Journal Articles
Yang, X., Xiang, J., Naderi, S., Wang, Y., Aising, J., Ugarte, I., & Latham, J. -P. (2025). Multi-criteria validation of hi-fidelity numerical model of impact breakage: towards next generation percussion drill simulation. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROCK MECHANICS AND MINING SCIENCES, 191, 17 pages. doi:10.1016/j.ijrmms.2025.106125
Dumoulin, S., Kane, A., Coudert, T., Morin, N., Gerbaud, L., Velmurugan, N., . . . Xiang, J. (2025). Three-dimensional numerical study of DTH bit-rock interaction with HPWJ downhole slotting: influence of bit design and bottom hole geometric conditions on rock breaking efficiency in percussive drilling. Rock Mechanics Bulletin, 4(1). doi:10.1016/j.rockmb.2024.100169
Naderi, S., Wang, Y., Yang, X., Jiansheng, X., Pain, C. C., Heaney, C. E., . . . Latham, J. -P. (2025). Optimised hammer drilling bit design using artificial neural networks trained by FDEM-generated data. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. doi:10.1016/j.jrmge.2025.02.003
Yang, X., Xiang, J., Latham, J. -P., Naderi, S., & Wang, Y. (2025). Cracking and fragmentation in percussive drilling: Insight from FDEM simulation. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 17(10), 6095-6110. doi:10.1016/j.jrmge.2025.01.045
Naderi, S., Gerbaud, L., Velmurugan, N., Xiang, J., Yang, X., Aising, J., . . . Latham, J. -P. (2025). A Study of Rock Breakage Under Extreme Submerged Confining Pressure: Can DTH Hammer Drilling Deliver. ROCK MECHANICS AND ROCK ENGINEERING, 23 pages. doi:10.1007/s00603-025-04626-1
Naderi, S., Chen, B., Yang, T., Xiang, J., Heaney, C. E., Latham, J. -P., . . . Pain, C. C. (2024). A discrete element solution method embedded within a Neural Network. Powder Technology, 448. doi:10.1016/j.powtec.2024.120258
Dumoulin, S., Thenevin, I., Kane, A., Rouabhi, A., Latham, J. -P., Jahangir, E., & Sellami, H. (2024). A complete experimental study on hard granites: Microstructural characterization, mechanical response, and failure criterion. GEOMECHANICS FOR ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 40, 20 pages. doi:10.1016/j.gete.2024.100592
Wang, H. -J., Liao, H. -L., Wei, J., Liu, J. -S., Niu, W. -L., Liu, Y. -W., . . . Latham, J. -P. (2023). Stress release mechanism of deep bottom hole rock by ultra-high- pressure water jet slotting. PETROLEUM SCIENCE, 20(3), 1828-1842. doi:10.1016/j.petsci.2022.12.002
Chen, B., Xiang, J., & Latham, J. -P. (2023). Influence of inter-grain cementation stiffness on the effective elastic properties of porous Bentheim sandstone. JOURNAL OF ROCK MECHANICS AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING, 15(3), 573-583. doi:10.1016/j.jrmge.2022.06.009
Wang, H., Liao, H., Wei, J., Liu, Y., Niu, W., Latham, J. -P., . . . Chen, J. (2022). Pressure Drop Model and Jet Features of Ultra High Pressure Water Jet for Downhole Intensifier. JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 144(12), 10 pages. doi:10.1115/1.4054503
Xiang, J., Chen, B., Latham, J. -P., & Pain, C. (2022). Numerical simulation of rock erosion performance of a high-speed water jet using an immersed-body method. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROCK MECHANICS AND MINING SCIENCES, 158, 10 pages. doi:10.1016/j.ijrmms.2022.105179
Scaravaglione, G., Latham, J. -P., & Xiang, J. (2021). Numerical Model Study of Prototype Drop Tests on Cube and Cubipod(R) Concrete Armor Units Using the Combined Finite-Discrete Element Method. JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, 9(5), 22 pages. doi:10.3390/jmse9050460
Farsi, A., Xiang, J., Latham, J. -P., Carlsson, M., Stitt, H., & Marigo, M. (2021). Packing simulations of complex-shaped rigid particles using FDEM: An application to catalyst pellets. POWDER TECHNOLOGY, 380, 443-461. doi:10.1016/j.powtec.2020.11.010
