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Robert Egert, Ghanashyam Neupane, Wencheng Jin (2026). On the viability of stimulated hydrogen generation from iron-rich formations. Geoenergy Science and Engineering.

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Dynamic Stimulation Multiphase Flow
Robert Egert, Aimé Fournier, Wencheng Jin (2026). Modeling proppant transport and settling in a 3D propagating fracture. Deep Underground Science and Engineering.

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Hydraulic Fracturing Multiphase Flow
Nicolas Cardenas Acevedo, Xu Si, Sheng Dai, Zhigang Peng, Jesse Williams, Wencheng Jin (2026). Modeling Microseismicity in Enhanced Geothermal Systems: Impacts of Injection Parameters at Utah FORGE. Proceedings, 51st Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California.

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Induced Seismicity
Rasul Amirov, D. N. Meehan, Wencheng Jin (2026). Lattice-Beam Modeling of Mixed-Mode Fracture: Benchmarking 3-Point-Bending with Asymmetric Notch. ARMA US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium.

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Fracture & Damage Mechanics Hydraulic Fracturing
Zijin Mei, Rafael Villamor-Lora, Jonas Toupal, Wencheng Jin, Ghanashyam Neupane, Akhil Kolanti, David Sprouster, Wei Li (2026). In-situ mining in fractured sulfide-bearing rocks: A digital rock assessment. Engineering Geology.

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Dynamic Stimulation
Victor Fakeye, Ge Jin, Balnur Mindygaliyeva, Hossein Kazemi, Wencheng Jin, Aleksei Titov (2026). Estimating individual hydraulic fracture conductivity in enhanced geothermal systems using distributed strain sensing and thermo-hydro-mechanical modeling. Geothermics.

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Hydraulic Fracturing
Chunhui Zhao, Ahmed Elbanna, Rafael Villamor-Lora, Wencheng Jin (2026). A fully coupled hydro-mechanical phase-field framework for dynamic pulsed-power fracturing in fluid-saturated rocks. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.

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Dynamic Stimulation Fracture & Damage Mechanics
Chunhui Zhao, Ahmed Elbanna, Rafael Villamor-Lora, Wencheng Jin (2026). A Dynamic Continuum Phase-Field Framework for Electro-Hydraulic Pulse-Power Fracturing. Proceedings, 51st Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California.

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Dynamic Stimulation Fracture & Damage Mechanics
Hyunjun Oh, Wencheng Jin, Peng Peng, Jeffrey A. Winick, David Sickinger, Dale Sartor, Yingqi Zhang, Koenraad Beckers, Kevin Kitz, Diana Acero-Allard, Trevor A. Atkinson, Patrick Dobson (2025). Techno-economic performance of reservoir thermal energy storage for data center cooling system. Applied Energy.

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Thermal Energy Storage
Abdallah Ikbarieh, Wencheng Jin, Yumeng Zhao, Nepu Saha, Jordan L. Klinger, Yidong Xia, Sheng Dai (2025). Machine Learning Assisted Cross-Scale Hopper Design for Flowing Biomass Granular Materials. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

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Granular Materials & Biomass Scientific AI
W. Jin, C. Zhao, V. v. Pham, M. Yang, R. Egert, T. McLing, A. Moure, C. Nau-Hix, A. Fournier, R. Villamor-Lora (2025). ELK: a MOOSE framework based computational tool for modeling electro-hydraulic fracturing.

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Dynamic Stimulation Hydraulic Fracturing
Xuyang Li, Wencheng Jin, Jordan Klinger, Nepu Saha, Nizar Lajnef (2025). Data-driven mechanical behavior modeling of granular biomass materials. Computers and Geotechnics.

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Granular Materials & Biomass Scientific AI
Yimin Lu, Wencheng Jin, Jordan Klinger, Nepu Saha, Yidong Xia, Sheng Dai (2024). Shear rate dependency on flowing granular biomass material. Powder Technology.

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Granular Materials & Biomass
Yumeng Zhao, Wencheng Jin, Abdallah Ikbarieh, Jordan L. Klinger, Nepu Saha, David C. Dayton, Sheng Dai (2024). SPH Modeling of Biomass Granular Flow: Engineering Application in Hoppers and Augers. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

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Granular Materials & Biomass
P. F. Dobson, T. A. Atkinson, W. Jin, M. Acharya, D. Akindipe, B. Li, T. McLing, R. Kumar (2023). Hybrid Uses of High-Temperature Reservoir Thermal Energy Storage: Lessons Learned from Previous Projects. OnePetro.

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Thermal Energy Storage
Y. Zhang, D. Acero-Allard, T. Atkinson, K. Beckers, P. Dobson, W. Jin, N. Lei, H. Oh, P. Peng, D. Sartor, D. Sickinger (2023). Addressing Data Center Cooling Needs through the Use of Subsurface Thermal Energy Storage Systems. OnePetro.

