Publications related to Lithosphere

Electromagnetic actuator design for distributed stiffness

Origami robots characterized by rigid plates linked together with flexible joints have inherent compliance and large deformations. Their low-profile design and folding mechanical transmissions provide substantial force and torque, especially for wearables ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2022

The Effects of Planetary and Stellar Parameters on Brittle Lithospheric Thickness

Marie Estelle Solange Violay, Michael Heap

The thicknesss of the brittle lithosphere—the outer portion of a planetary body that fails via fracturing— plays a key role in the geological processes of that body. The properties of both a planet and its host star can influence that thickness, and the po ...

2021

Effects of composition and pressure on electronic states of iron in bridgmanite

Arnaud Magrez, Philippe Gillet, Susannah McGregor Dorfman

Electronic states of iron in the lower mantle's dominant mineral, (Mg,Fe,Al)(Fe,Al,Si)O-3 bridgmanite, control physical properties of the mantle including density, elasticity, and electrical and thermal conductivity. However, the determination of electroni ...

MINERALOGICAL SOC AMER2020

On the scaling between precursory moment release and earthquake magnitude: Insights from the laboratory

Marie Estelle Solange Violay, François Xavier Thibault Passelègue, Mateo Alejandro Acosta

Recent seismological observations highlighted that both aseismic silent slip and/or foreshock sequences can precede large earthquake ruptures (Tohoku-Oki, 2011, Mw 9.0 (Kato et al., 2012); Iquique, 2014, Mw 8.1 (Ruiz et al, 2014; Socquet et al., 2017); Ill ...

2020

How does seismic anisotropy evolve as a function of mineralogical and textural changes across ductile shear zones? – an experimental and modelling approach

Henri Joseph François Gilles Leclère

Strain localization and the development of ductile shear zones in the middle and lower crust play major roles in lithosphere dynamics. Geophysical imaging of ductile shear zones is an issue for ore geology, for the understanding of the lithosphere rheology ...

2019

Mitigating tip vortex cavitation by a flexible trailing thread

Mohamed Farhat, Ali Amini

Tip Vortex Cavitation (TVC) is a major issue in design and operation of axial hydraulic machines. We investigate the capacity of a flexible trailing thread in alleviating TVC by analyzing the flow-induced motion. For this purpose, a nylon thread with three ...

AMER INST PHYSICS2019

Fluid thermodynamics control fault heating and weakening under upper crustal stress conditions

Marie Estelle Solange Violay, François Xavier Thibault Passelègue, Mateo Alejandro Acosta

Although fluids are pervasive among tectonic faults, thermo-hydro-mechanical couplings during earthquake slip remain unclear. In particular, fluid induced seismicity is today a subject of major interest for the geo-energy community. We report full dynamic ...

2017

Porosity evolution at the brittle-ductile transition in the continental crust: Implications for deep hydro-geothermal circulation

Marie Estelle Solange Violay, Mateo Alejandro Acosta, Michael Heap

Recently, projects have been proposed to engineer deep geothermal reservoirs in the ductile crust. To examine their feasibility, we performed high-temperature (up to 1000 degrees C), high-pressure (130 MPa) triaxial experiments on granite (initially-intact ...

Springer Nature2017

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Lithosphere

Electromagnetic actuator design for distributed stiffness

The Effects of Planetary and Stellar Parameters on Brittle Lithospheric Thickness

On the effects of fluid pressure variations on rock-mass and fault mechanical behaviour

Geometrical control of fluid flow through single carbonate fracture

Effects of composition and pressure on electronic states of iron in bridgmanite

On the scaling between precursory moment release and earthquake magnitude: Insights from the laboratory

How does seismic anisotropy evolve as a function of mineralogical and textural changes across ductile shear zones? – an experimental and modelling approach

Mitigating tip vortex cavitation by a flexible trailing thread

Fluid thermodynamics control fault heating and weakening under upper crustal stress conditions

Porosity evolution at the brittle-ductile transition in the continental crust: Implications for deep hydro-geothermal circulation

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Electromagnetic actuator design for distributed stiffness

The Effects of Planetary and Stellar Parameters on Brittle Lithospheric Thickness

On the effects of fluid pressure variations on rock-mass and fault mechanical behaviour

Geometrical control of fluid flow through single carbonate fracture

Mitigating tip vortex cavitation by a flexible trailing thread

Fluid thermodynamics control fault heating and weakening under upper crustal stress conditions

Porosity evolution at the brittle-ductile transition in the continental crust: Implications for deep hydro-geothermal circulation

On the scaling between precursory moment release and earthquake magnitude: Insights from the laboratory

Effects of composition and pressure on electronic states of iron in bridgmanite

How does seismic anisotropy evolve as a function of mineralogical and textural changes across ductile shear zones? – an experimental and modelling approach