Guo, L., Xiang, J., Latham, J. -P., & Izzuddin, B. (2020). A generic computational model for three-dimensional fracture and fragmentation problems of quasi-brittle materials. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MECHANICS A-SOLIDS, 84, 20 pages. doi:10.1016/j.euromechsol.2020.104069
Farsi, A., Bedi, A., Latham, J. P., & Bowers, K. (2020). Simulation of fracture propagation in fibre-reinforced concrete using FDEM: an application to tunnel linings. Computational Particle Mechanics, 7, 961-974. doi:10.1007/s40571-019-00305-5
Latham, J. -P., Xiang, J., Chen, B., & Bakker, R. (2020). Grain-scale failure mechanism of porous sandstone: an experimental and numerical FDEM study of the Brazilian tensile strength test using CT-scan microstructure. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 132, 1-17. doi:10.1016/j.ijrmms.2020.104348
Chen, B., Xiang, J., Latham, J. -P., & Bakker, R. R. (2020). Grain-scale failure mechanism of porous sandstone: An experimental and numerical FDEM study of the Brazilian Tensile Strength test using CT-Scan microstructure. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 132, 104348. doi:10.1016/j.ijrmms.2020.104348
Yang, P., Lei, Q., Xiang, J., Latham, J. -P., & Pain, C. (2020). Numerical simulation of blasting in confined fractured rocks using an immersed-body fluid-solid interaction model. TUNNELLING AND UNDERGROUND SPACE TECHNOLOGY, 98, 14 pages. doi:10.1016/j.tust.2020.103352
Joulin, C., Xiang, J., Latham, J. -P., Pain, C., & Salinas, P. (2020). Capturing heat transfer for complex-shaped multibody contact problems, a new FDEM approach. Comp. Part. Mech, 16 pages. doi:10.1007/s40571-020-00321-w
Farsi, A., Xiang, J., Latham, J. P., Carlsson, M., Stitt, E. H., & Marigo, M. (2020). Strength and fragmentation behaviour of complex-shaped catalyst pellets: A numerical and experimental study. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, 213, 18 pages. doi:10.1016/j.ces.2019.115409
Joulin, C., Xiang, J., & Latham, J. -P. (2020). A novel thermo-mechanical coupling approach for thermal fracturing of rocks in the three-dimensional FDEM. Comp. Part. Mech, 12 pages. doi:10.1007/s40571-020-00319-4
Latham, J. -P., Xiang, J., Farsi, A., Joulin, C., & Karantzoulis, N. (2019). A class of particulate problems suited to FDEM requiring accurate simulation of shape effects in packed granular structures. Comp. Part. Mech, 12 pages. doi:10.1007/s40571-019-00294-5
Obeysekara, A., Lei, Q., Salinas, P., Pavlidis, D., Xiang, J., Latham, J. -P., & Pain, C. C. (2018). Modelling stress-dependent single and multi-phase flows in fractured porous media based on an immersed-body method with mesh adaptivity. COMPUTERS AND GEOTECHNICS, 103, 229-241. doi:10.1016/j.compgeo.2018.07.009
Lei, Q., Latham, J. P., Xiang, J., & Tsang, C. F. (2017). Role of natural fractures in damage evolution around tunnel excavation in fractured rocks. Engineering Geology, 231, 100-113. doi:10.1016/j.enggeo.2017.10.013
Lei, Q., Wang, X., Xiang, J., & Latham, J. P. (2017). Polyaxial stress-dependent permeability of a three-dimensional fractured rock layer. Hydrogeology Journal, 1-12. doi:10.1007/s10040-017-1624-y
Farsi, A., Pullen, A. D., Latham, J. P., Bowen, J., Carlsson, M., Stitt, E. H., & Marigo, M. (2017). Full deflection profile calculation and Young’s modulus optimisation for engineered high performance materials. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 7, 13 pages. doi:10.1038/srep46190
Guo, L., Latham, J. P., & Xiang, J. (2017). A numerical study of fracture spacing and through-going fracture formation in layered rocks. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 110-111, 44-57. doi:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2017.02.004
Lei, Q., Latham, J. -P., & Tsang, C. -F. (2017). The use of discrete fracture networks for modelling coupled geomechanical and hydrological behaviour of fractured rocks. COMPUTERS AND GEOTECHNICS, 85, 151-176. doi:10.1016/j.compgeo.2016.12.024