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Thermal Energy Storage
Richard A. Schultz, Niklas Heinemann, Birgit Horváth, John Wickens, Johannes M. Miocic, Oladipupo Oluwatoyin Babarinde, Wenzhuo Cao, Paolo Capuano, Thomas A. Dewers, Maurice Dusseault, Katriona Edlmann, Raven A. Goswick, Aliakbar Hassanpouryouzband, Taha Husain, Wencheng Jin, Jingyao Meng, Seunghee Kim, Fatemeh Molaei, Tosin Odunlami, Umesh Prasad, Qinghua Lei, Brandon A. Schwartz, José M. Segura, Hamed Soroush, Samuel Voegeli, Sherilyn Williams-Stroud, Haitao Yu, Qi Zhao (2023). An overview of underground energy-related product storage and sequestration. Geological Society, London, Special Publications.

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Thermal Energy Storage
Yumeng Zhao, Wencheng Jin, Jordan Klinger, David C. Dayton, Sheng Dai (2023). SPH modeling of biomass granular flow: Theoretical implementation and experimental validation. Powder Technology.

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Granular Materials & Biomass
Robert Egert, Wencheng Jin, Chunfang Meng, Aimé Fournier (2023). Numerical study of proppant transport and settling processes in fractures. Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States).

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Hydraulic Fracturing Multiphase Flow
Ruijie Liu, Wencheng Jin, Logan Harbour, Fande Kong, Cody Permann, Derek Gaston, Robert Podgorney (2023). A robust interface finite element formulation for modeling brittle material failure problems. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering.

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Fracture & Damage Mechanics
Yimin Lu, Wencheng Jin, Nepu Saha, Jordan Lee Klinger, Yidong Xia, Sheng Dai (2022). Wedge-Shaped Hopper Design for Milled Woody Biomass Flow. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

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Granular Materials & Biomass
Wencheng Jin, Trevor Atkinson, Christine Doughty, Ghanashyam Neupane, Nicolas Spycher, Travis McLing, Patrick Dobson, Robert Smith, Robert Podgorney (2022). Machine-learning-assisted high-temperature reservoir thermal energy storage optimization. Renewable Energy.

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Thermal Energy Storage Scientific AI
W. Jin, T. Atkinson, G. Neupane, T. McLing, C. Doughty, N. Spycher, P. Dobson, R. Smith (2022). Influence of Mechanical Deformation and Mineral Dissolution/precipitation on Reservoir Thermal Energy Storage. OnePetro.

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Thermal Energy Storage Multiphase Flow
Nepu Saha, Cory Goates, Sergio Hernandez, Wencheng Jin, Tyler Westover, Jordan Klinger (2022). Characterization of particle size and moisture content effects on mechanical and feeding behavior of milled corn (Zea mays L.) stover. Powder Technology.

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Granular Materials & Biomass
Wencheng Jin, Yimin Lu, Feiyang Chen, Ahmed Hamed, Nepu Saha, Jordan Klinger, Sheng Dai, Qiushi Chen, Yidong Xia (2022). On the Fidelity of Computational Models for the Flow of Milled Loblolly Pine: A Benchmark Study on Continuum-Mechanics Models and Discrete-Particle Models. Frontiers in Energy Research.

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Granular Materials & Biomass
Jordan Klinger, Nepu Saha, Tiasha Bhattacharjee, Susan Carilli, Wencheng Jin, Yidong Xia, Richard Daniel, Carolyn Burns, Oyelayo Ajayi, Ziwei Cheng, Ricardo Navar, Troy Semelsberger (2022). Multiscale Shear Properties and Flow Performance of Milled Woody Biomass. Frontiers in Energy Research.

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Granular Materials & Biomass
Yimin Lu, Wencheng Jin, Jordan Klinger, Sheng Dai (2021). Flow and Arching of Biomass Particles in Wedge-Shaped Hoppers. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

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Granular Materials & Biomass
W. Jin, R. Podgorney, T. McLing, R. W. Carlsen (2021). Geothermal Battery Optimization Using Stochastic Hydro-Thermal Simulations and Machine Learning Algorithms. OnePetro.

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Thermal Energy Storage Scientific AI
Yimin Lu, Wencheng Jin, Jordan Klinger, Tyler L. Westover, Sheng Dai (2021). Flow characterization of compressible biomass particles using multiscale experiments and a hypoplastic model. Powder Technology.

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Granular Materials & Biomass
W. Jin, R. Podgorney, T. McLing (2020). THM Coupled Numerical Analysis on the Geothermal Energy Storage & Extraction in Porous Fractured Reservoir. American Rock Mechanics Association.

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Thermal Energy Storage
Wencheng Jin, Jayde Aufrecht, Fernando Patino-Ramirez, Heidy Cabral, Chloé Arson, Scott T. Retterer (2020). Modeling root system growth around obstacles. Scientific Reports.

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Granular Materials & Biomass
Wencheng Jin, Jordan L. Klinger, Tyler L. Westover, Hai Huang (2020). A density dependent Drucker-Prager/Cap model for ring shear simulation of ground loblolly pine. Powder Technology.

