Manolis Veveakis

Research Interests

Theoretical and applied mechanics, Geomechanics, Irreversible Thermodynamics. Emphasis on the multiphysical modelling of plasticity of solids, solid-fluid interactions, friction laws and rheology of geomaterials

Bio

Manolis Veveakis earned a Ph.D. in 2010 from the Department of Mechanics of the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. Before joining Duke University, he was a Senior Lecturer at UNSW's School of Petroleum Engineering since 2014 and a Research Scientist in CSIRO's Division of Earth Sciences and Resource Engineering before that. Veveakis holds a Diploma (BSc+MEng) in Applied Mathematics and Physics (MEng in Materials Engineering), an MSc in Applied Mechanics and a PhD in Geomechanics.

Education

• Ph.D. National Technical University of Athens (Greece), 2010

Positions

• Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Associate Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Courses Taught

• ENERGY 795T: Bass Connections Energy & Environment Research Team
• ENERGY 395T: Bass Connections Energy & Environment Research Team
• EGR 201L: Mechanics of Solids
• CEE 890: Advanced Topics in Civil & Environmental Engineering
• CEE 780: Internship
• CEE 702: Graduate Colloquium
• CEE 692: Independent Study: Advanced Topics in Civil and Environmental Engineering
• CEE 691: Independent Study: Advanced Topics in Civil and Environmental Engineering
• CEE 690: Advanced Topics in Civil and Environmental Engineering
• CEE 621: Plasticity
• CEE 520: Continuum Mechanics
• CEE 494: Research Independent Study in Civil and Environmental Engineering
• CEE 493: Research Independent Study in Civil and Environmental Engineering
• CEE 302L: Introduction to Soil Mechanics