Yang, P., Xiang, J., Chen, M., Fang, F., Pavlidis, D., Latham, J. -P., & Pain, C. C. (2017). The immersed-body gas-solid interaction model for blast analysis in fractured solid media. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROCK MECHANICS AND MINING SCIENCES, 91, 119-132. doi:10.1016/j.ijrmms.2016.10.006
Xiao, D., Yang, P., Fang, F., Xiang, J., Pain, C., & Navon., I. M. (2016) Non-intrusive reduced order modelling of fluid–structure interactions. Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Eng., 303 (2016), pp. 35-54. doi: org/10.1016/j.jcp.2016.10.068
Anastasaki, E., Xiang, J., & Latham, J. P. (2016). Numerical test for single concrete armour layer on breakwaters. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Maritime Engineering, 169(4), 174-187. doi:10.1680/jmaen.2014.25
Lei, Q., Latham, J. -P., & Xiang, J. (2016). Implementation of an Empirical Joint Constitutive Model into Finite-Discrete Element Analysis of the Geomechanical Behaviour of Fractured Rocks. ROCK MECHANICS AND ROCK ENGINEERING, 49(12), 4799-4816. doi:10.1007/s00603-016-1064-3
Yang, P., Xiang, J., Fang, F., Pavlidis, D., Latham, J. -P., & Pain, C. C. (2016). Modelling of fluid-structure interaction with multiphase viscous flows using an immersed-body method. JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS, 321, 571-592. doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2016.05.035
Guo, L., Xiang, J., Latham, J. P., & Izzuddin, B. (2016). A numerical investigation of mesh sensitivity for a new three-dimensional fracture model within the combined finite-discrete element method. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 151, 70-91. doi:10.1016/j.engfracmech.2015.11.006
Conference Papers
Gerbaud, L., Velmurugan, N., Jahangir, E., Sellami, H., Cazenave, F., Latham, J. P., . . . Dumoulin, S. (2025). ORCHYD: Combination of High-Pressure Water Jet and Percussion to Improve Drilling Performance in Hard Rocks. In SPE/IADC International Drilling Conference and Exhibition. SPE. doi:10.2118/223793-ms
Yang, X., Xiang, J., Naderi, S., Wang, Y., Latham, J., Aising, J., . . . Ugarte, I. (2024). Where Does the Energy Go in Percussion Drilling? FDEM’s Answer. In 58th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. ARMA. doi:10.56952/arma-2024-0952
Xiang, X., Naderi, S., Latham, J. -P., Gerbaud, L., Velmurugan, N., Thenevin, I., & Sellami, H. (2024). Destruction of Rock Microstructure: An Experimental and Numerical Modelling Study of High-Pressure Water Jet Rock Cutting Under Subsurface Confining Pressure Conditions. In 58th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. ARMA. doi:10.56952/arma-2024-1005
Gerbaud, L., Velmurugan, N., Aising, J., Chambres, C., Naderi, S., Latham, J. P., . . . Yang, X. (2024). A Study of Rock Breakage Under Extreme Submerged Confining Pressure: Can DTH Hammer Drilling Deliver?. In 58th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. ARMA. doi:10.56952/arma-2024-0788
Velmurugan, N., Gerbaud, L., Chambres, C., Naderi, S., Xiang, J., & Latham, J. -P. (2023). Influencing Factors in Rock Cutting Using High Pressure Water Jets Under Submerged Downhole Conditions. In 57th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. ARMA. doi:10.56952/arma-2023-0780
Yang, X., Xiang, J., Latham, J., Naderi, S., & Wang, Y. (2023). 3D numerical modelling of insert-rock interaction and piston-bit-rock interaction in percussive drilling using FDEM. In 84th Eage Annual Conference and Exhibition Vol. 5 (pp. 3982-3986).
Obeysekara, A., Salinas, P., Xiang, J., Latham, J., & Pain, C. (2019, May 1). Numerical Modelling of Coupled Flow and Fluid-Driven Fracturing in Fractured Porous Media using the Immersed Body Method. In Interpore 2019.
