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Earth Science

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Overview

Jean Sulem is affiliated with École des Ponts ParisTech in France. Their research primarily focuses on engineering with a significant output in the mechanics of materials, civil and structural engineering, safety, risk, reliability and quality, geophysics, and mechanical engineering.

Their main topics of work include:

  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis
  • Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
  • Tunneling and Rock Mechanics
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis

Jean Sulem has published several papers, among which are:

  • Compaction Banding in High-Porosity Carbonate Rocks: 1. Experimental Observations, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • A Cosserat Breakage Mechanics model for brittle granular media, 2020, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • Pile response to multi-directional lateral loading using P-y curves approach, 2020, Géotechnique
  • Energy tunnel linings thermo-mechanical performance: comparison between field observations and numerical modelling, 2020, E3S Web of Conferences
  • Compaction Banding in High-Porosity Carbonate Rocks: 2. A Gradient-Dependent Plasticity Model, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Frequent coauthors of Jean Sulem include:

  • M Panet (9 co-publications)
  • Siavash Ghabezloo (6 co-publications)
  • Lina-María Guayacán-Carrillo (6 co-publications)
  • Ioannis Stefanou (5 co-publications)
  • Manuel de la Fuente (5 co-publications)

The scientist has made regular contributions to specific publication venues, notably:

  • Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (8 publications)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (4 publications)
  • Computers and Geotechnics (3 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (3 publications)
  • IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science (3 publications)

Jean Sulem has also contributed to book literature with a publication by Springer Nature titled Convergence-Confinement Method for Tunnel Design, published in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Bifurcation Analysis in Geomechanics

    Ioannis Vardoulakis;J Sulem

  • Effective stress law for the permeability of a limestone

    Siavash Ghabezloo;Jean Sulem;Sylvine Guédon;François Martineau

  • Effect of the hydration temperature on the microstructure of Class G cement: C-S-H composition and density

    Sara Bahafid;Siavash Ghabezloo;Myriam Duc;Pamela Faure

  • An analytical solution for time-dependent displacements in a circular tunnel

    J. Sulem;M. Panet;A. Guenot

  • Thermal decomposition of carbonates in fault zones: Slip-weakening and temperature-limiting effects

    J Sulem;Vincent Famin

  • Closure analysis in deep tunnels

    J. Sulem;M. Panet;A. Guenot

  • Poromechanical behaviour of hardened cement paste under isotropic loading

    Siavash Ghabezloo;Jean Sulem;Sylvine Guédon;Francçois Martineau

  • Evaluation of a permeability-porosity relationship in a low-permeability creeping material using a single transient test

    Siavash Ghabezloo;Jean Sulem;Jérémie Saint-Marc

  • Stress dependent thermal pressurization of a fluid-saturated rock

    Siavash Ghabezloo;Jean Sulem

  • The Effect of Undrained Heating on a Fluid-saturated Hardened Cement Paste

    Siavash Ghabezloo;Jean Sulem;Jérémie Saint-Marc

  • Thermo-poro-mechanical properties of clayey gouge and application to rapid fault shearing

    Jean Sulem;Philippe Lazar;I. Vardoulakis

  • Oedometric compression and swelling behaviour of the Callovo-Oxfordian argillite

    Mehrdokht Mohajerani;Pierre Delage;Mohammad Monfared;Anh Minh Tang

  • Shear banding in drained and undrained triaxial tests on a saturated sandstone: Porosity and permeability evolution

    Jean Sulem;Hichem Ouffroukh

  • Elasto-plastic modelling of Red Wildmoor sandstone

    Jean Sulem;Ioannis Vardoulakis;Euripides Papamichos;Ahmed Oulahna

  • A laboratory investigation of thermally induced pore pressures in the Callovo-Oxfordian Claystone

    Mehrdokht Mohajerani;Pierre Delage;Jean Sulem;Mohammad Monfared

  • A Laboratory Investigation on Thermal Properties of the Opalinus Claystone

    M. Monfared;M. Monfared;J. Sulem;P. Delage;M. Mohajerani

  • MICROSTRUCTURE OF SHEAR ZONES IN FONTAINEBLEAU SANDSTONE

    A El Bied;J Sulem;F Martineau

  • A continuum model for periodic two‐dimensional block structures

    Jean Sulem;Hans-B. Mühlhaus

  • Borehole instabilities as bifurcation phenomena

    I. Vardoulakis;J. Sulem;A. Guenot

  • Three-dimensional Cosserat homogenization of masonry structures: elasticity

    Ioannis Stefanou;Jean Sulem;Ioannis Vardoulakis

  • Correction to “Thermal decomposition of carbonates in fault zones: Slip‐weakening and temperature‐limiting effects”

    Jean Sulem;Vincent Famin;H. Noda

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre Delage
Pierre Delage École des Ponts ParisTech
Anh Minh Tang
Anh Minh Tang École des Ponts ParisTech
Ioannis Vardoulakis
Ioannis Vardoulakis National Technical University of Athens
Karam Sab
Karam Sab École des Ponts ParisTech
Itai Einav
Itai Einav University of Sydney
Alexandre Schubnel
Alexandre Schubnel École Normale Supérieure
Michel Bornert
Michel Bornert École des Ponts ParisTech
Greg Hirth
Greg Hirth Brown University
Hans-Rudolf Wenk
Hans-Rudolf Wenk University of California, Berkeley
François Hild
François Hild École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay

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