Geomechanics and Damage Group (GeoD)
Geological Engineering – Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Selected Articles

  • Knippel, E. P., Xiong, Q., Villaquiran Vargas, A. P., and Hampton, J. C. (2023). Measurements of elastic properties and their dependencies within a damage mechanics workflow. Rock Mechanics Bulletin, volume 2, page 100083. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rockmb.2023.100083.
  • Xiong, Q., Brudzinski, M.R., Gossett, D., Lin, Q., Hampton, J. C. (2023). Seismic magnitude clustering is prevalent in field and laboratory catalogs. Nature Communications 14, 2056. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37782-5.
  • Xiong, Q., Lin, Q., Gao, Y., Hampton, J. C. (2022). Fundamental physics distinguishes the initial stage acoustic emission (AE) behavior between compressive and fracture toughness tests in rock. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2022.108829
  • Xiong, Q., & Hampton, J. C. (2022). Semi-empirical error ellipsoid clustering for identifying the second-order structural features from a laboratory AE source location cloud: Method, validation, and application to a hydraulic fracturing test. Earth and Space Science, 9, e2022EA002349. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EA002349
  • Jia, Y., Lu, Z., Xiong, Q., Hampton, J.C., Zhang, Y., He, P. (2021). Laboratory characterization of cyclic hydraulic fracturing for deep shale application in Southwest China. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences.
  • Hampton, J.C., Boitnott, G.N., Louis, L. A new dynamic indentation tool for rapid mechanical properties profiling and mapping. (2021). Accepted.
  • Xiong, Q., Hampton, J.C. (2021). “A Laboratory Observation on the Hydraulic Fracturing Creation, and the Following Post-pressure Breakdown Hydraulic Fracturing Re-activation due to Nearby Fault.” Rock Mechanics Rock Engineering. Accepted.
  • Xiong, Q., Lin, Q., Hampton, J.C. (2021). “Temporal evolution of a shear-type rock fracture process zone (FPZ) along continuous, sequential, and spontaneously well-separated laboratory instabilities—from intact rock to thick gouged fault.” Geophysical Journal International.
  • Frash, L. P., Fu, P., Morris, J., Gutierrez, M., Neupane, G., Hampton, J., et al (2020). Fracture caging to limit induced seismicity. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL090648. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090648.
  • Xiong, Q., & Hampton, J. C. (2020). Non‐local triggering in rock fracture. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125, e2020JB020403. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB020403
  • Wu, S., Gan, Y., Hampton, J.C., Gutierrez, M., Lu, M., Huang, X. (2020). “A time-field search method for AE source location with a regional velocity model.” Acta Geophysica.
  • Hampton, J., Frash, L., Gutierrez, M. “Predictions of macro-scale fracture geometries from acoustic emission point cloud data in a hydraulic fracturing experiment.” Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Development. (2018) DOI: 10.1007/s13202-018-0547-z.
  • Hampton, J., Gutierrez, M., Matzar, L., Hu, D., Frash, L. “Acoustic emission characterization of microcracking in laboratory scale hydraulic fracturing tests.” Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. (2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2018.03.007.
  • Hampton, J., Gutierrez, M., Matzar, L., Hu, D. “Microcrack damage observations near coalesced fractures using acoustic emission.” Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. (2018) DOI: 10.1007/s00603-019-01818-4.
  • Han, Y., Hampton, J., Li, G., Warpinski, N.R., Mayerhofer, M.J. “Investigation of Hydromechanical Mechanisms in Microseismicity Generation in Natural Fractures Induced by Hydraulic Fracturing.” SPE Journal 21 (2016) 167244-PA: 208-220.
  • Frash, L.P., Hampton, J., Gutierrez, M., Tutuncu, A., Carey, J.W., Hood, J., Mokhtari, M., Huang, H., Mattson, E. “Patterns in complex hydraulic fractures observed by true-triaxial experiments and implications for proppant placement and stimulated reservoir volumes.” Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology. (2019) DOI: 10.1007/s13202-019-0681-2.
  • Frash, L.P., Gutierrez, M., Hampton, J., Hood, J. “Laboratory simulation of binary and triple well EGS in large granite blocks using AE events for drilling guidance.” Geothermics 55 (2015): 1-15.
  • Frash, L.P., Gutierrez, M., Hampton, J. “Laboratory-Scale-Model Testing of Well Stimulation by Use of a Mechanical-Impulse Hydraulic Fracturing.” SPE Journal 20 (2015) 173186-PA: 536-549.
  • Frash, L., Gutierrez, M., and Hampton, J. “True-triaxial apparatus for simulation of hydraulically fractured multi-borehole hot dry rock reservoirs.” Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci. 70 (2014): 496-506.
  • Haas, A.K., Revil, A., Karaoulis, M., Frash, L., Hampton, J., Gutierrez, M., Mooney, M. “Electric potential source localization reveals a borehole leak during hydraulic fracturing.” Geophysics 78 (2013): D93-D113.

