lattice o...
During reservoir stimulation and long-term operation of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGSs), repeated injection of cold fluids induces cyclic thermal shock in the surrounding rock mass, leading to progressive modification of mechanical properties and...
This paper is a personal account of the origin and development of the twinned-calcite strain gauge, its experimental verification, and its relationship to stress analysis. The method allows the calculation of the three-dimensional deviatoric strain t...
The two-dimensional differential equation y’ = f(x,y) can be interpreted as a direction field. Commercial Finite Element (FE) programs can be used for this integration task without additional programming, provided that these programs have options for...
The presence of natural fractures can significantly affect the quality of hydraulic fracturing operations in tightsand and shale or oil/gas formations. This paper describes the procedure used to model natural fractures with continuum damage tensor an...
This article presents the numerical simulation and design of an ankle exoskeleton oriented to elderly users. For the design, anatomical measurements were taken from a user of this age group to obtain an ergonomic, resistant, and exceptionally reliabl...
Prior studies have noted that the principal stress orientations near the hydraulic fractures of well systems used for energy extraction may wander over time. Typically, the minimum and maximum principal stresses—in the horizontal map view—swap their...
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Policing is a stressful occupation, which impairs police officers’ physical/mental health and elicits burnout, aggressive behaviors and suicide. Resilience and coping facilitate the management of job stress policing, which can be operational or...
The anisotropic microstructure of bone, composed of collagen fibers and biological apatite crystallites, is an important determinant of its mechanical properties. Recent studies have revealed that the preferential orientation of collagen/apatite comp...
Deep shale reservoirs in the Luzhou Block are characterized by developed fractures and complex structure. Accurate identification and characterization of natural fractures in reservoirs are crucial for shale gas exploration and development. In this p...
Photoelasticity is a fast and powerful technique for internal stress detection and quality control in crystals; to fully exploit its possibilities, an appropriate theoretical analysis must be developed for different crystallographic structure and obs...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of biologically oriented preparation technique on the stress concentration of endodontically treated upper central incisors restored with zirconia crown (yttria-stabilized zirconia polycrystalline cera...
During blasting in deep mining and excavation, the rock masses usually suffer from high in situ stress. The initial seismic energy generated in deep rock blasting and its attenuation with distance is first theoretically analyzed in this study. Numeri...
The study of in situ stress from image logs is a key factor for understanding regional stresses and the exploitation of hydrocarbon resources. This work presents a comprehensive geomechanical analysis of two eastern Algerian hydrocarbon fields to inf...
Hot dry rock (HDR) is a promising renewable energy resource whose vast reserves and wide distribution have attracted extensive attention in recent years. However, exploiting HDR resources requires hydraulic stimulation, which is typically accompanied...
Polylactic acid (PLA) is one of the most widely used materials for fused filament fabrication (FFF) or fused deposition modeling (FDM), being recognized for its low carbon footprint, relatively low costs and good mechanical properties. Improving the...
The presence of complex discontinuity patterns, the inherent statistical nature of their geometrical parameters, the uncertainties involved in the estimation of the discontinuity geometrical and geo-mechanical properties and complex three dimensional...
Quantitative stylolite roughness inversion technique (SRIT) is a powerful tool that is increasingly used to determine burial depth and tectonic stress of rocks that contain stylolites. Despite the increasing use of SRIT, there is still a need to vali...
The drilling and blasting method is the mainstream approach for excavating deep-buried tunnels. Nevertheless, a complex static–dynamic coupling environment is formed by the directional high in situ stress and the widely distributed weakly inter...
This paper focuses on the analysis of the plasticity effect in the measurement of the residual stress by the hole-drilling method. Relaxed strains were evaluated by the computational simulation of the hole-drilling experiment using the finite element...
This study addresses the lack of detailed geodetic assessments of crustal strain accumulation along the central Yangsan Fault in southeastern Korea, an area of recognized but insufficiently characterized seismic potential. To tackle this, we applied...
This paper presents a damage-based failure criterion and its implementation in order to predict failure in ceramic matrix composites (CMC) manufactured via filament winding. The material behavior of CMCs is anisotropic and strongly depends on the ang...
Tectonic extrusion bypassing the eastern Himalayan syntaxis results in a significant increase in regional stress instability and the associated frequent occurrence of earthquakes in southern Yunnan, China. However, the stress field, and the relations...
We report a study using teleseismic P-wave receiver functions to infer the orientation of the maximum horizontal principal stress from the direction of upper crustal shear-wave velocity anisotropy. We apply an inverse approach using the Neighborhood...
The Qinghai–Xizang Plateau and its surrounding regions have experienced intense tectonic activity, resulting in complex geostress environments that cause frequent and distinctive rockburst disasters in plateau tunnel engineering. In this study,...
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