9.3 Effective Normal Stresses

9.3 Effective Normal Stresses

We want to determine how the changes in the variations of the effective normal stresses with depth affect the dynamics of the rupture on the strike-slip fault. Furthermore, when the characteristics of the rupture do not lead to realistic events, we will adjust the friction model to create realistic ruptures. We return to the three definitive cases of pore pressures described in section 8.2.1 to create three different variations of the normal tractions with depth, including uniform effective normal tractions, lithostatic effective normal tractions, and lithostatic effective normal tractions reduced by hydrostatic pore pressures.

9.3 Effective Normal Stresses