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On the nonlinear dynamics of rupture
1Center for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Institute, Oxford OX1 3CB, England
2Department of Geological Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Abstract. The rupture on a fault resulting in an earthquake is clearly a complex process. In order to better understand this process the continuum version of the slider-block model has been considered in some detail. In particular, the role of a cohesive breakaway zone is considered. Solutions of a "piston" problem and a "shock-tube" problem are obtained. For the "dirven" problem the cohesive breakaway solution is combined with a viscous resistance on the fault to obtain solutions that are reasonably realistic in terms of fault rupture.
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Citation: Ockendon, H. and Turcotte, D. L.: On the nonlinear dynamics of rupture, Nonlin. Processes Geophys., 5, 81-92, doi:10.5194/npg-5-81-1998, 1998. Bibtex EndNote Reference Manager XML
