CEE Faculty Profile

Leonid Germanovich

Professor

Affinity Group: Geosystems Engineering

Office: Mason 212
Phone: 404/894-2284
Email: leonid.germanovich@ce.gatech.edu
Web: http://rockmechanics.ce.gatech.edu

Research Interests

  • Properties of earth and extra-terrestrial materials
  • Rock mechanics
  • Fracture mechnanics
  • Micro-mechanical modeling
  • Geophysics
  • Applied mathematical methods
  • Mining and petroleum engineering
  • Biomechanics

Education

  • Ph.D., Engineering Sciences (Specialization in Solids State Physics), Moscow State Mining University, 1982.
  • M.S. (includes B.Sc.), Engineering Physics (Specialization in Physical Processes in Mining), Moscow State Mining University, 1977.

Honors

  1. 2003 Award for Research in Rock Mechanics from the American Rock Mechanics Association
  2. 2002 Georgia Tech Sigma Xi Best Paper Award
  3. 2001 CEE Best Paper Award
  4. 2000 Basic Research Award for Significant Original Contribution from the U.S. National Committee for Rock Mechanics
  5. 1999 Dowell‐Schlumberger Petroleum Geomechanics Grant
  6. 1999 CEE Outstanding Interdisciplinary Activity Award
  7. 1996 Elected as a Foreign Fellow by the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences

Articles

  1. Germanovich, L. N., R. P. Lowell, and P. Ramondenc, 2011, Magmatic origin of hydrothermal response to earthquake swarms: Constraints from heat flow and geochemical data, J. of Geoph. Research, Vol. 116, No. B05103, Art. doi: 10.1029/2009JB006588, 25 pp.
  2. Wankel, S. D., Germanovich, L. N., Lilley, M. D., Gence, G., DiPerna, C. J., Bradley, A. S., Olson, E. J., and P. R. Girguis, 2011, Influence of subsurface biosphere on geochemical fluxes from diffuse hydrothermal fluids, Nature Geosciences, doi: 10.1038/ngeo1183.
  3. Germanovich L. N. and Murdoch L. C., 2010, Injection of Solids to Lift Ground Surface in Coastal Areas, Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 466, pp. 3225–3252, doi: 10.1098/rspa.2010.0033.
  4. Puzrin A.M., E. Saurer, and L.N. Germanovich, 2010, A Dynamic Solution of the Shear Band Propagation in Submerged Landslides, Granular Matter, 12, 3, p. 253‐265.
  5. Ramondenc, P., L. N. Germanovich, and R. P. Lowell, 2008, Modeling the hydrothermal response to earthquakes with application to the 1995 event at 9°50 N, East Pacific Rise, in Magma to Microbe: Modeling Hydrothermal Processes at Oceanic Spreading Centers, Geophys. Monogr. Ser., Vol. 178, pp. 97‐122.
  6. Qin R., Buck W. R., and Germanovich, L. N., 2007, Comment on “Mechanics of tidally driven fractures in Europa’s ice shell” by S. Lee, R.T. Pappalardo, and N.C. Makris [2005. Icarus 177, 367–379], Icarus Vol. 189, pp. 595–597, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.01.013.
  7. Xu, W., and L. N. Germanovich, 2007, Reply to comment by Nabil Sultan on ‘‘Excess pore pressure resulting from methane hydrate dissociation in marine sediments: A theoretical approach,’’ Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 112, No. B02104, doi:10.1029/2006JB004722.
  8. Wu, R., Germanovich, L. N., Van Dyke, P. E., and Lowell, R. P., 2007, Thermal technique for controlling hydraulic fractures, J. of Geoph. Research, Vol. 112, No. B05209, Art. doi:10.1029/2005JB003815.
  9. Ramondenc, P., Germanovich, L. N., Lowell, R. P., and Von Damm K. L., 2006, The first measurements of hydrothermal heat output at 9°50′ N, East Pacific Rise, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 245, pp. 487 – 497.
  10. Xu, W., and Germanovich, L. N., 2006, Excess pore pressure resulting from methane hydrate dissociation in marine sediments: A theoretical approach, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 111, No. B01104, doi:10.1029/2004JB003600.
  11. Murdoch, L. C., and Germanovich, L. N., 2006, Analysis of a deformable fracture in permeable material, International Journal of Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Vol. 30, pp. 529–561.
  12. Puzrin, A. M., and Germanovich, L. N., 2005, The growth of shear bands in the catastrophic failure of soils, Proc. of the Royal Society: A – Math., Phys. and Eng. Sciences, Vol. 461 (2056), pp. 1199‐1228.
  13. Lowell, R.P., L.N. Germanovich, 2004, Hydrothermal Processes at Mid‐Ocean Ridges: Results from Scale Analysis and Single‐Pass Models, in Mid‐ocean Ridges: Hydrothermal Interaction between the Lithosphere and Ocean, Geophys. Monogr. Ser., Vol. 148, pp. 219‐244.
  14. Puzrin, A. M., Germanovich, L. N., and Kim, S., 2004, Catastrophic failure of submerged slopes in normally consolidated sediments, Géotechnique, Vol. 54, No. 10, pp. 631‐643.
  15. Germanovich, L. N., and Astakhov, D. K., 2004, Fracture closure in extension and mechanical interaction of parallel joints, J. of Geophysical Research, Vol. 109, No. B02208, doi:10.1029/2002JB002131.
  16. Germanovich, L. N., and Astakhov, D. K., 2004, Stress dependent permeability and fluid flow through parallel joints, J. of Geophysical Research, Vol. 109, No. B09203, doi:10.1029/2002JB002133.
  17. Lowell, R.P., Y. Yao, and L.N. Germanovich, 2003, On the relationship between focused and diffuse flow in seafloor hydrothermal systems, J. Geoph. Research, Vol. 108, No. B9, doi: 10.1029/2002JB002371.
  18. Sahouryeh, E., Dyskin, A. V., and Germanovich, L. N., 2002, Crack growth under biaxial compression, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 69 (18), pp. 2187‐2198.
  19. Germanovich, L. N., Lowell, R. P., and Astakhov, D. K., 2001, Temperature-dependent permeability and bifurcations in hydrothermal flow, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 106, No. B1, pp. 473 . 495.
  20. Germanovich, L. N., Lowell, R. P., and Astakhov, D. K., 2000, Stress dependent permeability and the formation of seafloor event plumes, J. of Geophysical Research, Vol. 105, No. B4, pp. 8,341 ƒ{ 8,354.
  21. Germanovich, L. N. and Dyskin, A. V., 2000, Fracture mechanisms and instability of openings in compression, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 37, pp. 263 ƒ{ 284.
  22. Dyskin, A. V., Germanovich, L. N., and Ustinov, K. B., 2000, Asymptotic analysis of crack interaction with free boundary, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 37, No. 6, pp. 857 ƒ{ 886.
  23. Dyskin, A. V., Germanovich, L. N., and Ustinov, K. B. 1999, A 3-D model of wing crack growth and interaction, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 63, pp. 81 . 110.
  24. Germanovich, L. N., Astakhov, D. K., Shlyapobersky, J., Mayerhofer, M. J., Dupont C., and Ring, L. M., 1998, Modeling multisegmented hydraulic fracture in two extreme cases: no leakoff and dominating leakoff, Int. J. of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 35, No. 4-5, pp. 551 . 554.