Publications

• Poulet T, Truttmann S, Boussange V, Veveakis M. Chaotic Slow Slip Events in New Zealand from two coupled slip patches: a proof of concept. 2024.
• Sac-Morane A, Veveakis M, Rattez H. A Phase-Field Discrete Element Method to study chemo-mechanical coupling in granular materials. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2024 May 1;424.
• Lau RE, Veveakis M. A data-driven approach to physics-based risk models for deep-seated landslides. Authorea, Inc. 2024.
• Lindqwister W, Veveakis M, Lesueur M. Chemical homogenization for non-mixing reactive interfaces in porous media. 2024.
• Riess H, Veveakis M, Zavlanos MM. Path Signatures and Graph Neural Networks for Slow Earthquake Analysis: Better Together? 2024.
• Morcioni A, Apuani T, Cecinato F, Veveakis M. Landslide susceptibility evaluation in Alpine environment: 1. 3D Finite Element modeling of the Ruinon (IT) case study. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 2023 Dec 1;36.
• Lau R, Segui C, Waterman T, Chaney N, Veveakis M. InSAR-Informed In-Situ Monitoring for Deep-Seated Landslides. 2023.
• Sac-Morane A, Veveakis M, Rattez H. A Phase-Field Discrete Element Method to study chemo-mechanical coupling in granular materials. 2023.
• Sac-Morane A, Veveakis M, Rattez H. Frictional weakening of a granular sheared layer due to viscous rolling revealed by Discrete Element Modeling. 2023.
• Poulet T, Cier RJ, Rojas S, Veveakis M, Calo VM. Finite Element Continuation Analysis for Cnoidal Waves in Solids. In 2023. p. 24–30.
• Sac-Morane A, Rattez H, Veveakis M. Discrete Element Modeling of a fault reveals that viscous rolling relaxation controls friction weakening. Wiley. 2022.
• Sari M, Alevizos S, Poulet T, Veveakis M. Thermo-poro-mechanics of chemically active faults -enriching Anderson's theory of faulting in sedimentary rocks. 2021 Nov 5;
• Rattez H, Disidoro F, Sulem J, Veveakis M. Influence of dissolution on long-term frictional properties of carbonate fault gouge. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 2021 Jun 1;26.
• Veveakis M, Poulet T. A note on the instability and pattern formation of shrinkage cracks in viscoplastic soils. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 2021 Mar 1;25.
• Lesueur M, Poulet T, Veveakis M. Three-scale multiphysics finite element framework (FE³) modelling fault reactivation. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2020 Jun 15;365.
• Sari M, Alevizos S, Poulet T, Lin J, Veveakis M. A visco-plastic framework for interface processes in sedimentary reservoir rocks at HPHT conditions. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 2020 May 1;22.
• Lin J, Sari M, Alevizos S, Veveakis M, Poulet T. A heuristic model inversion for coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical modelling of triaxial experiments. Computers and Geotechnics. 2020 Jan 1;117.
• Rattez H, Veveakis M. Weak phases production and heat generation control fault friction during seismic slip. Nature communications. 2020 Jan;11(1):350.
• Veveakis M. Review for Beo v1.0: Numerical model of heat flow and low-temperature thermochronology in hydrothermal systems Elco Luijendijk. 2019 May 21;
• Veveakis M. Review for gmd-2018-341. 2019 May 15;
• Lesueur M, Poulet T, Veveakis M. Pressure equilibration induced by reactivation of deep carbonate faults. In: 5th International Conference on Fault and Top Seals 2019. 2019.
• Regenauer-Lieb K, Poulet T, Veveakis M, Roshan H, Chen X. Next Generation Reservoir Engineering. ASEG Extended Abstracts. 2018 Dec;2018(1):1–5.
• Poulet T, Regenauer-Lieb K, Alevizos S, Veveakis M, Boussange V. Episodic mineralising fluid injection through chemical shear zones. ASEG Extended Abstracts. 2018 Dec;2018(1):1–5.
• Regenauer-Lieb K, Poulet T, Veveakis M, Alevizos S. The dynamics of multiscale, multiphysics faults: Part I - The long-term behaviour of the lithosphere. Tectonophysics. 2018 Oct 30;746:648–58.
• Alevizos S, Poulet T, Walsh SDC, Mohr Durdez T, Veveakis M, Regenauer-Lieb K. The dynamics of multiscale, multiphysics faults: Part II - Episodic stick-slip can turn the jelly sandwich into a crème brûlée. Tectonophysics. 2018 Oct 30;746:659–68.
• Rattez H, Stefanou I, Sulem J, Veveakis M, Poulet T. Numerical Analysis of Strain Localization in Rocks with Thermo-hydro-mechanical Couplings Using Cosserat Continuum. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 2018 Oct 1;51(10):3295–311.
• Rattez H, Stefanou I, Sulem J, Veveakis M, Poulet T. The importance of Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical couplings and microstructure to strain localization in 3D continua with application to seismic faults. Part II: Numerical implementation and post-bifurcation analysis. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 2018 Jun 1;115:1–29.
• Kurdi M, Veveakis M, Poulet T. Leveraging supercritical CO2 to rejuvenate hydraulically fractured wells in unconventional reservoirs. In: Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Annual Technical Symposium and Exhibition 2018, SATS 2018. 2018.
• Liu J, Sarout J, Zhang M, Dautriat J, Veveakis E, Regenauer-Lieb K. Computational upscaling of Drucker-Prager plasticity from micro-CT images of synthetic porous rock. Geophysical Journal International. 2018 Jan 1;212(1):151–63.
• Lesueur M, Casadiego MC, Veveakis M, Poulet T. Modelling fluid-microstructure interaction on elasto-visco-plastic digital rocks. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 2017 Dec 1;12:1–13.
• Hu M, Veveakis M, Poulet T, Regenauer-Lieb K. The Role of Temperature in Shear Instability and Bifurcation of Internally Pressurized Deep Boreholes. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 2017 Nov 1;50(11):3003–17.
• Kelka U, Veveakis M, Koehn D, Beaudoin N. Zebra rocks: compaction waves create ore deposits. Scientific reports. 2017 Oct;7(1):14260.
• Veveakis M. Reviewer's comments on the aforementioned manuscript. 2017 Jun 13;
• Poulet T, Paesold M, Veveakis M. Multi-Physics Modelling of Fault Mechanics Using REDBACK: A Parallel Open-Source Simulator for Tightly Coupled Problems. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 2017 Mar 1;50(3):733–49.
• Veveakis E, Alevizos S, Poulet T. Episodic Tremor and Slip (ETS) as a chaotic multiphysics spring. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 2017 Mar 1;264:20–34.
• Alevizos S, Poulet T, Sari M, Lesueur M, Regenauer-Lieb K, Veveakis M. A Framework for Fracture Network Formation in Overpressurised Impermeable Shale: Deformability Versus Diagenesis. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 2017 Mar 1;50(3):689–703.
• Yuen DA, Ni S, Wang Y, Xu C, Veveakis M. Multiscale assessment of micro-seismicity and slow earthquakes. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 2017 Mar 1;264:18–9.
• Tung R, Poulet T, Alevizos S, Veveakis E, Regenauer-Lieb K. Shear heating in creeping faults changes the onset of convection. Geophysical Journal International. 2017 Jan 1;211(1):270–83.
• Rattez H, Stefanou I, Sulem J, Veveakis M, Poulet T. Localisation of deformation for shearing of a fault gouge with cosserat microstructure and different couplings. In 2017. p. 155–60.
• Prassa C, Alevizos S, Veveakis M, Dafalias YF. The effect of rotational and isotropic hardening on the onset of compaction bands. In 2017. p. 147–53.
• Lesueur M, Camila Casadiego M, Poulet T, Veveakis M. Framework for multiscale flow simulation of deformable rocks. In 2017. p. 475–80.
• Lin J, Sari M, Poulet T, Veveakis M. An inversion framework for numerical modelling of pore collapse in soft porous rocks. In 2017. p. 319–25.
• Hu M, Veveakis M, Poulet T, Regenauer-Lieb K. Thermo-hydro-mechanics in shear fracturing in geothermal reservoirs. In 2017. p. 327–33.
• Veveakis M, Poulet T, Alevizos S, Paesold M. Bifurcation criteria for strain localization in multiphysical systems. In 2017. p. 201–6.
• Roshan H, Sari M, Arandiyan H, Hu Y, Mostaghimi P, Sarmadivaleh M, et al. Total porosity of tight rocks: A welcome to the heat transfer technique. Energy and Fuels. 2016 Dec 15;30(12):10072–9.
• Alevizos S, Poulet T, Veveakis M, Regenauer-Lieb K. Analysis of dynamics in multiphysics modelling of active faults. Mathematics. 2016 Dec 1;4(4).
• Regenauer-Lieb K, Poulet T, Veveakis M. Next Generation Resource Discovery linking Geophysical Sensing, Modelling and Interpretation. ASEG Extended Abstracts. 2016 Dec;2016(1):1–5.
• Yuen DA, Ni S, Wang Y, Xu C, Veveakis M. Forward to the Special Issue in Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors on Multiscale Assessment of Micro-Seismicity and Slow Earthquakes. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 2016 Dec 1;261:1–2.
• Moore J, Karrech A, Small M, Veveakis E, Regenauer-Lieb K. Dissipative propagation of pressure waves along the slip-lines of yielding material. International Journal of Engineering Science. 2016 Oct 1;107:149–68.
• Peters M, Herwegh M, Paesold MK, Poulet T, Regenauer-Lieb K, Veveakis M. Boudinage and folding as an energy instability in ductile deformation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 2016 May 1;121(5):3996–4013.
• Poulet T, Veveakis M. A viscoplastic approach for pore collapse in saturated soft rocks using REDBACK: An open-source parallel simulator for Rock mEchanics with Dissipative feedBACKs. Computers and Geotechnics. 2016 Apr 1;74:211–21.
• Paesold MK, Bassom AP, Regenauer-Lieb K, Veveakis M. Conditions for the localisation of plastic deformation in temperature sensitive viscoplastic materials. Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures. 2016 Jan 1;11(2):113–36.
• Regenauer-Lieb K, Poulet T, Veveakis M. A novel wave-mechanics approach for fluid flow in unconventional resources. Leading Edge. 2016 Jan 1;35(1):90–7.
• Regenauer-Lieb K, Veveakis M, Poulet T, Paesold M, Rosenbaum G, Weinberg RF, et al. Multiscale, multiphysics geomechanics for geodynamics applied to buckling instabilities in the middle of the Australian craton. Philosophical Magazine. 2015 Oct 23;95(28–30):3055–77.
