[CIG-SHORT] Implementing rate and state with velocity weakening friction

Brad Aagaard baagaard at usgs.gov
Wed Jun 25 11:43:09 PDT 2014


On 6/25/14, 11:19 AM, Ma, Xiao wrote:
> Hi,
> The current aging law is implemented in the rate and state friction, is
> there a way to implement the velocity weakening friction ? Is there a
> way to code my own friction law in pylith?
> Best wishes,
> Xiao

See the PyLith manual (section 9.3) and the templates/friction directory 
in the PyLith distribution for how to implement your own friction model. 
Note that you will need to build PyLith from source (we recommend the 
installer) in order to add your own modules.

Brad




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