[CIG-SHORT] Traction Perturbations in Pylith

[Brad Aagaard]

Farrukh,

Traction perturbations are the change in the tractions on the fault surface.

Regards,
Brad

On 8/7/16 9:03 AM, Farrukh Sohail wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I have a very basic query about the TractPerturbation component for
> fault n pylith. Should the specified traction (as a value or a
> .spatialdb file) be the new traction values on fault surface or a change
> (perturbation) in traction values. This is the code I am using in pylith
> for my perturbation:
>
> [pylithapp.timedependent.interfaces.fault.traction_perturbation]
> db_initial = spatialdata.spatialdb.SimpleDB
> db_initial.label = Initial fault tractions
> db_initial.iohandler.filename = tractions_opening_6_days.spatialdb
> db_initial.query_type = linear
>
> any input will really help.
>
> Best,
>
> Farrukh Sohail
> University of Southern California
>
>
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