PAPERS PUBLISHED IN ARCHIVAL JOURNALS (2007-...)

Borja, R.I., Foster, C.D. “Continuum mathematical modeling of slip weakening in geological systems,” Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 112, No. B04301, 2007, doi:10.1029/2005JB004056, jgr2007(1).pdf.

Andrade, J.E., Borja, R.I. “Modeling deformation banding in dense and loose fluid-saturated sands,” Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, Vol. 43, No. 5, 2007, pp. 361-383, fead2007(1).pdf.

Sanz, P.F., Borja, R.I., Pollard, D.D. “Mechanical aspects of thrust faulting driven by far-field compression and their implications for fold geometry,” Acta Geotechnica, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2007, pp. 17-31, ag2007(1).pdf.

Foster, C.D., Borja, R.I., Regueiro, R.A. “Embedded strong discontinuity finite elements for fractured geomaterials with variable friction,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 72, No. 5, 2007, pp. 549-581, ijnme2007(1).pdf.

Borja, R.I., Sun, W.C. “Estimating inelastic sediment deformation from local site response simulations,” Acta Geotechnica, Vol. 2, No. 3, 2007, pp. 183-195, ag2007(2).pdf.

Borja, R.I. “Localized and diffuse bifurcations in porous rocks undergoing shear localization and cataclastic flow.” Book Chapter in Computational Plasticity (Computational Methods in Applied Sciences), E. Onate and R. Owen (Editors), Springer, Published October 23, 2007, ISBN-10: 1402065760; ISBN-13: 978-1402065767.

Borja, R.I., Sun, W.-C. “Coseismic sediment deformation during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake,” Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, B08314, doi:10.1029/2007JB005265, 2008, jgr2008(1).pdf.

Liu, F., Borja, R.I. “A contact algorithm for frictional crack propagation with the extended finite element method,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, in press, ijnme2008(1).pdf.

Borja, R.I. “Assumed enhanced strain and the extended finite element methods: A unification of concepts,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 197, Nos. 33-40, pp. 2789-2803, cmame2008(1).pdf.

White, J.A., Borja, R.I. “Stabilized low-order finite elements for coupled solid-deformation/fluid-diffusion and their application to fault zone transients,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, in press, cmame2008(2).pdf

Sanz, P.F., Pollard, D.D., Allwardt, P.F., Borja, R.I. “Mechanical models of fracture reactivation and slip on bedding surfaces during folding of the asymmetric anticline at Sheep Mountain, Wyoming,” Journal of Structural Geology, Vol. 30, No. 9, 2008, pp. 1177-1191, jsg2008(1).pdf.

Ebel, B.A., Loague, K., Borja, R.I. “Assessing uncertainty in the simulated hydrologic response employed to drive a slope stability estimate,” in review.

Liu, F., Borja, R.I. “An extended finite element framework for slow-rate frictional faulting with bulk plasticity and variable friction,” in review.

Borja, R.I., Koliji, A., “On the effective stress in unsaturated porous continua with double porosity,” in review.

Sanz, P.F., Borja, R.I. “High-speed mechanical faulting with variable friction: A nonlinear contact mechanics approach for shearing with large deformation,” in progress.

Borja, R.I., Liu F. “Crack tip plasticity and its implications for fault rupture and propagation,” in progress.

Uzuoka, R., Borja, R.I. “A finite element framework for dynamic analysis of unsaturated soil behavior with large deformation,” in progress.

Borja, R.I., Liu, F. “On the variational formulation for frictional contact problems with finite deformation,” in progress.

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