Failure in accretionary wedges with the maximum strength theorem: Numerical algorithm and 2D validation

Computational Geosciences

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 793-811

  Souloumiac, Pauline ^a   Krabbenhøft, Kristian ^b   Leroy, Yves M ^c   Maillot, Bertrand ^d  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

Author keywords

Geomechanics; Limit analysis; Optimization; Structural geology

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ALGORITHM; DEFORMATION; FAILURE MECHANISM; GEOMECHANICS; GEOMETRY; INTERPOLATION; KINEMATICS; OPTIMIZATION; SLOPE STABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 77955917551     PISSN: 14200597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10596-010-9184-4     Document Type: Review

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