[CIG-LONG] StaticBottom

[Walter Landry]

Matty Mookerjee <matty.mookerjee at sonoma.edu> wrote:
> Walter,
> 
> I am attaching my input file along with the topo file.
> 
> I tried adding StaticLeft but that crashed.  Also, I am not so sure
> that I want a flux boundary.  The deforming thrust wedge taper needs
> to be maintained and I fear that the flux boundary will not add
> material to the back of the wedge in such a way to maintain that
> taper.  Since it the gravity associated with that taper is an
> important driving force for the fault motion, I don't want it to be
> varying unnaturally at the rear of the wedge.

The work I just did for George Hilley should make it easier to really
push the wedge.

> Also, please give me any advice that you might have for removing the
> background/air component.  The upper surface needs to be a sloping
> wedge as it is in my input file.

Do you want the wedge to slide without friction?  Adding friction
would make it easier in some ways.

Cheers,
Walter Landry