Selected Patents

  • Hampton, Jesse. (2019). Systems and Methods for Determining Mechanical Properties in Subsurface Formations. Patent Ref. No: P190275US01.
  • Dusterhoft, Ronald, Vladimir Martysevich, Philip Nguyen, James Ogle, Jesse Hampton, Mehdi Shahri. Method for vertical proppant distribution in hydraulic fractures connecting to two or more wellbores. PCT/US2016/061398.
  • Hampton, Jesse, Aaron Russell. Hydraulic fracturing method. 2013-IP-081038U1.
  • Hampton, Jesse, Douglas Wyatt, Philip Nguyen. Estimating in situ stress from acoustic emission source parameters. PCT/US2014/63447.
  • Hampton, Jesse, Luis Matzar. Microseismic density mapping. 2014-IP-096322 PCT.
  • Lahman, Matthew, Jesse Hampton, Syed Muhammad Farrukh Hamza, Andy Chang, Ruixiang Gu, Stephen Persac. Synthetic test beds for fracturing optimization and methods of manufacture and use thereof. 2014-IP-093952 U1 PCT.
  • Li, Gang, Jesse Hampton, Daniel Gleitman, Costas Christofi. Measuring subsurface formation properties with laser vibrometers. 17908-0047WO1 / 2013-IP-070906.
  • Nguyen, Philip, Jesse Hampton. Method of controlling fluid invasion into fracture surfaces in shale formations. 2014-IP-096327 PCT.
  • Nguyen, Philip, Jesse Hampton. System and method for hydraulic fracturing with nanoparticles. PCT/US2015/017355.
  • Nguyen, Philip, Matthew Lahman, Jesse Hampton, Vladimir Martysevich, Stephen Persac, Shea Evans. Enhanced complex fracture geometry in subterranean formations, sequence fracturing. PCT/US2015/51632.
  • Nguyen, Philip, Matthew Lahman, Jesse Hampton, Vladimir Martysevich, Stephen Persac, Shea Evans. Enhancing complex fracture geometry in subterranean formations, net pressure pulsing. PCT/US2015/51615.
  • Nguyen, Philip, Matthew Lahman, Jesse Hampton, Vladimir Martysevich, Stephen Persac, Shea Evans. Enhancing complex fracture geometry in subterranean formations, sequence transport of particulates. PCT/US2015/51610.
  • Nguyen, Philip, Matthew Lahman, Jesse Hampton, Vladimir Martysevich, Stephen Persac, Shea Evans. Enhancing complex fracture geometry in subterranean formations, intrastage diversion. 2014-IPM-097726 U4 PCT.
  • Nguyen, Philip, Matthew Lahman, Jesse Hampton, Vladimir Martysevich, Stephen Persac, Shea Evans. Enhancing complex fracture geometry in subterranean formations. PCT/US2015/51602.