Geomechanica wishes to direct your attention to the latest issue of the Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering , which features a series of papers involving the application of advanced numerical modelling to various geomechanics and geoscience problems (Volume 6, Issue 6 – pp. 493-616 [December 2014]).

Geomechanica’s collaborative research and development efforts are featured in the following three papers:

• Andrea Lisjak, Daniel Figi, Giovanni Grasselli (2014). “Fracture development around deep underground excavations: Insights from FDEM modelling”. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. (DOI:10.1016/j.jrmge.2014.09.003)
• Qi Zhao, Andrea Lisjak, Omid Mahabadi, Qinya Liu, Giovanni Grasselli (2014).“Numerical simulation of hydraulic fracturing and associated microseismicity using finite-discrete element method”. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. (DOI:10.1016/j.jrmge.2014.10.003)
• Omid Mahabadi, Patrick Kaifosh, Paul Marschall, Tim Vietor (2014). “Three-dimensional FDEM numerical simulation of failure processes observed in Opalinus Clay laboratory samples”. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. (DOI:10.1016/j.jrmge.2014.10.005)

Please note that the Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering is an open access journal. Thus, anyone can download the full PDF version of the above papers free of charge.