Approach
Modeling of Contacts
Paper:
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.
Shearing dominated coupled processes
Microscale modeling of a deformation zone
Paper:
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.
Microscale Chemo-Mechanical Modeling of Granular Salt
Paper:
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.
μ-THMC Modeling of Pressure Solution in Salt Rock
Paper:
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.