Xiang, J., Latham, J.-P., & Pain, C. (2019, August 28). Numerical Simulation of Rock Erosion Performance of a High-Speed Water Jet Using an Immersed Body Method. American Rock Mechanics Association. In 53rd US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. Brooklyn, New York. ARMA-2019-1947. Xiang et al ARMA-2019-1947
Latham, J.-P., Farsi, A., Xiang, J., Clark, E., & Bakker, R. R. (2019, August 28). Numerical Modelling of the Influence of In-Situ Stress, Rock Strength and Hole-Profile Geometry on the Stability of Radial Water Jet Drill (RJD) Boreholes. American Rock Mechanics Association In 53rd US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. Brooklyn, New York. Latham et al ARMA-2019-1951
Chen, B., Latham, J. P., Xiang, J., & Bakker, R. R. (2019, August 28). Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Microscale Failure Mechanism of a Porous Sandstone During Brazilian Tensile Test Conditions. American Rock Mechanics Association In 53rd US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. Brooklyn, New York. Chen et al ARMA-2019-1621
Yang, L., Lyu, Z., Yang, P., Pavlidis, D., Fang, F., Xiang, J., Latham, J-P., Pain, C. (2018). Numerical Simulation of Attenuator Wave Energy Converter Using one-fluid formulation. In Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference Vol. 2018-June (pp. 602-607).
Obeysekara., Lei, Q., Salinas, P., Xiang, J., Latham, J. -P., & Pain, C. C. (2017, June 25). Modelling the evolution of a fracture network under excavation-induced unloading and seepage effects based on a fully coupled fluid-solid simulation. In 51st US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. San Francisco. (Available at OnePetro)
Gao, K., Harrison, J. P., Lei, Q., & Latham, J. P. (2017). Investigating the Relationship between Far-Field Stress and Local Values of the Stress Tensor. In Procedia Engineering Vol. 191 (pp. 536-542). doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2017.05.215
Latham, J. -P., Yang, P., Lei, Q., Obeysekara, A., Salinas, P., Pavlidis, D., . . . Pain, C. C. (2017, June 25). Blast fragmentation in rock with discontinuities using an equation of state gas model coupled to a transient dynamics fracturing and fragmenting FEMDEM code. In 51st US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. San Francisco. (Available at OnePetro)
Latham, J., Xiang, J., Obeysekara, A., Lei, Q., Yang, P., salinas, P., . . . Pain, C. (2017, February 16). Modelling hydro-geomechanical behaviour of fractured and fracturing rock masses: application to tunnel excavation-induced damage. In Innovazioni Nella Progettazione Realizzazione e Gestione Delle Opere in sotterraneo. Torino, Italy.
Xiang, J., Latham, J. P., & Farsi, A. (2017). Algorithms and capabilities of solidity to simulate interactions and packing of complex shapes. In Springer Proceedings in Physics Vol. 188 (pp. 139-149). doi:10.1007/978-981-10-1926-5_16
Joulin, C., Xiang, J., Latham, J. P., & Pain, C. (2017). A new finite discrete element approach for heat transfer in complex shaped multi bodied contact problems. In Springer Proceedings in Physics Vol. 188 (pp. 311-327). doi:10.1007/978-981-10-1926-5_34
Lei, Q., Wang, X., Xiang, J., & Latham, J. P. (2016). Influence of stress on the permeability of a three-dimensional fractured sedimentary layer. In 50th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium 2016 Vol. 2 (pp. 1225-1234). (Available at OnePetro)
Gao, K., Harrison, J. P., Lei, Q., & Latham, J. P. (2016). Influence of boundary constraint stiffness on stress heterogeneity modelling. In 50th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium 2016 Vol. 1 (pp. 366-372). (Available at OnePetro)
Obeysekara, A., Lei, Q., Salinas, P., Pavlidis, D., Latham, J. P., Xiang, J., & Pain, C. C. (2016). A fluid-solid coupled approach for numerical modeling of near-wellbore hydraulic fracturing and flow dynamics with adaptive mesh refinement. In 50th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium 2016 Vol. 2 (pp. 1688-1699). (Available at OnePetro)