A numerical boundary integral method, relating slip and traction on a plane in an elastic medium by convolution with a discretized Green function, can be linked to a slip-dependent friction law on the fault plane. Such a method is developed here in two-dimensional plane-strain geometry. The method is more efficient for a planar source than a finite difference method, and it does not suffer from...

[1] We compare 2-D, quasi-static earthquake nucleation on rate-and-state faults under both ‘‘aging’’ and ‘‘slip’’ versions of the state evolution law. For both versions mature nucleation zones exhibit 2 primary regimes of growth: Well above and slightly above steady state, corresponding respectively to larger and smaller fault weakening rates. Well above steady state, aging-law nucleation takes...

the prevalent method of irrigation in paddy fields in iran is continuous ponding, which changes to intermittent method at the time of water shortage. soil cracks are the main problem in intermittent irrigation. in this study, effects of adding rice straw on some soil physical characteristics and cracks were studied in paddy soils of the guilan province of iran. the experiment was performed as s...

Recent high-cycle fatigue (HCF) related failures of gas-turbine jet engines have prompted a re-examination of the design methodologies for HCF-critical components, such as titanium alloy turbine blades. As foreign-object damage (FOD) from ingested debris is a key concern for HCF-related failures of such blades, the current study is focused on the role of simulated high velocity FOD in affecting...

Crack tip stress and deformation fields are analyzed for tensile-loaded ideally plastic crystals. The specific cases of (0 1 O) cracks growing in the [1 0 1] direction, and (1 0 1) cracks in the [0, 1, O] direction, are considered for both fcc and bcc crystals which flow according to the critical resolved shear stress criterion. Stationary and quasistatically growing crack fields are considered...