Shear Band Formation in Numerical Simulations Applying a Continuum Damage Rheology Model

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 170, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 13-25

  Finzi, Yaron ^a   Muhlhaus, Hans ^a   Gross, Lutz ^a   Amirbekyan, Artak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; CONTINUUM DAMAGE MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY;

CONFINED COMPRESSION; CONFINED COMPRESSION TESTS; FUNDAMENTAL PATTERNS; LINEAR INSTABILITY ANALYSIS; NON-LOCALIZED DEFORMATIONS; RHEOLOGICAL MODELING; SEISMICALLY ACTIVE REGION; SUBCRITICAL CRACK GROWTH;

SHEAR BANDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; FAULTING; RHEOLOGY; SEISMICITY; STRAIN;

EID: 84872295796     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-012-0463-y     Document Type: Article

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