Numerical investigations of fault propagation and forced-fold using a non smooth Discrete Element Method

European Journal of Computational Mechanics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 549-570

  Renouf, Mathieu ^a   Dubois, Frédéric ^b   Alart, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Discrete element method; Fault; Fold; Granular material; Non smooth mechanics

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

DISCRETE ELEMENTS METHOD; FAULT; FAULT PROPAGATION; FOLD; GEOPHYSICAL STRUCTURE; LARGER DEFORMATIONS; LOCALISATION; NON-SMOOTH MECHANICS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; RIGID DISK;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS;

EID: 42149119482     PISSN: 26422085     EISSN: 26422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/remn.15.549-570     Document Type: Article

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