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Eiichi Fukuyama

Eiichi Fukuyama

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Earth Science

D-Index
37
Citations
4817
World Ranking
6917
National Ranking
197

Overview

Eiichi Fukuyama is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan, focusing primarily on research within the fields of Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials, Artificial Intelligence, Mechanical Engineering, and aspects of Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics that include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

Eiichi Fukuyama has contributed to several scholarly articles published in notable journals. Recent papers include:

  • "Fault strength and rupture process controlled by fault surface topography," 2023, Nature Geoscience
  • "Two end-member earthquake preparations illuminated by foreshock activity on a meter-scale laboratory fault," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Nucleation of Laboratory Earthquakes: Quantitative Analysis and Scalings," 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Energy-Based Scenarios for Great Thrust-Type Earthquakes in the Nankai Trough Subduction Zone, Southwest Japan, Using an Interseismic Slip-Deficit Model," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Mining-induced fault failure and coseismic slip based on numerical investigation," 2024, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Shiqing Xu
  • Futoshi Yamashita
  • Hironori Kawakata
  • Kazuo Mizoguchi
  • Shigeru Takizawa

Eiichi Fukuyama's publication record demonstrates recurring engagement with several respected venues, such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Nature Geoscience

Best Publications

  • Automated Seismic Moment Tensor Determination by Using On-line Broadband Seismic Waveforms

    Eiichi Fukuyama;Mizuho Ishida;Douglas S. Dreger;Hiroyuki Kawai

  • NIED seismic moment tensor catalogue for regional earthquakes around Japan: quality test and application

    Atsuki Kubo;Eiichi Fukuyama;Hiroyuki Kawai;Ken'ichi Nonomura

  • A Kinematic Source-Time Function Compatible with Earthquake Dynamics

    Elisa Tinti;Eiichi Fukuyama;Alessio Piatanesi;Massimo Cocco

  • Three‐dimensional nonplanar simulation of the 1992 Landers earthquake

    Hideo Aochi;Eiichi Fukuyama

  • Reconstruction of seismic faulting by high-velocity friction experiments: An example of the 1995 Kobe earthquake

    Kazuo Mizoguchi;Takehiro Hirose;Toshihiko Shimamoto;Eiichi Fukuyama

  • Rupture dynamics of a planar fault in a 3D elastic medium: Rate- and slip-weakening friction

    Eiichi Fukuyama;Raúl Madariaga

  • Stress-Breakdown Time and Slip-Weakening Distance Inferred from Slip-Velocity Functions on Earthquake Faults

    Takeshi Mikumo;Kim B. Olsen;Eiichi Fukuyama;Yuji Yagi

  • Spontaneous Rupture Propagation on a Non-planar Fault in 3-D Elastic Medium

    Hideo Aochi;Eiichi Fukuyama;Mitsuhiro Matsu’ura

  • Rupture process of the 1983 Japan Sea (Akita-Oki) earthquake using a waveform inversion method

    Eiichi Fukuyama;Kojiro Irikura

  • Detailed Fault Structure of the 2000 Western Tottori, Japan, Earthquake Sequence

    Eiichi Fukuyama;William L. Ellsworth;Felix Waldhauser;Atsuki Kubo

  • Stress field along the Ryukyu Arc and the Okinawa Trough inferred from moment tensors of shallow earthquakes

    Atsuki Kubo;Eiichi Fukuyama

  • Internal structure and permeability of the Nojima fault, southwest Japan

    Kazuo Mizoguchi;Takehiro Hirose;Toshihiko Shimamoto;Eiichi Fukuyama

  • Fault strength and rupture process controlled by fault surface topography

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  • High-velocity frictional behavior and microstructure evolution of fault gouge obtained from Nojima fault, southwest Japan

    Kazuo Mizoguchi;Takehiro Hirose;Toshihiko Shimamoto;Eiichi Fukuyama

  • Dynamic rupture analysis: Inversion for the source process of the 1990 Izu‐Oshima, Japan, earthquake (M = 6.5)

    Eiichi Fukuyama;Takeshi Mikumo

  • Estimation of the Critical Slip-Weakening Distance: Theoretical Background

    Eiichi Fukuyama;Takeshi Mikumo;Kim B. Olsen

  • Performance test of an automated moment tensor determination system for the future "Tokai" earthquake

    Eiichi Fukuyama;Douglas S. Dreger

  • Slip-Deficit Rate Distribution Along the Nankai Trough, Southwest Japan, With Elastic Lithosphere and Viscoelastic Asthenosphere

    Akemi Noda;Tatsuhiko Saito;Eiichi Fukuyama

  • Selectivity of spontaneous rupture propagation on a branched fault

    H. Aochi;E. Fukuyama;M. Matsu'ura

  • Strain rate effect on fault slip and rupture evolution: Insight from meter-scale rock friction experiments

    Shiqing Xu;Eiichi Fukuyama;Futoshi Yamashita;Kazuo Mizoguchi

  • Integral equation method for plane crack with arbitrary shape in 3D elastic medium

    Eiichi Fukuyama;Raul Madariaga

  • Effect of normal stress during rupture propagation along nonplanar faults

    Hideo Aochi;Raúl Madariaga;Eiichi Fukuyama

  • Integral equation method for plane crack with arbitrary shape in 3D elastic medium

    E. Fukuyama;R. Madariaga

  • The 2002 Molise earthquake sequence: What can we learn about the tectonics of southern Italy?

    F. Di Luccio;E. Fukuyama;N.A. Pino

Frequent Co-Authors

Raul Madariaga
Raul Madariaga École Normale Supérieure
Mitsuhiro Matsu'ura
Mitsuhiro Matsu'ura University of Tokyo
Toshihiko Shimamoto
Toshihiko Shimamoto China Earthquake Administration
Hiroyuki Kumagai
Hiroyuki Kumagai Nagoya University
Takehiro Hirose
Takehiro Hirose Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Kim B. Olsen
Kim B. Olsen San Diego State University
Jean-Paul Ampuero
Jean-Paul Ampuero Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Alexandre Schubnel
Alexandre Schubnel École Normale Supérieure
Massimo Cocco
Massimo Cocco National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Alessio Piatanesi
Alessio Piatanesi National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

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