An ALE-based numerical technique for modeling sedimentary basin evolution featuring layer deformations and faults

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2011.01.027zbMath1214.86005WikidataQ56996159 ScholiaQ56996159MaRDI QIDQ543739

Alfio M. Quarteroni, A. Cristiano I. Malossi, Andrea Villa, Matteo Longoni, Paolo Ruffo

Publication date: 17 June 2011

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/163831

zbMATH Keywords

finite element method; level set method; non-Newtonian fluids; computational geology; compaction of granular systems; fractures and faults

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76A05: Non-Newtonian fluids

65N30: Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs

86A60: Geological problems

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• El-Topo

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