[44] Chung, Jaehong, Michael Manga, Timothy Kneafsey, Tapan Mukerji, and Mengsu Hu*. "Deep learning forecasts the spatiotemporal evolution of fluid-induced microearthquakes." Communications Earth & Environment 6, no. 1 (2025): 643.
[43] Gee, Bruce, Mengsu Hu, and Michael Manga. "Power–Law Scaling of Fault Roughness Implies Strength Governs Roughness at Small Scales." Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (2025): 1-10.
[42] Hu, Mengsu, Jeoung-Seok Yoon, Tsubasa Sasaki, Hejuan Liu, Zhaofeng Wang, Jung-Wook Park, Chan-Hee Park, Jonny Rutqvist, Olaf Kolditz, Jens Birkholzer. " Benchmark Study of A New Simplified DFN Model for Shearing of Intersecting Fractures and Faults." Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment (2025).
[41] Hu, Mengsu, Xuhai Tang, Jonny Rutqvist. "Editorial: Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media." Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (2025). RMRE Version. Full Version_RMRE Editorial
[40] Vaezi, Iman, Keita Yoshioka, Silvia De Simone, Berta Gómez, Adriana Paluszny, Mohammadreza Jalali, Inga Berre, Jonny Rutqvist, Ki-Bok Min, Qinghua Lei, Roman Y. Makhnenko, Mengsu Hu, Chin-Fu Tsang, Víctor Vilarrasa. “A review of thermo-hydro-mechanical modeling of coupled processes in fractured rock: From continuum to discontinuum perspective.” Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (2025).
[39] Huang, Lizhi, Quansheng Liu, Carl Steefel, Yiwei Liu, Mengsu Hu, Shimin Liu, Yiheng Zhang, and Xuhai Tang. "Generating H2 during the CO2 sequestration in basalt formations." Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources 11, no. 1 (2025): 4.
[38] Kolditz, Olaf, Christopher McDermott, Jeoung Seok Yoon, Mostafa Mollaali, Wenqing Wang, Mengsu Hu, Tsubasa Sasaki et al. "A systematic model-and experimental approach to hydro-mechanical and thermo-mechanical fracture processes in crystalline rocks." Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment 41 (2025): 100616.
[37] Mital, Utkarsh, Mengsu Hu, Yves Guglielmi, James Brown, Jonny Rutqvist. "Modeling Injection-Induced Fault Slip using Long Short-Term Memory Networks." Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (2024).
[36] Wang, Ziyan, Mengsu Hu, and Carl Steefel. "Pore-scale modeling of reactive transport with coupled mineral dissolution and precipitation." Water Resources Research 60, no. 6 (2024): e2023WR036122.
[35] Hu, Mengsu, Tsubasa Sasaki, Jonny Rutqvist, Jens Birkholzer. " A New Simplified Discrete Fracture Model for Shearing of Intersecting Fractures and Faults." Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (2024): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-024-03889-4.
[34] Yu, Siqin, Mengsu Hu*, Carl I. Steefel, and Ilenia Battiato. "Unraveling residual trapping for geologic hydrogen storage and production using pore-scale modeling." Advances in Water Resources (2024): 104659.
[33] Tounsi, Hafssa, Jonny Rutqvist, Mengsu Hu, and Kristopher Kuhlman. "Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Modeling of Brine Migration in a Heated Borehole Test in Bedded Salt." Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (2023): 1-14.
[32] Mollaali, Mostafa, Olaf Kolditz, Mengsu Hu, Chan–Hee Park, Jung–Wook Park, Christopher Ian McDermott, Neil Chittenden et al. "Comparative verification of hydro-mechanical fracture behavior: Task G of international research project DECOVALEX–2023." International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 170 (2023): 105530.
[31] Tounsi, Hafssa, Svetlana Lerche, Ralf Wolters, Mengsu Hu, and Jonny Rutqvist. "Impact of the compaction behavior of crushed salt on the thermo-hydro-mechanical response of a generic salt repository for heat-generating nuclear waste." Engineering Geology 323 (2023): 107217.
