Comparison between finite element method and equilibrium element method to predict stress field in fault-bend folds

12th International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics 2008

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 178-184

  Souloumiac, P ^a,b   Modaressi Farahmand Razavi, A ^a  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

FEM; Geomorphology; Limit analysis; Stress distributions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DISCRETIZATIONS; ELASTIC-PERFECTLY PLASTIC MATERIAL; ELEMENT METHOD; FAILURE MECHANICS; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; LIMIT ANALYSIS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRESS FIELD; STRESS HISTORY;

FORECASTING; GEOMECHANICS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84869815031     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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