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Overview

Brian Evans is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Engineering. Their research spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Ocean Engineering.

The primary research topics covered by Brian Evans include:

  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Tunneling and Rock Mechanics
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis

Brian Evans has published research in several scientific venues with consistent contributions to:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Representative recent papers by Brian Evans include:

  • "Semi-Brittle Deformation of Carrara Marble: Hardening and Twinning Induced Plasticity" (2021) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Determination of Internal Friction Angle of Rocks Using Scratch Test with a Blunt PDC Cutter" (2022) published in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
  • "Microscopic defect dynamics during a brittle-to-ductile transition" (2023) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Thermally Enhanced Water Weakening of the Solnhofen Limestone" (2022) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

The research collaborations of Brian Evans include frequent coauthors:

  • Erik Rybacki
  • L. L. Niu
  • Iman Rostamsowlat
  • Joël Sarout
  • Jamal Rostami

Best Publications

  • Strength of the lithosphere: Constraints imposed by laboratory experiments

    D. L. Kohlstedt;Brian Evans;S. J. Mackwell

  • Stress and temperature in the bending lithosphere as constrained by experimental rock mechanics

    Christopher Goetze;Brian Evans

  • Strength of slightly serpentinized peridotites: Implications for the tectonics of oceanic lithosphere

    J. Escartín;G. Hirth;B. Evans

  • Diffusional crack healing in quartz

    David L. Smith;Brian Evans

  • Micromechanics of the brittle to plastic transition in Carrara marble

    Joanne T. Fredrich;Brian Evans;Teng-Fong Wong

  • The temperature variation of hardness of olivine and its implication for polycrystalline yield stress

    Brian Evans;Christopher Goetze

  • A few remarks on the kinetics of static grain growth in rocks

    B. Evans;J. Renner;G. Hirth

  • The Brittle-Ductile Transition in Rocks: Recent Experimental and Theoretical Progress

    Brian Evans;Joanne T. Fredrich;Teng-Fong Wong

  • The Role of Chemistry in Fracture Pattern Development and Opportunities to Advance Interpretations of Geological Materials

    Stephen E. Laubach;R. H. Lander;L.J. Criscenti;Lawrence M. Anovitz

  • Effects of serpentinization on the lithospheric strength and the style of normal faulting at slow-spreading ridges

    J. Escartín;G. Hirth;B. Evans

  • Effect of grain size on brittle and semibrittle strength: Implications for micromechanical modelling of failure in compression

    Joanne T. Fredrich;Brian Evans;Teng-Fong Wong

  • Permeability-porosity Relationships in Rocks Subjected to Various Evolution Processes

    Y Bernabé;U. Mok;B. Evans

  • Healing of microcracks in quartz: Implications for fluid flow

    Susan Louise Brantley;Brian Evans;Stephen H. Hickman;David A. Crerar

  • Paleowattmeters: A scaling relation for dynamically recrystallized grain size

    Nicholas J. Austin;Brian Evans

  • Nondilatant brittle deformation of serpentinites: Implications for Mohr-Coulomb theory and the strength of faults

    J. Escartín;G. Hirth;B. Evans

  • Rheology of Rocks

    Brian Evans;David L. Kohlstedt

  • Permeability-porosity Relationships in Rocks Subjected to Various Evolution Processes

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  • Kinetics of pressure solution at halite‐silica interfaces and intergranular clay films

    Stephen H. Hickman;Brian Evans

  • FTIR and AFM Studies of the Kinetics and Self-Assembly of Alkyltrichlorosilanes and (Perfluoroalkyl)trichlorosilanes onto Glass and Silicon

    Reena Banga;Jack Yarwood;Anthony M. Morgan;Brian Evans

  • Laboratory study of fault healing and lithification in simulated fault gouge under hydrothermal conditions

    Stephen L. Karner;Chris Marone;Brian Evans

  • On the rheologically critical melt fraction

    Jörg Renner;Brian Evans;Greg Hirth

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth K. Kuo
Kenneth K. Kuo Pennsylvania State University
Greg Hirth
Greg Hirth Brown University
Mohammad Sarmadivaleh
Mohammad Sarmadivaleh Colorado School of Mines
Vamegh Rasouli
Vamegh Rasouli University of Wyoming
Georg Dresen
Georg Dresen University of Potsdam
David L. Kohlstedt
David L. Kohlstedt University of Minnesota
Javier Escartín
Javier Escartín École Normale Supérieure
Wenlu Zhu
Wenlu Zhu University of Maryland, College Park
Reza Rezaee
Reza Rezaee Curtin University
Marco Herwegh
Marco Herwegh University of Bern

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