Implementation of the glacial rebound prestress advection correction in general-purpose finite element analysis software: Springs versus foundations

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 40, Issue , 2012, Pages 97-106

  Schmidt, Peter ^a   Lund, Björn ^a   Hieronymus, Christoph ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elastic foundation; Elastic spring; Finite element analysis; Glacial isostatic adjustment; Prestress advection

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TIME; BODY FORCES; EARTH MODELS; ELASTIC FOUNDATION; ELASTIC LAYERS; ELASTIC SPRINGS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; FINITE ELEMENT FORMULATIONS; FIRST-ORDER; GEODETIC DATA; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; GLACIAL LOADINGS; GLACIAL REBOUND; GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATIONS; HIGH-ACCURACY; PRE-STRESS; QUADRILATERAL ELEMENTS; SHAPE FUNCTIONS; SPRING CONSTANTS; TIME SPENT; TRIANGULAR ELEMENTS; VISCOELASTIC LAYERS;

ADVECTION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAVITATION; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

FOUNDATIONS;

ADVECTION; ALGORITHM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOUNDATION; GLACIAL REBOUND; GRAVITY; SOFTWARE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 84856620476     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.07.017     Document Type: Article

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