Earthquake Rupture Dynamics
Lecture
Main Campus
Course Description
Physics of earthquakes, including nucleation, propagation, and arrest; slip-weakening and rate-and-state friction laws; thermal pressurization and dynamic weakening mechanisms; off-fault plasticity; dynamic fracture mechanics; earthquake energy balance. Problem sets involve numerical simulations on Sherlock cluster. Prerequisites: Experience with continuum mechanics (linear elasticity with stress and strain as tensors) and familiarity with seismic waves. Offered occasionally.
GEOPHYS 229
Units: 3
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Typically Offered
Not Available
Grading Basis
Letter or Credit/No Credit
Class Level
Graduate
Instructional Mode
In Person
Gen Ed Requirement(s)
None