Abstract
QDYN is a boundary element software package to simulate earthquake cycles (tectonic fault slip) under the quasi-dynamic approximation (quasi-static elasticity with radiation damping).
The code implements adaptive time stepping and shared-memory (OpenMP) and MPI parallelization to simulate earthquake cycles including seismic and aseismic slip. QDYN includes various forms of rate-and-state friction and state evolution laws. It handles non-planar fault geometries in 3D and 2D elastic media, as well as spring-block simulations. It has a user-friendly matlab interface and graphical output.
The code implements adaptive time stepping and shared-memory (OpenMP) and MPI parallelization to simulate earthquake cycles including seismic and aseismic slip. QDYN includes various forms of rate-and-state friction and state evolution laws. It handles non-planar fault geometries in 3D and 2D elastic media, as well as spring-block simulations. It has a user-friendly matlab interface and graphical output.
Original language | English |
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Media of output | Online |
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Publication status | Published - Feb 2017 |