[30] Tounsi, Hafssa, Jonny Rutqvist, Mengsu Hu, Ralf Wolters, and Svetlana Lerche. "Long-term sinking of nuclear waste canisters in salt formations by low-stress creep at high temperature." Acta Geotechnica 18, no. 7 (2023): 3469-3484.
[29] Hu, Mengsu, Carl I. Steefel, Jonny Rutqvist, and Benjamin Gilbert. "Microscale THMC modeling of pressure solution in salt rock: impacts of geometry and temperature." Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering 56, no. 10 (2023): 7071-7089.
[28] Jingjing Xu, Yiheng Zhang, Jonny Rutqvist, Mengsu Hu, Zhengzhi Wang, Xuhai Tang. "Thermally induced microcracks in granite and their effect on the macroscale mechanical behavior." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 128, no. 1 (2023): e2022JB024920.
[27] Hafssa Tounsi, Jonny Rutqvist, Mengsu Hu, Ralf Wolters. "Numerical investigation of heating and cooling-induced damage and brine migration in geologic rock salt: Insights from coupled THM modeling of a controlled block scale experiment." Computers and Geotechnics 154 (2023): 105161.
[26] Steefel, Carl I., and Mengsu Hu. "Reactive transport modeling of mineral precipitation and carbon trapping in discrete fracture networks." Water Resources Research 58, no. 9 (2022): e2022WR032321.
[25] Rinaldi, Antonio P., Jonny Rutqvist, Keurfon Luu, Laura Blanco-Martín, Mengsu Hu, Manuel L. Sentís, Leandra Eberle, and Philipp Kaestli. "TOUGH3-FLAC3D: a modeling approach for parallel computing of fluid flow and geomechanics." Computational Geosciences 26, no. 6 (2022): 1563-1580.
[24] Tang, Xuhai, Yiheng Zhang, Jingjing Xu, Jonny Rutqvist, Mengsu Hu, Zhengzhi Wang, and Quansheng Liu. "Determining Young's modulus of granite using accurate grain-based modeling with microscale rock mechanical experiments." International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 157 (2022): 105167.
[23] Qiao, Jiangmei, Xuhai Tang, Mengsu Hu, Jonny Rutqvist, and Zhiyuan Liu. "The hydraulic fracturing with multiple influencing factors in carbonate fracture-cavity reservoirs." Computers and Geotechnics 147 (2022): 104773.
[22] Tang, Xuhai, Siji Tao, Ping Li, Jonny Rutqvist, Mengsu Hu, and Lei Sun. "The propagation and interaction of cracks under freeze-thaw cycling in rock-like material." International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 154 (2022): 105112.
[21] Hu, Mengsu, Carl I. Steefel, and Jonny Rutqvist. "Microscale mechanical‐chemical modeling of granular salt: Insights for creep." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 126, no. 12 (2021): e2021JB023112.
[20] Hu, Mengsu, and Jonny Rutqvist. "Multi-scale coupled processes modeling of fractures as porous, interfacial and granular systems from rock images with the numerical manifold method." Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (2021): 1-19.
[19] Hu, Mengsu, Jonny Rutqvist, and Carl I. Steefel. "Mesh generation and optimization from digital rock fractures based on neural style transfer." Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering 13, no. 4 (2021): 912-919.
[18] Li, Tianjiao, Jonny Rutqvist, and Mengsu Hu. "TOUGH-RFPA: Coupled thermal-hydraulic-mechanical Rock Failure Process Analysis with application to deep geothermal wells." International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences 142 (2021): 104726.
[17] Tao, Siji, Xuhai Tang, Jonny Rutqvist, Quansheng Liu, and Mengsu Hu. "The influence of stress anisotropy and stress shadow on frost cracking in rock." Computers and Geotechnics 133 (2021): 103967.
[16] Hu, Mengsu, Carl I. Steefel, and Jonny Rutqvist. "Guest Editorial to the CouFrac 2018 Special Issue Coupled Thermal-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical Processes in Fractured Media: Microscale to Macroscale Numerical Modeling." Computational Geosciences 24 (2020): 1747-1749.
