Inhaltsbereich
Prof. Dr. Ove Stephansson
Helmholtz Centre PotsdamGFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Section 2.6, Seismic Hazard and Stress Field
Telegrafenberg, H6 210
D-14473 Potsdam
Phone: +49 331 288 1908
Fax: +49 331 288 1127
Mail: ove.stephansson@gfz-potsdam.de
and
Helmholtzstraße 6, 14467 Potsdam
Scientific interests:
- Rock Fracture Mechanics
- Stress Field of the Earth’s Crust and Stress Measurements
- Deep Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste
Projects:
- WSM – World Stress Map Project
- Development of Fully Coupled T-H-M-F Processes for Geological Materials
- Site Investigation and Evaluation for Underground Construction
- Rock Fracture Mechanics Modelling of Underground Constructions
- Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
- Deep Geological Disposal of Radioaktive Waste and Spent Fuel
Career:
- 1972 Habilitation (Docent) Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Uppsala, Sweden
- 1972 Disseratation Structural Geology and Tectonics, University of Uppsala, Sweden
- 1967 Phil Licentiate Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Uppsala, Sweden
- 1965 Phil Candidate, Uppsala University
Experience:
- 1963 - 1974 Research Assistant at Hans Ramberg Tectonic Laboratory, University of Uppsala
- 1974 - 1975 Research Fellow, Division of Mineral Physics, CSIRO, North Ryde, Australia
- 1974 - 1990 Professor in Rock Mechanics, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
- 1978 Guest researcher, Carlton University, Ottawa, Canada
- 1982, 1985 Guest professor, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, U.S.
- 1991 - 2002 Professor in Engineering Geology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm
- 1992 - 2007 Head of the Secretariat of the international DECOVALEX project at KTH
- 1993-1997 Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, KTH, Stockholm
- 1998 Guest professor, Department of Engineering Geology, Technical University of Berlin
- 2000 - 2001 Visiting scientist, GeoForschungsZentrum, Section 3.2. Potsdam, German
- 2003 - 2010 Visiting professor GeoForschungsZentrum, Section 3.2 Potsdam, Germany
- 2011 on Visiting professor GeoForschungsZentrum, Section 2.6 Seismic Hazard & Stress Field, Potsdam
Professional Activities
- 2011 Invitation ISRM Suggested Methods for Rock Stress Estimation and Fracture Toughness in Shear
- 2011 Member of the SONEX group at the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority in Finland for overlooking the underground works for the underground research facility ONKALO, Olkiluoto, Finland
- 2011 Rock inspections of CLAB and SFR underground facilities for the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority
- 2011 Review of selected chapters of the SKB R&D Program 2010 for The Swedish National Council for Nuclear Waste
Course Taught
- 2011 Stress Course, Aalto University, Espoo Finland (enrolled 58)
- 2011 MGPW10, Stress Field of the Earth’s Crust, Potsdam University (enrolled 4)
- 2010 European Stress Course, Ostrava, Czech Republic (enrolled 44)
- 2010 Rock Stress Models for Underground Site Characterization of Geological Repository of Nuclear Waste Meiringen, School of Underground Waste Storage and Disposal
Selected publications:
- Yoon, JS., Jeon, S., Zang, A., Stephansson, O.: Bonded particle model simulation of laboratory rock tests for granite using particle clumping and contact unbonding. In: Continuum and Distinct Element Numerical Modeling in Geomechanics, Sainsbury, Hart, Detournay & Nelson (eds), Itasca International Inc., Minneapolis, 467-474, 2011
- Zang, A., Stephansson, O.: Stress Field of the Earth’s Crust. Springer, Dordrecht, 322 pp. http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences/geophysics/book/978-1-4020-8443-0, 2010
- Rinne, M., Shen, B., Stephansson, O.: Rock Fracture Propagation from Mechanical, Thermal and Hydraulic Loadings, International Congress on Rock Mechanics 2011, Beijing, 16-21 October 2011
- Min, K.-B., Stephansson, O., Jing, L.: DFN-DEM approach applied to investigate the effect of stress on mechanical and hydraulic rock mass prperties at Forsmark, Sweden. In: Korean Journal of Rock Mechanics: Tunnels and Underground Space, 2011