Summary: Properties of Inelastic Yielding Zones Generated by In-plane Dynamic Ruptures
Shiqing Xu1
, Yehuda Ben-Zion1
, Jean-Paul Ampuero2
1
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
2
Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
Contact: shiqingx@usc.edu
1 MODEL SETUP
1.1 Friction laws
Slip-weakening friction law (SWF):
f =



fs - (fs - fd)
u
Dc
u Dc

Source: Ampuero, Jean Paul - Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology

Collections: Geosciences