Normal-fault stress and displacement through finite-element analysis

Normal-fault stress and displacement through finite-element analysis

We compute displacement and stress due to a normal fault by means of two-dimensional plane-strain finite-element analysis. To do so, we apply a system of forces to the fault nodes and develop an iterative algorithm serving to determine the force magnitudes for any slip distribution. As a sample case...

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Main Authors: S. Santini, S. Barba, A. Megna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) 2005-06-01
Series:Annals of Geophysics
Subjects:
algorithms
earthquakes
faults
theoretical studies
numerical models
analytical models
displacements
stress
Online Access:http://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/3250

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