[CIG-LONG] Strain weakening

[Walter Landry]

"atyl0789 at uni.sydney.edu.au" <atyl0789 at uni.sydney.edu.au> wrote:
> G'day all,
> 
> Quick question: How exactly does strain softening work in Gale? Is
> it implemented using a power law function similar to other codes?

Are you thinking of non newtonian power law creep rheologies?  There
are no power laws when integrating strain.

> I am currently assuming that softening occurs over the interval
> between initial softening strain and final softening strain
> according to however cohesionaftersoftening etc. are defined.

Correct.

Walter Landry
walter at geodynamics.org