| Fracture-permeability behavior of shale JW Carey, Z Lei, E Rougier, H Mori, H Viswanathan Journal of unconventional oil and gas resources 11, 27-43, 2015 | 176 | 2015 |
| Understanding hydraulic fracturing: a multi-scale problem JD Hyman, J Jiménez-Martínez, HS Viswanathan, JW Carey, ML Porter, ... Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical …, 2016 | 156 | 2016 |
| Dynamics, radiation, and overall energy budget of earthquake rupture with coseismic off‐fault damage K Okubo, HS Bhat, E Rougier, S Marty, A Schubnel, Z Lei, EE Knight, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 124 (11), 11771-11801, 2019 | 138 | 2019 |
| Investigation of impact fracture behavior of automobile laminated glass by 3D discrete element method MY Zang, Z Lei, SF Wang Computational Mechanics 41, 73-83, 2007 | 123 | 2007 |
| HOSS: an implementation of the combined finite-discrete element method EE Knight, E Rougier, Z Lei, B Euser, V Chau, SH Boyce, K Gao, K Okubo, ... Computational Particle Mechanics 7, 765-787, 2020 | 112 | 2020 |
| High‐stress triaxial direct‐shear fracturing of Utica shale and in situ X‐ray microtomography with permeability measurement LP Frash, JW Carey, Z Lei, E Rougier, T Ickes, HS Viswanathan Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 121 (7), 5493-5508, 2016 | 98 | 2016 |
| A contact algorithm for 3D discrete and finite element contact problems based on penalty function method M Zang, W Gao, Z Lei Computational Mechanics 48, 541-550, 2011 | 96 | 2011 |
| Earthquake damage patterns resolve complex rupture processes Y Klinger, K Okubo, A Vallage, J Champenois, A Delorme, E Rougier, ... Geophysical Research Letters 45 (19), 10,279-10,287, 2018 | 92 | 2018 |
| An approach to combining 3D discrete and finite element methods based on penalty function method Z Lei, M Zang Computational Mechanics 46 (4), 609-619, 2010 | 87 | 2010 |
| A framework for grand scale parallelization of the combined finite discrete element method in 2d Z Lei, E Rougier, EE Knight, A Munjiza Computational Particle Mechanics 1, 307-319, 2014 | 80 | 2014 |
| Simulation of fracture coalescence in granite via the combined finite–discrete element method B Euser, E Rougier, Z Lei, EE Knight, LP Frash, JW Carey, H Viswanathan, ... Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering 52, 3213-3227, 2019 | 75 | 2019 |
| Fracture and fragmentation of thin shells using the combined finite–discrete element method A Munjiza, Z Lei, V Divic, B Peros International journal for numerical methods in engineering 95 (6), 478-498, 2013 | 69 | 2013 |
| Modeling of stick‐slip behavior in sheared granular fault gouge using the combined finite‐discrete element method K Gao, BJ Euser, E Rougier, RA Guyer, Z Lei, EE Knight, J Carmeliet, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 123 (7), 5774-5792, 2018 | 68 | 2018 |
| A generalized anisotropic deformation formulation for geomaterials Z Lei, E Rougier, EE Knight, A Munjiza, H Viswanathan Computational Particle Mechanics 3, 215-228, 2016 | 62 | 2016 |
| FSIS: a novel fluid–solid interaction solver for fracturing and fragmenting solids A Munjiza, E Rougier, Z Lei, EE Knight Computational Particle Mechanics 7 (5), 789-805, 2020 | 56 | 2020 |
| A smooth contact algorithm for the combined finite discrete element method Z Lei, E Rougier, B Euser, A Munjiza Computational Particle Mechanics 7, 807-821, 2020 | 49 | 2020 |
| Predicting cement-sheath integrity with consideration of initial state of stress and thermoporoelastic effects M Meng, L Frash, JW Carey, Z Niu, W Zhang, N Guy, Z Lei, W Li, N Welch Spe Journal 26 (06), 3505-3528, 2021 | 46 | 2021 |
| The combined plastic and discrete fracture deformation framework for finite‐discrete element methods E Rougier, A Munjiza, Z Lei, VT Chau, EE Knight, A Hunter, G Srinivasan International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 121 (5), 1020-1035, 2020 | 46 | 2020 |
| Simulation of discrete cracks driven by nearly incompressible fluid via 2D combined finite‐discrete element method Z Lei, E Rougier, A Munjiza, H Viswanathan, EE Knight International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics …, 2019 | 46 | 2019 |
| LC-Grid: a linear global contact search algorithm for finite element analysis H Chen, Z Lei, M Zang Computational Mechanics 54, 1285-1301, 2014 | 44 | 2014 |
