0965-9978/$ see front matter 2009 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.advengsoft.2009.12.011 * Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (K.J. Bathe). The analysis of plates can be achieved using the quadratic MITC plate or MITC shell elements. The plate elements have a strong mathematical basis and have been shown to be optimal in their convergence behavior, theoretically and numerically. Th...

The Pamir plateau protrudes ?300 km between the Tajik- and Tarim-basin lithosphere of Central Asia. Whether its salient location shape are caused by forceful indentation a promontory Indian mantle is debated. We present new local-seismicity focal-mechanism catalog, P-wave velocity model eastern part collision system. data suggest south-dipping Asian slab that overturns in easternmost segment. l...

Two main types of subduction zones can be distinguished: (1) those where the subduction hinge migrates away from the upper plate; and (2) those in which the subduction hinge migrates toward the upper plate. Apart from a few exceptions, this distinction seems to apply particularly for W-directed subduction zones and Eor NE-directed subduction zones, respectively. Moreover, the rate of subduction...

In order to simulate the mechanical behavior of large structures assembled from thin composite panels, we propose a coupling technique which substitutes local 3D models for the global plate model in the critical zones where plate modeling is inadequate. The transition from 3D to 2D is based on stress and displacement distributions associated with Saint-Venant problems which are precalculated au...

(2) What is driving orogenesis for the Olympic Mountain segment of the Cascadia Subduction Zone? Is it shortening parallel to the direction of plate convergence, shortening normal to the direction of plate convergence, or some combination of both? Are there any geomorphic or stratigraphic field relationships that can actually be used to track the horizontal movement of rocks and thus interpret ...