Strain localization and slip instability in a strain-rate hardening, chemically weakening material

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Brantut, N ^a,b   Sulem, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; CONSTITUTIVE LAW; CRITICAL STIFFNESS; FULLY DEPLETED; INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS; LINEAR PERTURBATION ANALYSIS; LIZARDITE; NONLINEAR REACTION; NUMERICAL TESTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PORE FLUIDS; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; SHEAR LOCALIZATIONS; SLIP RATES; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; STRAIN-RATE HARDENING; SUBDUCTION ZONES; THERMO-CHEMICAL;

DEHYDRATION; DEWATERING; KAOLINITE; REACTION KINETICS;

REACTION INTERMEDIATES;

EID: 84859904588     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: 15289036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4005880     Document Type: Article

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