Brian D Kilgore
I design and perform lab experiments investigating; the physics of rock friction and earthquake occurrence, rate- and state-dependent friction, earthquake nucleation, and dynamic earthquake rupture propagation. I am specifically interested in precision wide-bandwidth (DC to 1 MHz) measurements of; position, velocity, acceleration, force, strain and non-destructive ultrasonic testing processes.
For more information about the labs, including publications, please visit: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/eqproc/rockphysics/
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Role of fault gouge during Interaction between hydraulic fracture and a preexisting fracture Role of fault gouge during Interaction between hydraulic fracture and a preexisting fracture
Enhanced reservoir connectivity generally requires maximizing the intersection between hydraulic fracture (HF) and preexisting underground natural fractures (NF), while having the hydraulic fracture continue to propagate across the natural fractures. Observations of downhole core samples suggest that these natural fractures are in fact veins filled with minerals such as calcite (Mighani...
Authors
S. Mighani, David A. Lockner, Brian D. Kilgore, Brian Evans
Interaction between hydraulic fracture and a preexisting fracture under triaxial stress conditions Interaction between hydraulic fracture and a preexisting fracture under triaxial stress conditions
Enhanced reservoir connectivity generally requires maximizing the intersection between hydraulic fracture (HF) and preexisting underground natural fractures (NF), while having the hydraulic fracture cross the natural fractures (and not arrest). We have studied the interaction between a hydraulic fracture and a polished saw-cut fault. The experiments include a hydraulic fracture...
Authors
Saied Mighani, David A. Lockner, Brian D. Kilgore, Farrokh Sheibani, Brian Evans
A wideband magnetoresistive sensor for monitoring dynamic fault slip in laboratory fault friction experiments A wideband magnetoresistive sensor for monitoring dynamic fault slip in laboratory fault friction experiments
A non-contact, wideband method of sensing dynamic fault slip in laboratory geophysical experiments employs an inexpensive magnetoresistive sensor, a small neodymium rare earth magnet, and user built application-specific wideband signal conditioning. The magnetoresistive sensor generates a voltage proportional to the changing angles of magnetic flux lines, generated by differential motion...
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Brian D. Kilgore
Rock friction under variable normal stress Rock friction under variable normal stress
This study is to determine the detailed response of shear strength and other fault properties to changes in normal stress at room temperature using dry initially bare rock surfaces of granite at normal stresses between 5 and 7 MPa. Rapid normal stress changes result in gradual, approximately exponential changes in shear resistance with fault slip. The characteristic length of the...
Authors
Brian D. Kilgore, Nicholas M. Beeler, Julian C. Lozos, David Oglesby
The transition from frictional sliding to shear melting in laboratory stick-slip experiments The transition from frictional sliding to shear melting in laboratory stick-slip experiments
No abstract available
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David A. Lockner, Brian D. Kilgore, Nicholas M. Beeler, Diane E. Moore
Earthquake source properties from instrumented laboratory stick-slip Earthquake source properties from instrumented laboratory stick-slip
Stick-slip experiments were performed to determine the influence of the testing apparatus on source properties, develop methods to relate stick-slip to natural earthquakes and examine the hypothesis of McGarr [2012] that the product of stiffness, k, and slip duration, Δt, is scale-independent and the same order as for earthquakes. The experiments use the double-direct shear geometry...
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Brian D. Kilgore, Arthur F. McGarr, Nicholas M. Beeler, David A. Lockner
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Role of fault gouge during Interaction between hydraulic fracture and a preexisting fracture Role of fault gouge during Interaction between hydraulic fracture and a preexisting fracture
Enhanced reservoir connectivity generally requires maximizing the intersection between hydraulic fracture (HF) and preexisting underground natural fractures (NF), while having the hydraulic fracture continue to propagate across the natural fractures. Observations of downhole core samples suggest that these natural fractures are in fact veins filled with minerals such as calcite (Mighani...
Authors
S. Mighani, David A. Lockner, Brian D. Kilgore, Brian Evans
Interaction between hydraulic fracture and a preexisting fracture under triaxial stress conditions Interaction between hydraulic fracture and a preexisting fracture under triaxial stress conditions
Enhanced reservoir connectivity generally requires maximizing the intersection between hydraulic fracture (HF) and preexisting underground natural fractures (NF), while having the hydraulic fracture cross the natural fractures (and not arrest). We have studied the interaction between a hydraulic fracture and a polished saw-cut fault. The experiments include a hydraulic fracture...
Authors
Saied Mighani, David A. Lockner, Brian D. Kilgore, Farrokh Sheibani, Brian Evans
A wideband magnetoresistive sensor for monitoring dynamic fault slip in laboratory fault friction experiments A wideband magnetoresistive sensor for monitoring dynamic fault slip in laboratory fault friction experiments
A non-contact, wideband method of sensing dynamic fault slip in laboratory geophysical experiments employs an inexpensive magnetoresistive sensor, a small neodymium rare earth magnet, and user built application-specific wideband signal conditioning. The magnetoresistive sensor generates a voltage proportional to the changing angles of magnetic flux lines, generated by differential motion...
Authors
Brian D. Kilgore
Rock friction under variable normal stress Rock friction under variable normal stress
This study is to determine the detailed response of shear strength and other fault properties to changes in normal stress at room temperature using dry initially bare rock surfaces of granite at normal stresses between 5 and 7 MPa. Rapid normal stress changes result in gradual, approximately exponential changes in shear resistance with fault slip. The characteristic length of the...
Authors
Brian D. Kilgore, Nicholas M. Beeler, Julian C. Lozos, David Oglesby
The transition from frictional sliding to shear melting in laboratory stick-slip experiments The transition from frictional sliding to shear melting in laboratory stick-slip experiments
No abstract available
Authors
David A. Lockner, Brian D. Kilgore, Nicholas M. Beeler, Diane E. Moore
Earthquake source properties from instrumented laboratory stick-slip Earthquake source properties from instrumented laboratory stick-slip
Stick-slip experiments were performed to determine the influence of the testing apparatus on source properties, develop methods to relate stick-slip to natural earthquakes and examine the hypothesis of McGarr [2012] that the product of stiffness, k, and slip duration, Δt, is scale-independent and the same order as for earthquakes. The experiments use the double-direct shear geometry...
Authors
Brian D. Kilgore, Arthur F. McGarr, Nicholas M. Beeler, David A. Lockner