[cig-commits] r15587 - short/3D/PyLith/trunk/doc/userguide/materials

[willic3 at geodynamics.org]

Author: willic3
Date: 2009-08-24 20:42:47 -0700 (Mon, 24 Aug 2009)
New Revision: 15587

Modified:
   short/3D/PyLith/trunk/doc/userguide/materials/materials.lyx
Log:
Added a few more changes for power-law rheology.



Modified: short/3D/PyLith/trunk/doc/userguide/materials/materials.lyx
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--- short/3D/PyLith/trunk/doc/userguide/materials/materials.lyx	2009-08-25 03:42:07 UTC (rev 15586)
+++ short/3D/PyLith/trunk/doc/userguide/materials/materials.lyx	2009-08-25 03:42:47 UTC (rev 15587)
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@
 \begin_layout Plain Layout
 
 \family typewriter
-viscosity_coeff,
+viscosity_coefficient,
 \end_layout
 
 \begin_layout Plain Layout
@@ -2820,6 +2820,35 @@
 \end_inset
 
 , respectively.
+ Note that the units of 
+\begin_inset Formula $A_{E}$
+\end_inset
+
+ and 
+\begin_inset Formula $A_{T}$
+\end_inset
+
+ are 
+\begin_inset Formula $\mathrm{stress}^{-n}\mathrm{time}^{-1}$
+\end_inset
+
+.
+ Frequently, the 
+\begin_inset Formula $\log_{10}$
+\end_inset
+
+ of 
+\begin_inset Formula $A_{E}$
+\end_inset
+
+ is given (e.g., 
+\begin_inset CommandInset citation
+LatexCommand cite
+key "Kirby:Kronenberg:1987"
+
+\end_inset
+
+).
  To avoid scaling issues, PyLith internally makes use of a viscosity coefficient
 , 
 \begin_inset Formula $\eta$