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Book Chapters
, 2019, 'Deep Molecular Representation in Cheminformatics', in Balas V; Roy S; Sharma D; Samui P (ed.), Handbook of Deep Learning Applications - Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Springer, pp. 147 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11479-4_8
Journal articles
, 2026, 'A RAMI 4.0-Based Roadmap for Standardizing IoT Integration in the Mining Industry: Application to Mineral Processing', IEEE Access, 14, pp. 49975 - 49999, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3679509
, 2025, 'Influence of Substrate Surface Morphology on Bonding Behaviours at Shotcrete–Substrate Interface', Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 58, pp. 10853 - 10871, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00603-025-04627-0
, 2025, 'Investigation of interlayer bonding and pore characteristics in 3D-printed high-strength mortar incorporating recycled lightweight aggregates', Journal of Building Engineering, 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2025.112183
, 2025, 'An Effective Barrier Coating Technology Against Premature Bolt Failures in Underground Mines', Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 58, pp. 4303 - 4320, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00603-024-03909-3
, 2025, 'A Guideline for the Standardization of Smart Manufacturing and the Role of RAMI 4.0 in Digitising the Industrial Sector', IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 12, pp. 19090 - 19118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2025.3559929
, 2023, 'Digital Cake Analysis: A Novel Coal Filter Cake Examination Technique Using Microcomputed Tomography', Minerals, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/min13121509
, 2023, 'Exploring the capabilities of portable device photogrammetry for 3D surface roughness evaluation', International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment, 37, pp. 630 - 647, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17480930.2023.2235845
, 2023, 'The effectiveness of epoxy coating for preventing microbially induced corrosion of rock bolts', Iop Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science, 1124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1124/1/012097
, 2022, 'Stress corrosion cracking of cable bolts in tunnels: An in-situ testing approach', Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 123, pp. 104421, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tust.2022.104421
, 2022, 'FracDetect: A novel algorithm for 3D fracture detection in digital fractured rocks', Journal of Hydrology, 607, pp. 127482, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127482
, 2022, 'Microbiologically influenced stress corrosion cracking responsible for catastrophic failure of cable bolts', Engineering Failure Analysis, 131, pp. 105884, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2021.105884
, 2021, 'Configurational diffusion transport of water and oil in dual continuum shales', Scientific Reports, 11, pp. 2152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81004-1
, 2021, 'Microbiologically influenced corrosion of cable bolts in underground coal mines: The effect of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans', International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 31, pp. 357 - 363, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmst.2021.01.006
, 2021, 'Digital and experimental rock analysis of proppant injection into naturally fractured coal', Fuel, 286, pp. 119368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2020.119368
, 2021, 'Stress corrosion cracking of rockbolts: An in-situ testing approach', Construction and Building Materials, 269, pp. 121275, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.121275
, 2020, 'A numerical investigation into floor buckling mechanisms in underground coal mine roadways', Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 103, pp. 103497, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tust.2020.103497
, 2020, 'A review of experimental and numerical modeling of digital coalbed methane: Imaging, segmentation, fracture modeling and permeability prediction', International Journal of Coal Geology, 228, pp. 103552, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2020.103552
, 2020, 'A new coal mine floor rating system and its application to assess the potential of floor heave', International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 128, pp. 104241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2020.104241
, 2020, 'Representative Elementary Volume of Rock Using X-Ray Microcomputed Tomography: A New Statistical Approach', Geofluids, 2020, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8866486
, 2019, 'Mineralogically influenced stress corrosion cracking of rockbolts and cable bolts in underground mines', International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 119, pp. 109 - 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2019.04.011
, 2019, 'Analysis of the influence of groundwater and the stress regime on bolt behaviour in underground coal mines', International Journal of Coal Science and Technology, 6, pp. 286 - 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40789-019-0246-5
, 2019, 'DigiCoal: A computational package for characterisation of coal cores', Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 176, pp. 775 - 791, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2019.01.094
, 2019, 'Analytical and experimental investigation of pore pressure induced strain softening around boreholes', International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 113, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2018.11.001
, 2018, 'Interactions of stress corrosion cracks in cold drawn pearlitic steel wires: An X-ray micro-computed tomography study', Corrosion Science, 145, pp. 170 - 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2018.09.009
, 2018, 'Investigation of cable bolts for stress corrosion cracking failure', Construction and Building Materials, 187, pp. 1224 - 1231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.08.066
