[CIG-SHORT] Fault-bound blocks

[Matthew Knepley]

On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 7:37 PM, Bobak Karimi <bkarimi at clarion.edu> wrote:

> Ok, I will give it a try to make sure it works. Can it get more complex
> (image below)? A TG fault with Fault 1 buried at one point and fault 2
> buried at two points (on fault 1)? Or do all buried edges have to occur
> along the TG fault?
>

I cannot see why that would fail, but of course we have never tried it.

  Matt


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> *Subject:* Re: [CIG-SHORT] Fault-bound blocks
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> On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 7:17 PM, Charles Williams <willic3 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> I’m not positive about this, but I think you can define the TG fault by
> having a nodeset with two buried edges at the ends.  The other fault would
> need to stop one element away from that fault (it cannot share any nodes
> with the other fault).  If you do this you will be restricted with your
> solution methods, as this problem is actually singular.  You would not be
> able to use split_fields, for example.  Matt and Brad may have some other
> ideas on this.
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> Actually, I think he can do this as originally stated. He should be able
> to define the TG fault. Then
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> define the other fault with two clamped ends that intersect the TG fault.
> This is just our T-intersection
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> example done twice.
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>   Thanks,
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>      Matt
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> Cheers,
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> Charles
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> On 18/11/2015, at 1:39 pm, Bobak Karimi <bkarimi at clarion.edu> wrote:
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> Hi All,
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> I wanted to check on the feasibility of having a fault-bound block (see
> below). I would like to have the fault-bound block move on its own, with no
> shared triangular meshes with the other blocks. Can I create two nodesets
> of a single node at the locations where the fault meets the through-going
> (TG) fault and use those nodesets to bury the edge of the fault? I want to
> see how the individual fault-bound blocks in my model move when I change
> input parameters.
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> Thanks!
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> Bobby
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