S U M M A R Y Stress drop, a measure of static stress change in earthquakes, is the subject of numerous investigations. Stress drop in an earthquake is likely to be spatially varying over the fault, creating a stress drop distribution. Representing this spatial distribution by a single number, as commonly done, implies averaging in space. In this study, we investigate similarities and differenc...

A new generation of experiments on dry macroscopic friction has revealed that the transition from static to dynamic friction is essentially a spatially and temporally non-uniform process, initiated by a rupture-like detachment front. We show the suitability of the FrenkelKontorova model for describing this transition. The model predicts the existence of two types of detachment fronts, explainin...

Pressure-driven water flow through carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with diameters ranging from 1.66 to 4.99 nm is examined using molecular dynamics simulation. The flow rate enhancement, defined as the ratio of the observed flow rate to that predicted from the no-slip Hagen-Poiseuille relation, is calculated for each CNT. The enhancement decreases with increasing CNT diameter and ranges from 433 to 47....

The steady thin film flow on a vertical belt of a non-Newtonian Johnson–Segalman fluid for lifting and drainage problems are investigated in this paper. The analytical solutions of the non-linear problems are obtained by Adomian Decomposition Method (ADM) and Homotopy Perturbation Method (HPM). Expressions for the velocity profile, average velocity, volume flux, the belt speed of the lifting an...

A slip-line field model for orthogonal cutting with step-type chip breaker assuming adhesion friction at chip/tool interface is developed using Kudo’s basic slip-line field. An alternative method is suggested for estimation of breaking strain in the chip. The model proposed predicts that with decrease in distance of chip breaker from the cutting edge of the tool, the breaking strain and shear s...

Postseismic slip observed after large (M> 6) earthquakes typically has an equivalent moment of a few tens of percent of the coseismic moment. Some observations of the recurrence intervals of repeating earthquakes suggest that postseismic slip following small (M ≲ 4) earthquakes could be much larger—up to 10 or 100 times the coseismic moment. We use borehole strain data from U.S. Geological Surv...

2 History of the no-slip condition 2 2.1 The previous centuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.2 Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.3 Traditional situations where slip occurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.4 Newtonian liquids: no-sl...

This work examines the slip boundary condition by Lattice Boltzmann simulations, addresses the validity of the Navier’s hypothesis that the slip velocity is proportional to the shear rate and compares the Lattice Boltzmann simulations to the experimental results of Tretheway and Meinhart (Phys. of Fluids, 14, L9-L12). The numerical simulation models the boundary condition as the probability, P,...

Technical Abstract We determined orientations of principal stresses around the San Andreas Fault (SAF) system in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and regions further north along the strike-slip plate boundary. Stress orientations, as well as a ratio between stress magnitudes, were determined by inversions of approximately 6000 earthquake fault plane solutions, divided into ~100 groups based o...