[15] Hu, Mengsu, and Jonny Rutqvist. "Microscale mechanical modeling of deformable geomaterials with dynamic contacts based on the numerical manifold method." Computational Geosciences 24 (2020): 1783-1797.
[14] Hu, Mengsu, and Jonny Rutqvist. "Numerical manifold method modeling of coupled processes in fractured geological media at multiple scales." Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering 12, no. 4 (2020): 667-681.
[13] Hu, Mengsu, and Jonny Rutqvist. "Finite volume modeling of coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical processes with application to brine migration in salt." Computational Geosciences 24 (2020): 1751-1765.
[12] Tao, Siji, Xuhai Tang, Jonny Rutqvist, Mengsu Hu, and Quansheng Liu. "Simulating three dimensional thermal cracking with TOUGH-FEMM." Computers and Geotechnics 124 (2020): 103654.
[11] Guiltinan, Eric J., Kristopher L. Kuhlman, Jonny Rutqvist, Mengsu Hu, Hakim Boukhalfa, Melissa Mills, Shawn Otto, Douglas J. Weaver, Brian Dozier, and Philip H. Stauffer. "Temperature response and brine availability to heated boreholes in bedded salt." Vadose Zone Journal 19, no. 1 (2020): e20019.
[10] Li, Tianjiao, Chun’an Tang, Jonny Rutqvist, Mengsu Hu, Lianchong Li, Liaoyuan Zhang, and Bo Huang. "The influence of an interlayer on dual hydraulic fractures propagation." Energies 13, no. 3 (2020): 555.
[9] Tang, Xuhai, Jonny Rutqvist, Mengsu Hu, and Nithin Manohar Rayudu. "Modeling three-dimensional fluid-driven propagation of multiple fractures using TOUGH-FEMM." Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering 52 (2019): 611-627.
[8] Hu, Mengsu, Jonny Rutqvist, and Yuan Wang. "A numerical manifold method model for analyzing fully coupled hydro-mechanical processes in porous rock masses with discrete fractures." Advances in water resources 102 (2017): 111-126.
[7] Hu, Mengsu, Yuan Wang, and Jonny Rutqvist. "Fully coupled hydro-mechanical numerical manifold modeling of porous rock with dominant fractures." Acta Geotechnica 12 (2017): 231-252.
[6] Hu, Mengsu, Jonny Rutqvist, and Yuan Wang. "A practical model for fluid flow in discrete-fracture porous media by using the numerical manifold method." Advances in water resources 97 (2016): 38-51.
[5] Hu, Mengsu, Yuan Wang, and Jonny Rutqvist. "On continuous and discontinuous approaches for modeling groundwater flow in heterogeneous media using the numerical manifold method: model development and comparison." Advances in water resources 80 (2015): 17-29.
[4] Hu, Mengsu, Yuan Wang, and Jonny Rutqvist. "Development of a discontinuous approach for modeling fluid flow in heterogeneous media using the numerical manifold method." International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 39, no. 17 (2015): 1932-1952.
[3] Hu, Mengsu, Yuan Wang, and Jonny Rutqvist. "An effective approach for modeling fluid flow in heterogeneous media using numerical manifold method." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids 77, no. 8 (2015): 459-476.
[2] Wang, Yuan, Mengsu Hu, Quanlin Zhou, and Jonny Rutqvist. "A new second-order numerical manifold method model with an efficient scheme for analyzing free surface flow with inner drains." Applied Mathematical Modelling 40, no. 2 (2016): 1427-1445.
[1] Wang, Yuan, Mengsu Hu, Quanlin Zhou, and Jonny Rutqvist. "Energy‐work‐based numerical manifold seepage analysis with an efficient scheme to locate the phreatic surface." International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 38, no. 15 (2014): 1633-1650.
Book Chapters
[1] Jonny Rutqvist, Bruno Figueiredo, Mengsu Hu, Chin-Fu Tsang. Continuum modeling of hydraulic fracturing in complex fractured rock masses. Hydraulic Fracture Modeling. Edited by Yu-Shu Wu. Houston: Gulf Professional Publishing, 2018.