[CIG-SHORT] Questions on pylith

[Brad Aagaard]

Please see our responses to your questions on Jan 26:

http://lists.geodynamics.org/pipermail/cig-short/2017-January/002706.html

http://lists.geodynamics.org/pipermail/cig-short/2017-January/002707.html

Regards,
Brad


On 01/29/2017 11:08 AM, yasemin korkusuz wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am writing you from Turkey. I would like to use PyLith code in my PhD
> thesis study in order to obtain "a *dynamic earthquake fracture
> simulation* in
> the Sea of Marmara concerning a *non-planar fault geometry* and *different
> (heterogenous) stress orientations* for each fault segment".
>
> *     1. Could you please make some suggestions about how should I start?*
>
>
> I would like to use medium information, and initial stress amounts as
> inputs and obtain stress amounts with slip and slip rates after the
> propagation of the rupture (as outputs).
>
> *      2. Thus, which PyLith example is the best for my purpose?*
>
>
> Also, as I am not living in US, I can not use CUBIT for the mesh generation
> and LaGrit has many library requirements which did not work on my computer.
> Actually, I used GMSH for another code last year.
>
>       3.  *May I use GMSH for triangular mesh for PyLith? and is it useful
> for my purpose of using PyLith?*
> *     4.   If so, what do you suggest about conversion of the mesh output
> file ?*
> *     5.  Also, I am not sure whether all types of meshes (triangular,
> square,cubic) can be used in all examples of PyLith?*
>
> *I will be looking forward to seeing your reply..*
>
> Thanks a lot
> Best Regards
>
> Yasemin Korkusuz Öztürk
>
> Bogazici University
> Kandilli Observatory & Earthquake Research Institute
> Department of Geophysics
>
>
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