  25. Lowell, R. P., and Germanovich, L. N., 1997, Evolution of a brine layer at the base of a ridge-crest hydrothermal system, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 102, No. B5, pp. 10,245 . 10,255.
  26. Germanovich, L. N., Ring, L. M., Shlyapobersky, J., Mayerhofer, M. J., and Astakhov, D. K., 1997, Hydraulic fracture with multiple segments, II, Modeling, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Science, Vol. 34, No 3/4, Paper no. 98.
  27. Germanovich, L. N., Shlyapobersky, J., Mayerhofer, M. J., Astakhov, D. K., and Ring, L. M., 1997, Hydraulic fracture with multiple segments, I, Observations and model formulation, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Science, Vol. 34, No 3/4, Paper no. 97.
  28. Germanovich, L. N., and Cherepanov, G. P., 1995, On some general properties of strength criteria, International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 71, No. 1, pp. 37  56.
  29. Lowell, R. P., and Germanovich, L. N., 1995, Dike injection and the formation of megaplumes at ocean ridge axes, Science, Vol. 267, pp. 1,804  1,807.
  30. Germanovich, L. N., and Lowell, R. P., 1995, The mechanism of phreatic eruptions, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 100, No. B5, pp. 8,417  8,434.
  31. Lowell, R. P., and Germanovich, L. N., 1994, On the temporal evolution of hydrothermal systems at ocean ridge crests, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 99, No. B1, pp. 565  575.
  32. Germanovich, L. N., Salganik, R. L., Dyskin, A. V., and Lee, K. K., 1994, Mechanisms of brittle fracture of rocks with multiple pre‐existing cracks in compression, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Vol. 143, No. 1/2/3, pp. 117  149.
  33. Germanovich, L. N., and Dyskin, A. V., 1994, Virial expansions in problems of effective characteristics, Part I, General Concepts, Mechanics of Composite Materials, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 157  167.
  34. Germanovich, L. N., and Dyskin, A. V., 1994, Virial expansions in problems of effective characteristics, Part II, Anti‐plane deformation of fiber composite, Analysis of self‐consistent methods, Mechanics of Composite Materials, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 234  243.
  35. Germanovich, L. N., Dolotov, M. V., and Kill, I. D., 1994, A dynamic problem of thermoelasticity for a halfspace with distributed heat sources in the case of axial symmetry, Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Vol. 58, No. 2, pp. 170  181.
  36. Lowell, R. P., van Cappellen, P., and Germanovich, L. N., 1993, Silica precipitation in fractures and the evolution of permeability in hydrothermal upflow zones, Science, Vol. 260, pp. 192  194.
  37. Germanovich, L. N., and Roegiers, J.‐C., 1993, Discussion of a continuum‐damage‐mechanics model of hydraulic fracturing, Journal of Petroleum Technology, December 1993, pp. 1,190  1,191.
  38. Dyskin, A. V., Germanovich, L. N., and Ustinov, K. B., 1993, On the cracks growing from a pre‐existing pore in compression, International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 62, pp. 307  324.
  39. Cherepanov, G. P., and Germanovich, L. N., 1993, An employment of the catastrophe theory in fracture mechanics as applied to brittle strength criteria, International Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 41, No. 10, pp. 1,637  1,649.
  40. Germanovich, L. N., Dyskin A. V., and Tsyrulnikov, M. N., 1993, A model of the deformation and fracture of brittle materials under uniaxial compression, Mechanics of Solids, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 116  128.
  41. Dyskin, A. V., and Germanovich, L. N., 1993, Model of crack growth in microcracked rock, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 30, No. 7, pp. 813  820.
  42. Germanovich, L. N., and Lowell, R. P., 1992, Percolation theory, thermoelasticity, and discrete hydrothermal venting in the Earth's crust, Science, Vol. 255, pp. 1564  1567.
  43. Germanovich, L. N., Dyskin, A. V., and Ustinov, K. B., 1991, Influence of pores on dilatancy and fracture of brittle materials. Paper No. 494, Inst. for Problems in Mechanics, The USSR Academy of Sciences.
  44. Germanovich, L. N., Dyskin A. V., and Tsyrulnikov, M. N., 1990, Mechanism of dilatancy and columnar failure of brittle rocks under uniaxial compression, Transactions (Doklady) of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Earth Science Sections, published by Scripta Technica, American Geological Institute, and the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 313, No. 4, pp. 6  10.
  45. Germanovich, L. N., 1989, The effective characteristics of a medium with inclusions in a variable field, Soviet Physics ‐ Doklady, American Institute of Physics, Vol. 34, No. 6, pp. 513  516.
  46. Germanovich, L. N., and Dyskin, A. V., 1988, A model of brittle failure for materials with cracks in uniaxial loading, Mechanics of Solids, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 111  124.
  47. Germanovich, L. N., Kill, I. D., and Tsodokova, N. S., 1988, Thermoelastic stresses in a half‐space heated by a concentrated energy flux, J. of Applied Math. and Mechanics, Vol. 52, No. 4, pp. 525  533.
