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Charles Lieou

Postdoctoral Research Associate
CNLS/Earth and Environmental Sciences, EES-17

Materials driven away from equilibrium; nonlinear elasticity and granular flow in earth science

Charles Lieou

Office: TA-3, Bldg 215, Room 213
Mail Stop: D446
Phone: (505) 667-7946
Fax: none

c_lieou@lanl.gov
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Research highlight
     Educational Background/Employment:
    • BSc (Hons) in Physics with minor in Mathematics (2010), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    • MA in Physics (2012), University of California, Santa Barbara
    • PhD in Physics (2015), University of California, Santa Barbara. Advisors: Jean M. Carlson and James S. Langer

    Research Interests:

    • Response of materials driven out of nonequilibrium
    • Granular flow
    • Nonlinear elasticity in earth materials
    • Earthquake triggering and nucleation

    Selected Recent Publications:

    1. Charles K. C. Lieou, A. E. Elbanna, J. S. Langer, and J. M. Carlson, Stick-slip instabilities in sheared granular flow: The role of friction and acoustic vibrations, Phys. Rev. E 92, 022209 (2015).
    2. Charles K. C. Lieou, A. E. Elbanna, J. S. Langer, and J. M. Carlson, Shear flow of angular grains: Acoustic effects and non-monotonic rate dependence of volume, Phys. Rev. E 90, 032204 (2014).
    3. Charles K. C. Lieou, A. E. Elbanna, and J. M. Carlson, Grain fragmentation in sheared granular flow: Weakening effects, energy dissipation, and strain localization, Phys. Rev. E 89, 022203 (2014).
    4. Charles K. C. Lieou, A. E. Elbanna, and J. M. Carlson, Sacrificial bonds and hidden length in biomaterials: A kinetic constitutive description of strength and toughness in bone, Phys. Rev. E 92, 012703 (2013).
    5. Charles K. C. Lieou, A. E. Elbanna, J. S. Langer, and J. M. Carlson, Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of sheared hard-sphere materials, Phys. Rev. E 85, 061308 (2012).
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