[CIG-SHORT] Set up the half size problem

[Brad Aagaard]

Xiao,

You can use symmetry to simulation just half the fault (as in the 
benchmarks) if your problem has that type of symmetry. That is what I 
though you had in mind.

Regards,
Brad

On 5/26/14, 2:42 PM, Charles Williams wrote:
> Hi Xiao,
>
> If I’m understanding you correctly, you want the fault surface to
> coincide with one of your external boundaries.  Unfortunately, you can’t
> do this in PyLith, as you require both sides of the fault.
>
> Cheers,
> Charles
>
>
> On 27/05/2014, at 7:04 am, Xiao Ma <xiaoma5 at illinois.edu
> <mailto:xiaoma5 at illinois.edu>> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I am trying to modeling just half of my model due to the symmetry, can
>> you help me with how to set up the boundary condition on the fault
>> surface also the traction, as far as I know , the shear traction is
>> applied in two opposite direction, in my model, I want to lose the
>> right part to make the simulation smaller size , can you show me the
>> detail command , and tutorial ? I am attaching the problem figure .
>> Thank you
>> XIao
>> <problem.png>
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>> *Xiao Ma*
>> Graduate Research Assistant
>> MS program in Structural Engineering
>> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
>> E-mail: _xiaoma5 at illinois.edu <mailto:xiaoma5 at illinois.edu>_
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