https://www.journals.airsd.org/index.php/jces/issue/feed 2026-04-08T12:48:12+00:00 Muhammad Sibt e Ali jemba@journals.airsd.org Open Journal Systems <p>The <em>Journal of Computational and Experimental Science</em> (JCES) publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed research across physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, engineering, and related scientific disciplines. The journal emphasizes the integration of computational modeling, theoretical analysis, and experimental validation to advance both fundamental understanding and practical applications.</p> <p>The journal particularly welcomes contributions in emerging and high-impact areas, including drug discovery and design, materials science, nanotechnology, energy systems and photovoltaic technologies, as well as artificial intelligence and data-driven science.</p> <p>The journal accepts original research articles, review articles, and short communications.</p> <p>The journal covers a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines, including but not limited to:</p> <ul> <li>Physics and applied physics</li> <li>Chemistry and chemical sciences</li> <li>Biology, biotechnology, and life sciences</li> <li>Mathematics and computational mathematics</li> <li>Engineering and applied engineering sciences</li> <li>Materials science and nanotechnology</li> <li>Drug discovery and design</li> <li>Photovoltaics and renewable energy technologies</li> <li>Environmental and energy sciences</li> <li>Artificial intelligence and data-driven science</li> <li>Pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences</li> <li>Interdisciplinary and emerging research areas</li> </ul> https://www.journals.airsd.org/index.php/jces/article/view/604 2026-04-08T12:48:12+00:00 Ghulam Rubab ghulamrubabsoomro@gmail.com Shaista Jalbani jalbanishaista@gmail.com Abdul Razzaque Soomro soomroabdulrazaque2@gmail.com Emmy Maher Emmy.mahar@gmail.com Fatima Gull universityofkarachigull@gmail.com

<p><em>Hydro-mechanical behavior of anisotropic slate is quite significant in regulating the stability of slopes and geo-engineering structures in water sensitive environments. The paper looks at the interaction between structural anisotropy and hydrological environment on strength, deformation and failure of slate. The suggested method to fill the gaps in the existing research involves a multi-scale methodology that will incorporate laboratory testing with the numerical model and slope-scale analysis. The standardization of uniaxial and triaxial compression tests was done using slate samples at various bedding angles, under both dry and wet conditions. The experimental results indicate that compressive strength is highly directional because it is an ordinary U-shaped curve with bedding inclination. The hydro-mechanical coupling imposes large strength and stiffness losses because of the impact of pore pressure, interlayer debilitation and along discontinuity lubrication. It was found that the saturated conditions promoted more complicated crack propagation and premature failure as compared to dry conditions. It was established that there were clear changes in failure modes, tensile-slipping, shear-slipping, and composite failure, among different bedding orientations. To study micro-mechanical behavior further, a Discrete Element Method (DEM) model based on Particle Flow Code (PFC) was built and calibrated. Patterns of initiation, propagation and coalescence of cracks observed in laboratory experiments could be replicated in the numerical models. Experimental and numerical results were synthesized to give us the most important thresholds that run the mechanisms of failures in the coupled conditions. The insights were extrapolated in hydro-mechanically coupled stability modeling to the slope scale. The results prove that the dominant factors that define slope instability are the pore water pressure and structural anisotropy. The proposed framework enhances the predictive capability in the geo-hazard assessment of reservoir banks and slopes which get rainfalls. This study will aid in bridging this gap between the laboratory level observations and field-level engineering. It gives an in-depth insight into how anisotropic rocks behave in real environmental conditions. The results present feasible suggestions on safer and more sustainable infrastructure design. Besides, the study advocates the formulation of better risk mitigation measures in geologically complicated areas. On balance, the given work contributes to the further development of combining hydro-mechanical effects in rock mechanics and the study of geo-hazards of the environment.</em></p>

2026-04-08T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2026 Journal of Computational and Experimental Science