Numerical studies of quasi-static tectonic loading and dynamic rupture of bi-material interfaces

Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1684-1702

  Langer, S ^a   Olsen Kettle, L M ^a   Weatherley, D K ^a   Gross, L ^a   Muhlhaus H B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bi material interface; Earthquake dynamics; Fault rupture; Tectonic loading

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FAULT SLIPS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); ITERATIVE METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

BI-MATERIAL INTERFACES; EARTHQUAKE DYNAMICS; FAULT RUPTURES; FRICTION PROPERTIES; MATERIAL HETEROGENEITY; MULTIPLE TIME STEP; QUASI-STATIC LOADING; TECTONIC LOADING;

LOADING;

EID: 77955481763     PISSN: 15320626     EISSN: 15320634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpe.1540     Document Type: Conference Paper

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