  48. Germanovich, L. N., and Cherepanov, G. P., 1987, Failure criteria and the Drucker postulate, Transactions (Doklady) of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Earth Science Sections, New York: published by Scripta Technica, Inc. in cooperation with the American Geological Institute and the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 294, No. 3, pp. 32  35.
  49. Germanovich, L. N., and Cherepanov, G. P., 1987, Fracture criteria for material with defects, Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 256  264.
  50. Germanovich, L. N., 1986, Temperature stresses in an elastic half‐space with heat sources, Mechanics of Solids, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 77  88.
  51. Germanovich, L. N., and Kill, I. D., 1985, Convective heating of a half‐space (nonsymmetric case), Journal of Engineering Physics, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 113  114.
  52. Ershov, L. V., and Germanovich, L. N., 1985, Temperature field and structural stresses in heterogeneous rocks, Soviet Mining Sciences, New York, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 122  132.
  53. Germanovich, L. N., Ershov, L. V., and Kill, I. D., 1985, Asymmetric problem of thermoelasticity for a halfspace, Soviet Physics ‐ Doklady, American Institute of Physics, Vol. 30, No. 9, pp. 765  768.
  54. Germanovich, L. N., Ershov, L. V., and Kill, I. D., 1985, On thermoelastic stresses in an asymmetrically heated half‐space, Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Vol. 49, No. 6, pp. 763  770.
  55. Germanovich, L. N., 1984, Time dependence of the strength of brittle solids under repeated loading, Soviet Physics ‐ Doklady, published by the American Institute of Physics, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 55  56.
  56. Germanovich, L. N., 1984, Stress state in the vicinity of a drill‐hole cut by flame, Soviet Mining Sciences, New York: Consultants Bureau & Plenum Publishing Corp., Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 245  253.
  57. Germanovich, L. N., 1984, Temperature stresses in an elastic half‐space, Mechanics of Solids, Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 34  41.
  58. Germanovich, L. N., and Kill, I. D., 1983, Thermal stresses in an elastic half‐space, Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 437  441.
  59. Germanovich, L. N., 1983, Inductive heating theory for heterogeneous rocks, Soviet Mining Sciences, New York: Consultants Bureau & Plenum Publishing Corp., Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 260  265.
  60. Germanovich, L. N., 1983, Deformation of natural coals, Soviet Mining Sciences, New York: Consultant Bureau & Plenum Publishing Corp., Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 377  381.
  61. Dmitriev, A. P., Goncharov, S. A., and Germanovich, L. N., 1983, Mechanism of brittle thermal fracture of inhomogeneous solids by high‐temperature gas jets, Soviet Physics ‐ Doklady, New York: published by the American Institute of Physics, Vol. 28, No. 9, pp. 795  797.
  62. Germanovich, L. N., 1982, On valuation of the thermostructural stresses in two‐component solids, Mechanics of Composite Materials, No. 4, pp. 727  728 (in Russian).
  63. Dmitriev, A. P., Goncharov, S. A., and Germanovich, L. N., 1982, On the mechanism of rock thermal fracture, Transactions of the USSR Higher Education Institutions, Series Mining, No. 9, pp. 1  7.
  64. Dmitriev, A. P., and Germanovich, L. N., 1982, Evaluation of rock heating by induction, Transactions of the USSR Higher Education Institutions, Series Mining, No. 10, pp. 1  3 (in Russian).
  65. Dmitriev, A. P., and Germanovich, L. N., 1981, Complex magnetic permeability of minerals and rocks, Transactions of the USSR Higher Education Institutions, Series Mining, No. 11, pp. 1  3 (in Russian).
  66. Germanovich, L. N., 1981, Investigation of surfactant percolation and diffusion processes in inhomogeneous rocks, in Scientific Communication of the Scotchinsky Research Institute of Mining, No. 202, pp. 41  47 (in Russian).
  67. Kusov, N. F., and Germanovich, L. N., 1981, On the model of inhomogeneous rock with internal stresses and solution of the blast problem for this model, in Scientific Communication of the Scotchinsky Research Institute of Mining, No. 197, pp. 106  112 (in Russian).
  68. Kusov, N. F., Edelstein, O. A., Germanovich, L. N., and Shobolova, L. P., 1980, On estimation of the energy of mechanical rock fracture under physico‐chemical impact, in Scientific Communication of the Scotchinsky Research Institute of Mining, No. 190, pp. 76  80 (in Russian).
  69. Kusov, N. F., Voronkov, G. Ya., Germanovich, L. N., and Alkhimova, G. N., 1980, Investigation of coal powder self‐dispersion, in Scientific Communication of the Scotchinsky Research Institute of Mining, No. 189, pp. 85  93 (in Russian).
  70. Germanovich, L. N., 1980, Deformations in oil shale, Oil Shale, No. 1, pp. 1  6 (in Russian).
  71. Germanovich, L. N., 1979, Self‐destruction and strength decrease of oil shale in the presence of surfactants, Oil Shale, No. 1, pp. 1  7 (in Russian).
  72. Kusov, N. F., Voronkov, G. Ya., Germanovich, L. N., 1979, On the possibility of coal self‐destruction, in Scientific Communication of the Scotchinsky Research Institute of Mining, No. 179, pp. 18  25.

