Folding in power-law viscous multi-layers

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1965, 2012, Pages 1796-1826

  Schmalholz, Stefan M ^a   Schmid, Daniel W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Multi layer folding; Power law rheology; Pure and simple shear; Slump folding; Softening

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RHEOLOGY; SHEARING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHODS (FEM); POWER-LAW RHEOLOGY; SIMPLE SHEAR; SLUMP FOLDING; SOFTENING;

SHEARING MACHINES;

EID: 84859898577     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0421     Document Type: Article

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