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Granular Materials & Biomass
Wencheng Jin, Jonathan J. Stickel, Yidong Xia, Jordan Klinger (2020). A Review of Computational Models for the Flow of Milled Biomass Part II: Continuum-Mechanics Models. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

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Granular Materials & Biomass
Yidong Xia, Jonathan J. Stickel, Wencheng Jin, Jordan Klinger (2020). A Review of Computational Models for the Flow of Milled Biomass Part I: Discrete-Particle Models. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

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Granular Materials & Biomass
Wencheng Jin, Chloé Arson (2020). Fluid-driven transition from damage to fracture in anisotropic porous media: a multi-scale XFEM approach. Acta Geotechnica.

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Hydraulic Fracturing Fracture & Damage Mechanics
Wencheng Jin, Chloé Arson (2019). XFEM to couple nonlocal micromechanics damage with discrete mode I cohesive fracture. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.

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Fracture & Damage Mechanics
Wencheng Jin, Chloé Arson (2018). Micromechanics based discrete damage model with multiple non-smooth yield surfaces: Theoretical formulation, numerical implementation and engineering applications. International Journal of Damage Mechanics.

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Fracture & Damage Mechanics
Wencheng Jin, Chloé Arson (2018). Anisotropic nonlocal damage model for materials with intrinsic transverse isotropy. International Journal of Solids and Structures.

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Fracture & Damage Mechanics
Wencheng Jin, Chloé Arson (2018). Nonlocal enrichment of a micromechanical damage model with tensile softening: Advantages and limitations. Computers and Geotechnics.

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Fracture & Damage Mechanics
W. Jin, C. Arson (2017). Non-Local Micromechanical Anisotropic Damage Modeling for Quasi-Brittle Materials: Formulation and Implementation. American Rock Mechanics Association.

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Fracture & Damage Mechanics
W. Jin, C. Arson (2017). Modeling of Tensile and Compressive Damage in Layered Sedimentary Rock: A Direction Dependent Non-Local Model. American Rock Mechanics Association.

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Fracture & Damage Mechanics
Wencheng Jin, Chloé Arson (2017). Discrete equivalent wing crack based damage model for brittle solids. International Journal of Solids and Structures.

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Fracture & Damage Mechanics
C. Gao, L. Z. Xie, H. P. Xie, B. He, W. Jin, F. Li, Z. P. Yang, Y. Z. Sun (2017). Estimation of the equivalent elastic modulus in shale formation: Theoretical model and experiment. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering.

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Fracture & Damage Mechanics
Wencheng Jin, Hao Xu, Chloé Arson, Seth Busetti (2017). Computational model coupling mode II discrete fracture propagation with continuum damage zone evolution. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics.

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Fracture & Damage Mechanics
Jing Xie, Zetian Zhang, Mingzhong Gao, Ru Zhang, Man Wang, Wencheng Jin, Yi Luo (2017). A new theoretical model for guiding the gas extraction in coal mines. Thermal Science.

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Multiphase Flow
Mingzhong Gao, Wencheng Jin, Ru Zhang, Jing Xie, Bin Yu, Hongfei Duan (2016). Fracture size estimation using data from multiple boreholes. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences.

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Fracture & Damage Mechanics
Wencheng Jin, Chloé Arson (2016). Simulation of mode II unconstrained fracture path formation coupled with continuum anisotropic damage propagation in shale. Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Fracture & Damage Mechanics
Jing Xie, Mingzhong Gao, Bin Yu, Ru Zhang, Wencheng Jin (2015). Coal permeability model on the effect of gas extraction within effective influence zone. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources.

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Multiphase Flow
W. Jin, Cheng Zhu, Chloé Arson, A. Pouya (2015). Numerical study of the influence of fluid viscosity on wellbore spalling in drained fractured rock. Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Fracture & Damage Mechanics Multiphase Flow
Wencheng Jin, Mingzhong Gao, Bin Yu, Ru Zhang, Jing Xie, Zhiqiang Qiu (2015). Elliptical fracture network modeling with validation in Datong Mine, China. Environmental Earth Sciences.

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Fracture & Damage Mechanics
W. Jin, H. Xu, C. Arson (2015). Finite Element Simulation of Anisotropic Damage around Pressurized Boreholes in Prefractured Shale.

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Fracture & Damage Mechanics
Wencheng Jin, Mingzhong Gao, Ru Zhang, Guoqiang Zhang (2014). Analytical expressions for the size distribution function of elliptical joints. Analytical expressions for the size distribution function of elliptical joints.

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Fracture & Damage Mechanics
Mingzhong Gao, Wencheng Jin, Zhixu Dai, Jing Xie (2013). Relevance between abutment pressure and fractal dimension of crack network induced by mining. International Journal of Mining Science and Technology.

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Fracture & Damage Mechanics
Wencheng Jin, Zheming Zhu, Mingzhong Gao (2013). A general method to determine the stress intensity factor of multiple collinear cracks. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids.

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Fracture & Damage Mechanics