Books

  1. Cherepanov, G. P. and Germanovich, L. N., 1998, Theory of catastrophes and failure criteria, Chapter 11 in Fracture: A topical Encyclopedia of Current Knowledge Dedicated to Alan Arnold Griffith, Krieger Publishing Co., Malabar, Florida, USA, pp. 255‐274.
  2. Dmitriev, A. P., Goncharov, S. A., and Germanovich, L. N., 1990, Thermal Fracture of Rocks, Nedra Publishers, Moscow, 256 pp.

Proceedings

  1. Germanovich, L.N., Murdoch, L.C., Garagash, D., Reches, Z., Martel, S.J., Gwaba, D., Elsworth, D., Onstott, T.C., 2011, Earthquake Rupture Experiment on the Homestake Fault, CMMI Conference, Atlanta, GA, 9 pp.
  2. Germanovich, L.N. and Balueva, A.V., 2009, A Transient Model of Hydrogen Induced Delamination. Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Fracture, Ottawa, Canada, pp. 201‐211.
  3. Wu, R., L.N. Germanovich, and R. Hurt, 2009, Experimental and theoretical study of mixedmode I+III crack propagation and segmentation, The 43rd US Rock Mechanics Symposium and 4th U.S.‐Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium, held in Asheville, NC June 28th – July 1, 9 pp.
  4. Murdoch, L.C., D.B. Hisz, J.F. Ebenhack, D.E. Fowler, C. R. Tiedeman, L. N. Germanovich, 2009, Analysis of Hydromechanical Well Tests in Fractured Sedimentary Rock at the NAWC Site, New Jersey. The 43rd US Rock Mechanics Symposium and 4th U.S.‐Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium, held in Asheville, NC June 28th – July 1, 8 pp.
  5. Germanovich, L.N., C. Ozan, and S. Mukundan, 2009, A mechanism of subdural hematoma following ventricular decompression, Poromechanics IV: Proceedings of the Fourth Biot Conference on Poromechanics, eds. H.I. Ling, A. Smyth, and R. Betti, DEStech Publications, Inc., N.Y., pp. 113‐118.
  6. Ozan, C., L.N. Germanovich, S. Mukundan and A.M. Puzrin, 2009, A model of subdural hematoma caused by ventriculostomy procedure, Poromechanics IV: Proceedings of the Fourth Biot Conf. on Poromechanics, eds. H.I. Ling, A. Smyth, and R. Betti, DEStech Publications, Inc., N.Y., pp. 107‐112.
  7. Puzrin, A., Ozan, C., Germanovich, L.N., Mukundan, S., and Skrinjar, O. 2006, Inverse 3D Finite Element
  8. Analysis of a Brain Surgery Simulation, Computational Biomech. for Medicine, MICCAI 2006, 75‐84.
  9. Puzrin, A. M., and Germanovich, L. N., 2005, The mechanism of tsunamigenic landslides, J. A. Yamamuro, and J. Koseki (editors), Proceedings of the First Japan ‐ U.S. Workshop on Testing, Modeling, and Simulation, June 27‐29, 2003, Boston, MA, Reston, VA: ASCE, 726 pp. pp. 421‐428 (doi 10.1061/40797(172)24).
  10. Chanpura, R. A. and Germanovich, L. N., 2004, Fault Stability Inside and Near a Depleting Petroleum Reservoir, in Proceedings (compact disk) of 6th North American Rock Mechanics Symposium (NARMS): Gulf Rocks 2004, Alexandria, VA: American Rock Mechanics Association.
  11. Germanovich L. N., and Chanpura, R. A., 2002, Modeling Thin Inclusions in Poroelastic Medium by Line Discontinuities, IUTAM Symposium on Analytical and Computational Fracture Mechanics of Non‐ Homogeneous Materials, B. L. Karihaloo (ed.), Kluwer, Dordrecht, Boston, London, pp. 133 – 142.
  12. Chanpura, R. A., and L. N. Germanovich, 2001, Faulting and seismicity associated with fluid extraction, Rock Mechanics in the National Interests, D. Elsworth, J. P. Tinucci, K. A. Heasley (eds.), Balkema, Lisse, Vol. I, pp. 885‐894.
  13. Dyskin, A. V., Sahouryeh, E. and Germanovich, L. N., 2001, A Mechanism of Rock Failure at the Walls of Large Carvens and Excavations, Rock Mechanics, a Challenge for Society, Proc. of Eurock 2001, P. Sarkka and P. Eloranta (eds.), A. A. Balkema Publishers, Lisse, Abingdon, Exton, Tokyo, pp. 481‐486.
