[CIG-SHORT] Pylith

[Brad Aagaard]

Wanpeng,

Including topography in a PyLith simulation is simply a matter of 
generating the mesh to conform to topography. CUBIT/Trelis can handle 
topography, but the mesh generation will take longer (on the computing 
end not the user end).

You will want to ask yourself, what resolution of topography is 
important for your problem. We always recommend starting simple and 
making it more complex as you gain intuition into your particular 
problem. This will save you a lot of time and effort.

Regards,
Brad


On 2/23/14, 3:59 AM, Wanpeng Feng wrote:
> Dear Dr. Aagaard
>
> My name is Wanpeng Feng. I am now doing a PhD in UK on using InSAR to improve our understanding of the Earthquake cycle. In one of my case studies, I have to consider that the effect of rugged surface topography on the elastic dislocation. So could you please let me know if the present version of PyLith can handle such physical problem?
>
> Thanks a lot for your any response!
>
> Best regards,
> Wanpeng
>