Group A, Poster #137, Fault and Rupture Mechanics (FARM)
The Effects of Bulk Friction and Cohesion in 2D Dynamic Models of the 1971 San Fernando Earthquake
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2025 SCEC Annual Meeting, Poster #137, SCEC Contribution #14474 VIEW PDF
ace deformation of different fault geometries and material properties, including the implementation of Drucker-Prager plasticity. Specifically we undertake a parameter study of how plasticity, primarily focusing on bulk friction and cohesion, can affect slip and off-fault deformation. As we decrease the bulk friction and cohesion parameters, our models diverge from our elastic models for the two corresponding fault segments. In particular, these parameters affect the partitioning of slip and off-fault deformation near the surface, where our models with smaller bulk friction and cohesion values have less slip at the surface than those with larger bulk friction and cohesion. For low values of bulk friction, the cohesion takes on increased importance near the surface. We find that our models need to be rather finely tuned in both plasticity parameters to produce deformation patterns qualitatively similar to that observed in the 1971 event. The need for such fine-tuning may highlight a limitation of the 2D models or other aspects of our problem formulation.
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