Essays about: "elasto-plastic deformation"

Found 1 essay containing the words elasto-plastic deformation.

  1. 1. Lithospheric-Scale Stresses and Shear Localization Induced by Density-Driven Instabilities

    University essay from Geofysik

    Author : Christiane Heinicke; [2010]
    Keywords : Lithosphere; localization; numerical modeling; shear heating; stress; subduction initiation;

    Abstract : The initiation of subduction requires the formation of lithospheric plates which mostly deform at their edges. Shear heating is a possible candidate for producing such localized deformation. In this thesis we employ a 2D model of the mantle with a visco-elasto-plastic rheology and enabled shear heating. READ MORE