  14. Astakhov, D. K., and Germanovich, L. N., 2000, Fracture closure in extension and stress dependent permeability, in Proceedings of the 4th North American Rock Mechanics Symposium: NARMS 2000, J. Girard et al. (eds.), Balkema, Rotterdam and Brookfield, pp. 841‐848.
  15. Germanovich, L. N., Chanpura, R. A., and Ring, L. M., 1999, Fault Slip and Seismicity Induced by Subsurface Fluid Withdrawal, in Proceedings of the 37th U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, B. Amadei et al. (eds.), Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 1145  1154.
  16. Germanovich, L. N., Chanpura, R. A., Ring, L. M., and Filippov, A. G., 1998, Poroelastic Mechanism of Fault Reactivation as a Result of Reservoir Depletion, in Poromecahnics, A Tribute to Maurice A. Biot, Proceedings of the Biot Conference on Poromechanics, Louvain‐LA‐Neuve, Belgium, 14‐16 September, 1998, J.‐F. Thimus et al. (eds.), Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 415  420.
  17. Germanovich, L. N., Astakhov, D. K., Shlyapobersky, J., Ring, L. M., 1998, A Model of Hydraulic Fracture with Parallel Segments, in Modeling and Simulation Based Engineering, S. N. Atluri and P. E. O'Donoghue (eds.), Tech Science Press, pp. 1261  1268.
  18. Grekov, M. A., and Germanovich, L. N., 1998, A boundary integral method for closely spaced fractures, in Modeling and Simulation Based Engineering, S. N. Atluri and P. E. O'Donoghue (eds.), Tech Science Press, pp. 166  171.
  19. Sahouryeh, E., Dyskin, A. V. and Germanovich, L. N., 1998, A mechanism of 3‐D crack growth and splitting in biaxial compression. In: ECF12 ESIS Fracture from Defects. Proc. of the 12th Bienniel Conf. on Fracture, M. W. Brown, and K.J. Miller (eds), Eng. Mater. Advisory Services, Cradley Heath, UK, Vol. 2, 745‐750.
  20. Germanovich, L. N., 1997, Thermal spalling of rock, in Advances in Fracture Research, Vol. 6, Pergamon, Amsterdam, Oxford, etc., pp. 2771  2782.
  21. Dyskin, A. V., Ustinov, K. B., and Germanovich, L. N., 1996, Asymptotic vs. numerical modelling in fracture mechanics, in AEMC94 1st Biennial Engineering Mathematics Conference, Melbourne, 11‐14 July, 1994, A. K. Easton and J. M. Steiner (eds.), Studentliteratur, Lund, Sweden, pp. 399  407.
  22. Dyskin, A. V., Germanovich, L. N., and Ustinov, K. B., 1996, Modeling of 3‐D crack growth and interaction in uniaxial compression, in Proceedings of the 1st Australian Congress on Applied Mechanics, R. H. Grzebieta, A. K. Wang, J. Marco and Y. C. Lam (eds.), Vol. 1, pp. 139  144, The Institution of Engineers, Australia Preprint of Papers (National Conference Publication No. 96/01).
  23. Germanovich, L. N., Galybin, A. N., Dyskin, A. V., Mokhel, A. N., and Dunayevsky, V., 1996, Borehole stability in laminated rock, in Proceedings of EUROCK '96, Turin, Italy, 2‐5 September 1996, ISRM International Conference, G. Barla (ed.), Balkema, Rotterdam and Brookfield, pp. 767  776.
  24. Germanovich, L. N., Carter, B. J., Dyskin, A. V., Ingraffea, A. R., and Lee, K. K., 1996, Mechanics of 3‐D crack growth under compressive loads, in Rock Mechanics Tools and Techniques, Proceedings of the 2nd North American Rock Mechanics Symposium: NARMS'96, M. Aubertin, F. Hassani, and H. Mitri (eds.), Balkema, Rotterdam and Brookfield, pp. 1151  1160.
  25. Mokhel, A. N., Germanovich, L. N., Dyskin, A. V., Galybin, A. N., and Kulinich, Yu. V., 1996, Modeling borehole instabilities associated with natural crack systems, in Rock Mechanics Tools and Techniques, Proceedings of the 2nd North American Rock Mechanics Symposium: NARMS'96, M. Aubertin, F. Hassani, and H. Mitri (eds.), Balkema, Rotterdam and Brookfield, pp. 1285  1294.
