These advances in fundamental research could one day be applied to more complex models, such as those representing conditions along tectonic faults, especially where fluids are naturally present or injected into the ground. "Today, several promising technologies in the context of the energy transition—like deep geothermal energy—relies on underground fluid injection. It is important to have a better understanding of how those injections affect seismic activity. I hope to use the tools developed during my Ph.D. to study that impact," says Fabian Barras, a doctoral assistant at EPFL’s Computational Solid Mechanics Laboratory.
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