Our first paper is now online! Please head to opengeomechanics.centre-mersenne.org to read APS Selvadurai's latest work on "Proppant-Induced Opening of Hydraulically Created Fractures".

In the latest publication in Open Geomechanics, Prof Guy Houlsby introduces "Frictional Plasticity in a Convex Analytical Setting", where he develops a new mathematical terminology to describe plasticity. You can find this paper and more at opengeomechanics.org.

Head to opengeomechanics.org to read the latest work by Fabian Schranz, Wolfgang Fellin and Dimitrios Kolymbas on "Comparative performance of some constitutive models in stress rotation". Wolfgang Fellin Dimitrios Kolymbas

Do you have some groundbreaking research in testing rocks to failure? Share your work #OpenSource at opengeomechanics.org, where it is free to read and free to publish. We now have three excellent papers published already, and more coming soon! #geomechanics

Ever wanted to listen inside a sample as it is being pulled apart? The latest paper from Robert A. Caulk at opengeomechanics.org presents a new, open source method which you can try out yourself that couples image analysis, a discrete element model and the acoustic emissions.

Done some earth shattering research you want to share with the world? Publish it #OpenSource at opengeomechanics.org, where it is free to read and publish.

The latest paper in Open Geomechanics describes "A simple method for the determination of sensitivity to density changes in sand liquefaction" by Bozana Bacic and Ivo Herle at TU Dresden. Read it open access here: opengeomechanics.centre-mersenne.org/articles/OGEO_…

At opengeomechanics.org you can read the latest paper by Kateryna Oliynyk and Claudio Tamagnini about a new "Finite deformation hyperplasticity theory for crushable, cemented granular materials"

Have you ever done triaxial testing and wondered how to correct for the effects of the membrane? The latest paper at opengeomechanics.org by Andrzej Niemunis and Lukas Knittel proposes a simple procedure for "Removal of the membrane penetration error from triaxial data"

Are you interested in how 3D stress paths affect material response? Read the latest work from Zhan He, Long Xue, Rui Wang and Jian-Min Zhang at opengeomechanics.centre-mersenne.org

There is a big world of constitutive models out there. Get up to speed with the latest developments in linking meso-scale material behaviour with their macro-scale response in the latest publication by Giang Nguyen, Arash Mir and Ha Bui at opengeomechanics.centre-mersenne.org

See the first direct measurements of capillary state variables in cyclic drainage and imbibition experiments with X-ray CT in the latest work from Marius Milatz, Edward Andò, Viggiani Gioacchino and Serge Mora at opengeomechanics.org