  26. Dyskin, A. V., Germanovich, L. N., Jewell, R. J., Joer, H., Krasinski, J. S., Lee, K. K., Roegiers, J.‐C., Sahouryeh, E., and Ustinov, K. B., 1995, Some experimental results on three‐dimensional crack propagation in compression, in Mechanics of Jointed and Faulted Rock, Second International Conference, Vienna, Austria, April, 1995, Balkema, Rotterdam and Brookfield, pp. 91  96.
  27. Germanovich, L. N., Ring, L. M., Carter, B. J., Ingraffea, A. R., Dyskin, A. V., and Ustinov, K. B, 1995, Simulation of crack growth and interaction in compression, in Proceedings of the Eight International Congress on Rock Mechanics, Balkema, Rotterdam and Brookfield, Vol. 1, pp. 219  226.
  28. Dyskin, A. V., and Germanovich, L. N., 1995, A model of fault propagation in rocks under compression, in Proc. of the 35th U.S. Symp. on Rock Mechanics, Balkema, Rotterdam and Brookfield, pp. 731  738.
  29. Germanovich, L. N., Roegiers, J.‐C., and Dyskin, A. V., 1994, A model for borehole breakouts in brittle rocks, in Rock Mechanics in Petroleum Engineering, Proceedings of EUROCK '94, Delft, Netherlands, SPE/ISRM Int. Conference, 29‐31 August, 1994, Balkema, Rotterdam and Brookfield, pp. 361  370.
  30. Dyskin, A. V., Germanovich, L. N., Ingraffea, A. R., Lee, K. K., and Ring, L. M., 1994, Modeling crack propagation in compression, in Proc. of the First North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, P. P. Nelson and S. E. Laubach (eds.), Balkema, Rotterdam and Brookfield, pp. 451  460.
  31. Ustinov, K. B., Dyskin, A. V., and Germanovich, L. N., 1994, Asymptotic analysis of extensive crack growth parallel to free boundary, in Proceedings of the 3rd Int. Conference on Localized Damage 94, Italy, July 94, Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, Boston, pp. 623  630.
  32. Dyskin, A. V., Germanovich, L. N., and Ustinov, K. B., 1994, Post‐peak softening of brittle geomaterials in tension, in Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference of the Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, IACMAG, Vol. 1, Balkema, Rotterdam and Brookfield, pp. 567  573.
  33. Dyskin, A. V., Germanovich, L. N., and Ustinov, K. B., 1993, A 2‐D model of skin rock burst and its application to rock burst monitoring, Proceedings of the Australian Conf. on Geothechnical Instrumentation and Monitoring in Open Pit and Underground Mining, Balkema, Rotterdam and Brookfield, pp. 133  141.
  34. Dyskin, A. V. and Germanovich, L. N., 1993, Macrocrack propagation in materials with multi‐scale microcracking, in Fracture and Damage of Concrete and Rock, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference, Vienna, Austria, 9‐13 November 1992, H. P. Rossmanith (ed.), pp. 324  333, E&FN Spon Publishers, London, Glasgow, New York, Tokyo, Melbourne, Madras.
  35. Dyskin, A. V., and Germanovich, L. N., 1993, Rock burst model based on cracks growing near free surface, in Proceedings of 3rd International Symposium on Rockbursts and Seismicity in Mines, Balkema, Rotterdam and Brookfield, pp. 169  174.
  36. Dyskin, A. V., Germanovich, L. N., and Ustinov, K. B., 1992, On the pore‐based mechanism of dilatancy and fracture of rocks under compression, in Proceedings of the 33rd U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, pp. 797  806, Balkema, Rotterdam and Brookfield, The Netherlands.
  37. Dyskin, A. V., Germanovich, L. N., and Salganik, R. L., 1991, A mechanism of deformation and fracture of brittle rocks, in Rock Mechanics as a Multidisciplinary Study, Proceedings of the 32nd U.S. Symp. on Rock Mechanics, pp. 181  190, Balkema, Rotterdam and Brookfield, The Netherlands.

