TY - CONF
T1 - Computer simulation for sandbox experiments
AU - Matsuoka, Toshifumi
AU - Hasegawa, Takahiro
AU - Yamada, Yasuhiro
AU - Tamagawa, Tetsuya
AU - Ashida, Yuzuru
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the support for a grant funded by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan and Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2001 Society of Exploration Geophysicists. All rights reserved.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Structural deformation (e.g. folds and faults) of geological strata has been analyzed by analog modeling techniques for nearly a century. Recent knowledge suggests that sandbox experiment is the most appropriate to model brittle behavior of the upper crust. This type of physical experiments using granular materials can also be done as numerical simulation (digital modeling) on the computer with the Discrete Element Method (DEM). Two types of geological settings, the extension case and the contraction case, are investigated and compared with the sandbox experiments results. It is concluded that the DEM approach to the geological deformation study can be a powerful tool to simulate fault related structures.
AB - Structural deformation (e.g. folds and faults) of geological strata has been analyzed by analog modeling techniques for nearly a century. Recent knowledge suggests that sandbox experiment is the most appropriate to model brittle behavior of the upper crust. This type of physical experiments using granular materials can also be done as numerical simulation (digital modeling) on the computer with the Discrete Element Method (DEM). Two types of geological settings, the extension case and the contraction case, are investigated and compared with the sandbox experiments results. It is concluded that the DEM approach to the geological deformation study can be a powerful tool to simulate fault related structures.
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T2 - 2001 Society of Exploration Geophysicists Annual Meeting, SEG 2001
Y2 - 9 September 2001 through 14 September 2001
ER -