Tamaz  Chelidze

Date of birth: December 24, 1934

Professor in Geophysics

Degrees:
Doctor of Physics and Mathematics (1985, Moscow),
Doctor of Chemistry (1975, Kiev).

Director of Institute of Geophysics of Georgian Academy of Sciences

Professional activity: 1957 to present - experimental and theoretical research in physics of heterogeneous media, including rocks, biological, granular and colloidal objects;
surface physico-chemical processes; percolation and fractal models of fracture and elasticity
earthquake prediction and teaching of rock physics and geoelectricity in Tbilisi State University.

130 scientific publications, including 4 monographs

Chairman of National Council of Seismology and Earthquake Prediction of Georgia, 1991 to present
Professor of Tbilisi State University, 1994 to present
Invited Professor of Strasbourg University, 1987, 1992
Invited Professor of Rennes University, 1995-1997

Co-coordinator of Working Group on Earthquake Precursors of European Seismological Comission Member of Expert Group of Seismology, Interstate Council on Extremal Situations of CIS
Member of Interstate Coordinating Council on Physics of Fracture and Plasticity of CIS
Chairman of Scientific Council of Seismology and Earthquake Prediction of Georgian Academy of Sciences
Member of American Geophysical Society, 1992
President of Georgian Geophysical Society, 1993 to present
Active member of Georgian Academy of Ecological Sciences, 1995
Member of New York Academy of Sciences, 1995

Address:

Institute of Geophysics,
1, Alexidze str.
380093, Tbilisi
Georgia
Tel: (995 32) 94-35-91
Fax: (995 32) 33-28-67

E-mail: [email protected]  or   [email protected]

List of major publications:

• Electrical Spectroscopy of Heterogeneous Systems (monograph. Kiev, Naukova Dumka, 1977, p.230 (in Russian).
• Structure-sensitive physical properties of partially melted rocks. Phys.Earth Plan.Inter.,v.17, 1978, p.41-46.
• Dielectric spectra of Blood. ( papers 1,2,3,4,5). Biophysics, (Moscow), v.18. ,1973, p.577; v.18, 1973, p.876; v.19, 1974, p.95; v.19. 1974, p.479;
• Model of fracture of solids.Physics of solids (FTT) (Moscow), v.22, 1980, p.2865. (in Russian).
• On the electrical and electrochemical precursors of earthquakes.Izvestia AN SSSR. Physics of Earth. N 3, 1981,p.55 (in Russian).
• Percolationsmodell des Bruchprocesses. Gerlands Beitrage fur Geophysik. v.91, 1982, p.35.
• Electrical spectroscopy of rocks at high temperatures. Gerlands Beitr. fur Geophysik. v.91, 1982, p.165.
• Modelling and prognosis of fracture process within framework of percolation theory. Izvestia AN SSSR, Physics of Earth. N 5, 1983, p.24.
• Percolation and fracture.Phys.Earth Plan.Inter. v.28, 1982, p.93.
• Percolation theory in fracture mechanics. Izvestia AN SSSR, Mechanics of Solids (MTT),N 6, 1983, p.114.(in Russian).
• Dissipative effects, spatial and temporal regularities of fracture and some planetary structures. Gerlands Beitr. fur Geophysik.v.93.1984,p.202.
• On the physical interpretation of a transitional amplitude in percolation theory. J.Phys.A.,v.17, 1984, L791.
• The anisotropic correlation in percolation theory.J.Phys.A. v.18, 1985, L273.
• Percolation theory as a tool for imitation of fracture process in rocks.Pageoph.v.124,p.724, 1986.
• Percolation theory in mechanics of geomaterials (monograph) Moscow, Nauka, 1987, 180 p.(in Russian).
• On the elastic properties of depleted refilled solids near percolation.J.Physics C. v.21, L.1007, 1988.
• Experimental investigation of the Elastic modulus of fractal System. Pageoph. v.134\1, p.31. 1990.
• The maps of expected Earthquakes based on a combination of parameters. Tectonophysics. 193, p.255, 1991.
• Fractal damage mechanics of Geomaterials. Terra nova, 5, p. 421, 1993.
• An experimental study of triggered stick-slip. Pageoph, 140, p.79, 1993.
• Elastic wave velocities in partially saturated rocks. J. Geoph. Res. 101, p. 837, 1996.
• Absorption of strain waves in porous media at seismic fraquencies. Pageoph, 147, p.25, 1996

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