Research Article

Stress Heterogeneity and Slip Weakening of Faults under Various Stress and Slip

Table 1

Basic model parameters.

Upper sliderLower fixed block

Model size (m)
Slip surface size (m)
Density (kg/m3)2980
Young’s modulus (GPa)103
Poisson’s ratio0.25
Initial friction coefficient0.75
Initial displacement constraintCompletely fixed
Grid cell size (m)
Number of grid cells35000