The Lattice Solid Model to Simulate the Physics of Rocks and Earthquakes: Incorporation of Friction

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 332-372

  Place, David ^a   Mora, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Fault gouge; Friction; Heat flow paradox; Heat of earthquakes; Lattice solid model; Nonlinear dynamics; Numerical simulation; Particle based model; Rock physics

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FAULT SLIPS; HEAT GENERATION; SLIP FORMING; STICK-SLIP; STICTION;

FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE EVOLUTION; HEAT FLOW PARADOX; HEAT OF EARTHQUAKE; HEAT-FLOW; LATTICE SOLID MODEL; PARTICLE-BASED MODEL; ROCK PHYSICS; SEISMIC WAVE ATTENUATIONS; TIME STEP;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0347417097     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.1999.6184     Document Type: Article

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