• Regenauer-Lieb* K, Liu J, Rosenbaum G, Weinberg R, Karrech A, Veveakis* M, et al. Modelling the Complexity of Continental Breakup and Basin Formation Including the Role of Magmatism. In: International Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia 13-16 September 2015. Society of Exploration Geophysicists and American Association of Petroleum Geologists; 2015. p. 205–205.
• Peters M, Veveakis M, Poulet T, Karrech A, Herwegh M, Regenauer-Lieb K. Boudinage as a material instability of elasto-visco-plastic rocks. Journal of Structural Geology. 2015 Sep 1;78:86–102.
• Weinberg RF, Veveakis E, Regenauer-Lieb K. Compaction-driven melt segregation in migmatites. Geology. 2015 Apr 24;43(6):471–4.
• Regenauer-Lieb K, Bunger A, Chua HT, Dyskin A, Fusseis F, Gaede O, et al. Deep geothermal: The ‘Moon Landing’ mission in the unconventional energy and minerals space. Journal of Earth Science. 2015 Feb 1;26(1):2–10.
• Veveakis E, Regenauer-Lieb K. Cnoidal waves in solids Dedicated to Professor Ioannis Vardoulakis. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 2015 Jan 1;78:231–48.
• Veveakis E, Regenauer-Lieb K. Review of extremum postulates. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering. 2015 Jan 1;7:40–6.
• Veveakis E, Regenauer-Lieb K. The Fluid Dynamics of Solid Mechanical Shear Zones. Pure and Applied Geophysics. 2014 Nov 6;171(11):3159–74.
• Poulet T, Veveakis M, Herwegh M, Buckingham T, Regenauer-Lieb K. Modeling episodic fluid-release events in the ductile carbonates of the Glarus thrust. Geophysical Research Letters. 2014 Oct 28;41(20):7121–8.
• Poulet T, Veveakis E, Regenauer-Lieb K, Yuen DA. Thermo-poro-mechanics of chemically active creeping faults: 3. the role of serpentinite in episodic tremor and slip sequences, and transition to chaos. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 2014 Jun 1;119(6):4606–25.
• Veveakis E, Poulet T, Alevizos S. Thermo-poro-mechanics of chemically active creeping faults: 2. Transient considerations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 2014 Jan 1;119(6):4583–605.
• Veveakis E, Regenauer-Lieb K, Weinberg RF. Ductile compaction of partially molten rocks: The effect of non-linear viscous rheology on instability and segregation. Geophysical Journal International. 2014 Jan 1;200(1):519–23.
• Alevizos S, Poulet T, Veveakis E. Thermo-poro-mechanics of chemically active creeping faults. 1: Theory and steady state considerations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 2014 Jan 1;119(6):4558–82.
• Veveakis M, Stefanou I, Sulem J. Failure in shear bands for granular materials: Thermo-hydro-chemo-mechanical effects. Geotechnique Letters. 2013 Nov 19;3(APRIL/JUN):31–6.
• Regenauer-Lieb K, Veveakis M, Poulet T, Wellmann F, Karrech A, Liu J, et al. Multiscale coupling and multiphysics approaches in earth sciences: Applications. Journal of Coupled Systems and Multiscale Dynamics. 2013 Sep 1;1(3):281–323.
• Regenauer-Lieb K, Veveakis M, Poulet T, Wellmann F, Karrech A, Liu J, et al. Multiscale coupling and multiphysics approaches in earth sciences: Theory. Journal of Coupled Systems and Multiscale Dynamics. 2013 Apr 1;1(1):49–73.
• Veveakis E, Sulem J, Stefanou I. Modeling of fault gouges with Cosserat Continuum Mechanics: Influence of thermal pressurization and chemical decomposition as coseismic weakening mechanisms. Journal of Structural Geology. 2012 May 1;38:254–64.
• Cecinato F, Zervos A, Veveakis E. A thermo-mechanical model for the catastrophic collapse of large landslides. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 2011 Oct 10;35(14):1507–35.
• Sulem J, Stefanou I, Veveakis E. Stability analysis of undrained adiabatic shearing of a rock layer with Cosserat microstructure. Granular Matter. 2011 Jun 1;13(3):261–8.
• Papanicolopulos SA, Veveakis E. Sliding and rolling dissipation in Cosserat plasticity. Granular Matter. 2011 Jun 1;13(3):197–204.
• Veveakis E, Alevizos S, Vardoulakis I. Chemical reaction capping of thermal instabilities during shear of frictional faults. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 2010 Sep 1;58(9):1175–94.
• Alevizos S, Gerolymatou E, Veveakis E. Thermoporomechanics of landslides: A review of the vaiont slide. European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering. 2010 Jan 1;14(8–9):1185–98.
• Alevizos S, Gerolymatou E, Veveakis E. Thermoporomechanics of landslides: A review of the Vaiont slide. European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering. 2010 Jan 1;14(1–10):1185–98.
• Vardoulakis I, Veveakis E. Thermo-poro mechanical analysis of catastrophic landslides. In 2009. p. 429–35.
• Vardoulakis I, Veveakis E. Thermo-poro mechanical analysis of catastrophic landslides. In: Prediction and Simulation Methods for Geohazard Mitigation. 2009. p. 249–436.
• Cecinato F, Zervos A, Veveakis E, Vardoulakis I. Numerical modelling of the thermo-mechanical behaviour of soils in catastrophic landslides. In: Landslides and Engineered Slopes From the Past to the Future. CRC Press; 2008. p. 615–21.
• Veveakis E, Vardoulakis I, Di Toro G. Thermoporomechanics of creeping landslides: The 1963 Vaiont slide, northern Italy. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 2007 Sep 24;112(3).

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