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Benchmark Descriptions

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    BP1-QD           2D antiplane shear motion. The fault is a vertical strike-slip fault in a homogeneous halfspace. Friction is regularized rate-and-state friction with an aging law.
    BP2-QD           2D antiplane shear motion. The fault is a vertical strike-slip fault in a homogeneous halfspace. Friction is regularized rate-and-state friction with an aging law. This benchmark explores the effects of varying the cell size.
    BP1-FD           2D antiplane shear motion, with full elastodynamics. The fault is a vertical strike-slip fault in a homogeneous halfspace. Friction is regularized rate-and-state friction with an aging law.
    BP4-QD           3D motion in a wholespace. The fault is a vertical strike-slip fault in a homogeneous wholespace. Friction is regularized rate-and-state friction with an aging law and radiation damping.
    BP3           2D plane-strain motion. The fault is a dipping fault in a homogeneous linear elastic halfspace. Friction is regularized rate-and-state friction with an aging law.
    BP5           3D motion in a halfspace. The fault is a vertical strike-slip fault in a homogeneous linear elastic halfspace. Friction is regularized rate-and-state friction with an aging law.
    BP6           2D antiplane shear. A planar fault is considered in a homogeneous linear elastic wholespace. Friction is either constant or regularized rate-and-state friction with the aging or slip law. Changes in effective normal stress are considered through pore fluid pressure evolution consistent with fluid injection and 1D along-fault diffusion.
    BP7           3D motion in a wholespace. A planar fault is considered in a homogeneous linear elastic wholespace. Friction is regularized rate-and-state friction with the aging or slip law law.

Note: "BP1" stands for "Benchmark Problem 1"; "QD" stands for "Quasi-Dynamic"; and "FD" stands for "Fully-Dynamic ."

 

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