[CIG-LONG] Isostasy in GALE

[Walter Landry]

Robert Gray <graywacke at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
> I'm trying to model crustal scale collision where the bottom boundary
> deflects downwards to reflect isostatic deflection due to a crustal root,
> as would be done in MICROFEM.  That said, the entire crustal layer deflects
> downwards way too much.  Has anyone tried modelling anything similar?
> Instead of velocity BC's on the bottom boundary I've put:
>  ,"stressBC":
>         {
>             "Type": "StressBC",
>             "ForceVector": "mom_force",
>             "wall": "bottom",
>             "normal_value": "-9.81*3300.0*(0.036e6-y)"
>         }
> at the end of the components section.

Do you have a non-zero temperature?  Otherwise, that should work.  Can
you send your complete input file?

Cheers,
Walter