The aim of the Journal is to publish research results of the highest quality and of lasting importance on the subject of geomechanics, with the focus on applications to geological energy production and storage, and the interaction of soils and rocks with the natural and engineered environment. Special attention is given to concepts and developments of new energy geotechnologies that comprise intrinsic mechanisms protecting the environment against a potential engineering induced damage, hence warranting sustainable usage of energy resources.
The scope of the journal is broad, including fundamental concepts in geomechanics and mechanics of porous media, the experiments and analysis of novel phenomena and applications. Of special interest are issues resulting from coupling of particular physics, chemistry and biology of external forcings, as well as of pore fluid/gas and minerals to the solid mechanics of the medium skeleton and pore fluid mechanics. The multi-scale and inter-scale interactions between the phenomena and the behavior representations are also of particular interest. Contributions to general theoretical approach to these issues, but of potential reference to geomechanics in its context of energy and the environment are also most welcome.
The purpose of the Journal is to foster scientific understanding of various processes in geomaterials, both induced by technology and natural, and their relationship to the underlying mechanisms. The intrinsic nature of coupling of chemical, biological, thermal and mechanical properties, variables and fields distinguishes the related problems from those in classical geomechanics. Thus, emphasis is placed on the development and fusion of fundamental concepts in mechanics, physics, geochemistry and geo-biology and applications of such concepts to novel technologies related to geological energy production and storage as well as to the prevention of the damage to the environment, in which solid and fluid mechanics of geomaterials is of relevance.
Writers and Readers
Geo-scientists, civil -, petroleum-, geotechnical - geological - mining- and rock- engineers, hydrologists, soil physicists, geophysicists.
Editorial board
Editors-in-Chief
- Professor Lyesse Laloui
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland - Professor Tomasz Hueckel
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States
Editorial Policy Advisors
- Professor E. Alonso
Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain - Dr. J. Birkholzer
E O Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States - Professor E. Detournay
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States - Professor A. Gens
Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain - Professor J. F. Labuz
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States - Professor K. Rowe
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada - Professor A.P.S. Selvadurai
McGill University, Montreal, Canada, <br /> The Royal Society of Canada, Canadian Academy of Engineering, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications</BR> - Professor J. Sulem
Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Marne La Vallee, France
Editorial Advisors
- Professor R.I. Borja
Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States - Professor P. Bourne-Webb
University of Lisbon Higher Technical Institute, Lisboa, Portugal - Dr. D. Dewhurst
CSIRO Australian Resources Research Centre, Bentley, Australia - Dr. R. Ewy
Chevron Energy Technology Co, Houston, Texas, United States - Professor A. Ferrari
Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland - Professor A. Gajo
University of Trento, Trento, Italy - Professor E. C. Leong
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore - Professor J.S. McCartney
University of California San Diego Department of Structural Engineering, San Diego, California, United States - Professor R.L. Michalowski
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States - Professor C. W.W. Ng
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong, Hong Kong - Professor E. Papamichos
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Department of Civil Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece - Professor P. Papanastasiou
University of Cyprus Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nicosia, Cyprus - Professor J-M. Pereira
Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Marne La Vallee, France - Professor S. Pietruszczak
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - Professor E. Romero Morales
Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain - Dr. J. Rutqvist
E O Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States - Professor M. Sanchez
Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, Texas, United States - Professor K. Soga
University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States - Dr. S. Tripathy PhD
Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom - Dr. M. Villar
Research Centre for Energy Environment and Technology, Madrid, Spain - Professor R. Wan
University of Calgary Schulich School of Engineering, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Early Career Editorial Associate
- Assist. Prof. Sheng Dai
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States - Dr. Silvio Giger
National Co-operative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, Wettingen, Switzerland - Dr. Guillermo A. Narsilio
The University of Melbourne Melbourne School of Engineering, Melbourne, South Australia, Australia - Professor Alessandro F. Rotta Loria
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States - Dr. Dimitrios Terzis PhD
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland - Dr. Manolis Veveakis
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States - Prof. Dr. Marie Violay
Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland