Scholtes Luc

Geomechanics (soil, rock, rock mass)

Numerical modeling (Discrete Element Method)

Multi-Physics (Thermo-Hydro-Mechanics)

Micromechanics and upscaling (granular media)

2021 – Associate Professor – Université Clermont Auvergne / Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermont Ferrand / Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans
2019 – Vice Director of the International Affairs – École Nationale Supérieure de Géologie
2017 – Visiting Researcher – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory / Energy Geosciences Division (Berkeley, USA)
2012 – Associate Professor – Université de Lorraine / École Nationale Supérieure de Géologie / Laboratoire GeoRessources (Nancy, France)
2012 – Postdoctoral fellow – Laboratoire 3S-R (Grenoble, France)
2010 – Postdoctoral fellow – CSIRO / Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies (Brisbane, Australia)
2009 – Postdoctoral fellow – Institut de Recherche en Génie Civil et Mécanique (Saint-Nazaire, France)

2008 – PhD, Mechanics – Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble / Laboratoire 3S-R (Grenoble, France)
2005 – Master, Mechanics – Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble, France)
2003 – Bachelor, Mechanics – Université Blaise Pascal (Clermont-Ferrand, France)

6 PhDs: V. Bonilla-Sierra, INPG/3SR (2012-2015), E. Papachristos, INPG/3SR (2013-2017), A. Hajjar, UL/GeoRessources (2014-2017), S. Moosavi, UL/GeoRessources (2015-2018), A. Mostafa, UL/GeoRessources (2019-2022), M. Huber, UL/CRPG/GeoRessources (2019-2022)
6 postdoctoral fellows: J. Wu, UL/GeoRessources (2015-2016), O. Dinç, UL/GeoRessources (2016-2017), T. Chauve, UiO/UGA (2018-2020), L. Zhang, UGA/ISTerre (2018-2020), K. Eldursi, UL/GeoRessources (2020-2021), H. Nho Gia Nguyen, UL/GeoRessources (2020-2021)

REGALOR: Multi-scale hydro-mechanical modeling of coalbed methane recovery (PhD of A. Mostafa)
ANR HydroGeoDam: Numerical investigation of local damage mechanisms and characterization of macroscopic laws (postdoc of L. Zhang)
DEEPSURF: Micro-Hydro-Mechanical behavior of faults in the context of CO2 geological storage (postdoc of H. Nho Gia Nguyen)

Jiao, L., Chan, C.-H., Scholtès, L., Hubert-Ferrari, A., Donzé, F.-V. and Tapponnier, P. (2022), Discrete Element Modeling of a Subduction Zone with a Seafloor Irregularity and its Impact on the Seismic Cycle. Acta Geologica Sinica – English Edition, 96: 776-790. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-6724.14935

Jiao, L., Klinger, Y., & Scholtès, L. (2021). Fault segmentation pattern controlled by thickness of brittle crust. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL093390. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093390
Zhang, L., Scholtès, L. & Donzé, F.V. Discrete Element Modeling of Permeability Evolution During Progressive Failure of a Low-Permeable Rock Under Triaxial Compression. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 54, 6351–6372 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-021-02622-9
Nguyen, H. N. G., Scholtès, L., Guglielmi, Y., Donzé, F. V., Ouraga, Z., & Souley, M. (2021). Micromechanics of sheared granular layers activated by fluid pressurization. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL093222. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093222
Donzé, F.-V., Klinger, Y., Bonilla-Sierra, V., Duriez, J., Jiao, L., & Scholtès, L. (2021). Assessing the brittle crust thickness from strike-slip fault segments on Earth, Mars and Icy moons, Tectonophysics, 805. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2021.228779

Caulk, R., Scholtès, L., Krzaczek, M., & Chareyre, C. (2020). A pore-scale thermo–hydro-mechanical model for particulate systems, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 372, 113292, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2020.113292
Chauve, T., Scholtès, L., Donzé, F.‐V., Haque Mondol, N., & Renard, F. (2020). Layering in shales controls microfracturing at the onset of primary migration in source rocks. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125, e2020JB019444. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB019444
Bonneau, F., Scholtès, L., & Rambure, H. (2020). An algorithm for generating mechanically sound sphere packings in geological models. Computational Particle Mechanics, 8, 201–214, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40571-020-00324-7