Robert C. Viesca is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Tufts University. His research interests center on the fundamental mechanics of natural processes and those at the interface of infrastructure and the environment, whether near the Earth’s surface or at depth. Prof. Viesca received a B.S., Civil Engineering, from Tufts University (2005), and a Ph.D., Engineering Science, from Harvard University (2011) under the supervision of Prof. James R. Rice. He then pursued a postdoctoral fellowship at Dalhousie University, Canada (2011–2012), with Prof. Dmitry I. Garagash, before re-joining Tufts University in 2012.
Ciardo, F., & Viesca, R. C. (2023, 09). Non-linear stability analysis of slip in a single-degree-of-freedom elastic system with different frictional evolution laws. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13116
Viesca, R. C. (2023, 09). Looking to fault-rupture experiments for inspiration. Oral Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12859
Jacquey, A. B., & Viesca, R. C. (2023). Nucleation and arrest of fluid-induced aseismic slip. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2022GL101228. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101228. SCEC Contribution 12743
Viesca, R. C. (2021, 08). Self-similar fault slip in response to fluid injection. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11544
Jacquey, A. B., & Viesca, R. C. (2021, 08). Nucleation and arrest of aseismic fault slip, during and after fluid pressurization. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11543
Ray, S., & Viesca, R. C. (2019). Homogenization of fault frictional properties. Geophysical Journal International, 219(2), 1203-1211. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggz327. SCEC Contribution 9930
Viesca, R. C., & Dublanchet, P. (2019). The slow slip of viscous faults. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB016294. SCEC Contribution 8132
Bhattacharya, P., & Viesca, R. C. (2018, 08). Fluid-induced aseismic slip can outpace pore-fluid migration – evidence from in situ data. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8814
Viesca, R. C., & Dublanchet, P. (2018, 08). The slow slip of viscous faults. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8627
Ray, S., & Viesca, R. C. (2017). Earthquake Nucleation on Faults With Heterogeneous Frictional Properties, Normal Stress. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122(10), 8214-8240. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JB014521. SCEC Contribution 7927
Brantut, N., & Viesca, R. C. (2017). The fracture energy of ruptures driven by flash heating. Geophysical Research Letters, 44. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL074110. SCEC Contribution 7291
Viesca, R. C., & Dublanchet, P. (2016, 08). Self-similar asymptotics of rate-strengthening faults. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6658
Brantut, N., & Viesca, R. C. (2015). Earthquake nucleation in intact or healed rocks. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120(1), 191-209. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JB011518. SCEC Contribution 1976
Viesca, R. C., & Rice, J. R. (2012). Nucleation of slip-weakening rupture instability in landslides by localized increase of pore pressure. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 117(B3), B03104. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JB008866. SCEC Contribution 1527
Viesca, R. C., Templeton, E. L., & Rice, J. R. (2008). Off-Fault Plasticity and Earthquake Rupture Dynamics, 2. Effects of Fluid Saturation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 113, B09307. https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JB005530. SCEC Contribution 1196
