Abstract: Shales are the most common materials on the Earth's surface that are frequently encountered in various energy, environmental, and engineering applications. Numerically predicting the mechanical behavior of shales is of ...

Abstract: As a cost-effective rock-supporting method, rockbolts have been widely used in geotechnical and mining engineering. Better understanding the load-transfer mechanism of rockbolts is of great importance for improving the ...

Abstract: Overlapped subway shield tunnels are subjected to the dynamic impacts caused by running trains and are damaged during their long-term service life. In this paper, the dynamic response and cumulative damage evolution of the ...