Bio

My research focuses on solid earth geophysics, particularly earthquake physics, induced seismicity, and rock friction. I employ a multidisciplinary approach, incorporating theoretical, numerical, and experimental models, to uncover the mechanisms behind natural earthquakes and induced seismicity in enhanced geothermal systems and other subsurface engineering systems. I am developing a macroscopic framework that incorporates multiple important controls, such as velocity, temperature, normal stress, fluid diffusion, and surface roughness. I believe this work would contribute significantly to understanding and mitigating seismic risks.

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

  • Postdoc, Stanford University (2024 - Present)
  • Postdoc, Northwestern University (2022 - 2024)
  • Member, American Rock Mechanics Association (2021 - Present)
  • Member, American Geophysical Union (2020 - Present)

Professional Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Nanyang Technological University (2022)

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All Publications

  • Velocity Dependence of Rate-And-State Friction in Granular Fault Gouge and Implications for Slow-Slip Events JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH Mei, C., Wang, L. 2024; 129 (7)

    View details for DOI 10.1029/2024JB029393

    View details for Web of Science ID 001264229000001

  • Rock Friction Experiments and Modeling under Hy- drothermal Conditions Earth-Science Reviews Mei, C., Mercuri, M., Rudnicki, J. W. 2024

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.earscirev.2024.104824

  • Microphysical Modeling of Fault Slip and Stability Transition in Hydrothermal Conditions GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS Mei, C., Rudnicki, J. W. 2023; 50 (13)

    View details for DOI 10.1029/2023GL103730

    View details for Web of Science ID 001024042700001

  • Numerical modeling of cracking behaviors for the rock-inclusion composite under dynamic tensile loading COMPUTERS AND GEOTECHNICS Wang, L., Zhu, Y., Mei, C. 2023; 157

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.compgeo.2023.105325

    View details for Web of Science ID 000946841400001

  • Microphysical Modelling of Frictional Slip in Hydrothermal Conditions the 57th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium Mei, C., Rudnicki, J. 2023

    View details for DOI 10.56952/ARMA-2023-0352

  • Slip transition of rock fractures due to chemical corrosion ENGINEERING GEOLOGY Mei, C., Fang, Z., Wu, W. 2022; 308

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.enggeo.2022.106801

    View details for Web of Science ID 000853226800001

  • Experimental evidence for multiple controls on fault stability and rupture dynamics EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS Mei, C., Barbot, S., Jia, Y., Wu, W. 2022; 577

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117252

    View details for Web of Science ID 000716452700003

  • Fracture asperity evolution during the transition from stick slip to stable sliding. Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences Mei, C., Wu, W. 2021; 379 (2196): 20200133

    Abstract

    Fracture asperities interlock or break during stick slip and ride over each other during stable sliding. The evolution of fracture asperities during the transition between stick slip and stable sliding has attracted less attention, but is important to predict fracture behaviour. Here, we conduct a series of direct shear experiments on simulated fractures in homogeneous polycarbonate to examine the evolution of fracture asperities in the transition stage. Our results show that the transition stage occurs between the stick slip and stable sliding stages during the progressive reduction in normal stress on the smooth and rough fractures. Both the fractures exhibit the alternative occurrence of small and large shear stress drops followed by the deterministic chaos in the transition stage. Our data indicate that the asperity radius of curvature correlates linearly with the dimensionless contact area under a given normal stress. For the rough fracture, a bifurcation of acoustic energy release appears when the dimensionless contact area decreases in the transition stage. The evolution of fracture asperities is stress-dependent and velocity-dependent. This article is part of the theme issue 'Fracture dynamics of solid materials: from particles to the globe'.

    View details for DOI 10.1098/rsta.2020.0133

    View details for PubMedID 33715413

  • Period-Multiplying Cycles at the Transition Between Stick-Slip and Stable Sliding and Implications for the Parkfield Period-Doubling Tremors GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS Mei, C., Barbot, S., Wu, W. 2021; 48 (7)

    View details for DOI 10.1029/2020GL091807

    View details for Web of Science ID 000641974600055

  • Understanding an irregular pattern of fracture slip from laboratory earthquake using machine learning In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science Mei, C., Meng, W., Wu, W. 2021; 861

    View details for DOI 10.1088/1755-1315/861/4/042082

  • High-lift siphon flow velocity in a 4-mm siphon hose JOURNAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY-SCIENCE A Mei, C., Liang, X., Sun, H., Wu, M. 2017; 18 (6): 487-495

    View details for DOI 10.1631/jzus.A1600428

    View details for Web of Science ID 000403145500006

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