, 2018, 'CO2 sorption induced damage in coals in unconfined and confined stress states: A micrometer to core scale investigation', International Journal of Coal Geology, 198, pp. 167 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2018.09.009
, 2018, 'Failure of the threaded region of rockbolts in underground coal mines', Mining Technology Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 127, pp. 146 - 154, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14749009.2018.1428060
, 2018, 'An experimental framework for simulating stress corrosion cracking in cable bolts', Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 76, pp. 121 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tust.2018.03.004
, 2018, 'Impact of dissolution of syngenetic and epigenetic minerals on coal permeability', Chemical Geology, 486, pp. 31 - 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.03.015
, 2018, 'Effects of environmental factors on stress corrosion cracking of cold-drawn high-carbon steel wires', Corrosion Science, 132, pp. 234 - 243, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2017.12.014
, 2017, 'Topological Characterization of Fractured Coal', Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, 122, pp. 9849 - 9861, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017JB014667
, 2017, 'Digital rock analysis for accurate prediction of fractured media permeability', Journal of Hydrology, 554, pp. 817 - 826, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.08.029
, 2017, 'Stochastic modeling of coal fracture network by direct use of micro-computed tomography images', International Journal of Coal Geology, 179, pp. 153 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2017.06.002
, 2017, 'Cleat-scale characterisation of coal: An overview', Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 39, pp. 143 - 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2017.01.025
, 2016, 'Micro-CT image calibration to improve fracture aperture measurement', Case Studies in Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, 6, pp. 4 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csndt.2016.03.001
, 2016, 'Coal cleat reconstruction using micro-computed tomography imaging', Fuel, 181, pp. 286 - 299, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2016.04.127
, 2016, 'Porosity and permeability characterization of coal: a micro-computed tomography study', International Journal of Coal Geology, 154, pp. 57 - 68
, 2015, 'Pore scale imaging and modelling of coal properties', The APPEA Journal, 55, pp. 468 - 468, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AJ14103
Conference Papers
, 2026, 'Evaluation of Shotcrete Performance Enhancement Using Bio-Admixture', in Proceedings of the Rocscience International Conference 2025 (RIC 2025), Atlantis Press – now part of Springer Nature, Sydney, presented at The Rocscience International Conference 2025 (RIC2025), Sydney, 06 April 2026 - 08 April 2026, http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-900-1_14
, 2025, 'Evaluation of Roadheader Performance Under Mixed-Face Conditions: A Case Study', Busan,, presented at The 2025 World Congress onAdvances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics (ASEM25), Busan,, 11 August 2025 - 14 August 2025
, 2025, 'Metrology-Driven Standardization of Sensor Networks in Mining: A RAMI 4.0 Approach to Sustainable and Efficient Ventilation Systems', in 2025 Imeko TC 6 International Conference on Metrology and Digital Transformation M4dconf 2025, pp. 139 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.21014/tc6-2025.026
, 2023, 'Influence of Rock Crystal Structure on Bond Strength at the Rock-Shotcrete Interface', Salzburg, presented at 15th ISRM Congress 2023 & 72nd Geomechanics Colloquium, Salzburg, 09 October 2023 - 14 October 2023, https://onepetro.org/isrmcongress/proceedings-abstract/CONGRESS23/CONGRESS23/ISRM-15CONGRESS-2023-263/540102
, 2023, 'Evaluation of Shotcrete Performance from Full-Scale Load-Deflection Tests using Numerical Analysis', in 57th US Rock Mechanics Geomechanics Symposium, The American Rock Mechanics Association, presented at 57th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, 25 June 2023 - 28 June 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.56952/ARMA-2023-0553
, 2022, 'The effectiveness of epoxy coating for preventing microbiallyinduced corrosion of rock bolts', Helsinki, presented at Eurock 2022 - Rock and Fracture Mechanics in Rock Engineering and Mining, Helsinki, 12 September 2022 - 15 September 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1124/1/012097
, 2022, 'The environmentally induced corrosion failure of cable bolts in underground coal mines', University of Wollongong, Wollongong, presented at Resource Operators Conference, Wollongong, 10 February 2022 - 11 February 2022, https://hdl.handle.net/10779/uow.27686673
, 2021, 'Preventing failure of the anchoring system in underground coal mines', in Iop Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science, IOP Publishing, pp. 012164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/833/1/012164
, 2020, 'Microbiologically influenced stress corrosion cracking of cable bolts in underground mines', in Rock Mechanics for Natural Resources and Infrastructure Development Proceedings of the 14th International Congress on Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering ISRM 2019, pp. 1870 - 1874, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27741
, 2019, 'Microbiologically induced cable bolt corrosion in underground coal mines', in Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Ground Support in Mining and Underground Construction, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, pp. 437 - 442, presented at Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Ground Support in Mining and Underground Construction, http://dx.doi.org/10.36487/acg_rep/1925_30_chen
, 2018, 'A review of floor heave mechanisms in underground coal mine roadways', Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Sydney, presented at The Fourth Australasian Ground Control in Mining Conference (AusRock), Sydney, 28 November 2018 - 30 November 2018, https://www.ausimm.com/publications/conference-proceedings/the-fourth-australasian-ground-control-in-mining-conference-ausrock/a-review-of-floor-heave-mechanisms-in-underground-coal-mine-roadways/