Patents

Germanovich, L.N., Churaev, N.F., Kusov, N.F., and Voronkov, G.Ya., 1981, Composition for physico‐chemical fracture of the mineral combustible solids, Patent certificate of the USSR, No. 836342, described in Official Bulletin of the USSR Committee for Invention and Discovery Affairs, No. 21, p. 167.

Presentations

  1. 2011 Keynote Lecture, Symposium “Physics of the Seismic Process: from Laboratory Studies to Field Observations” at the XXV International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics General Assembly, Melbourne Australia (to be delivered on July 2, 2011)
  2. 2009 Keynote Lecture, Scientific Conference “From Shear Bands to Rapid Flow,” Monte Verità, Switzerland
  3. 2008 Keynote Speaker, 5th International Conference on Flow Dynamics, Sendai, Japan
  4. 2007 Guest Lecture, Schlumberger Client‐Advisory Board Meeting with Major Petroleum Companies, Anaheim, California
  5. 2005 Guest Lecture, Symposium “Homogenization and Effective Characteristics” at the 8th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Austin, 2005
  6. 2004 Keynote Lecture, Fairhurst Colloquium, Minneapolis, October 2004
  7. 2004 Guest Lecture, SPE Forum Tight Gas Reservoirs, Nice, France, September 2004
  8. 2002 Keynote Lecture, International Conference on Structural Integrity and Fracture, Perth, Australia
  9. 2002 Keynote speaker, “Drilling Active Faults in South Africa Mines,” Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
  10. 2001 Keynote Lecture “Modes and Mechanisms of Hydraulic Fractures,” Hydraulic Fracturing Workshop, Washington, D.C.
  11. 1997 Invited Keynote Lecture "Thermal Spalling of Rock," 9th International Conference on Fracture, Sydney, Australia