Chakrabarti, Bikas K. ; Stinchcombe, Robin B. (1999) Stick-slip statistics for two fractal surfaces: a model for earthquakes Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications, 270 (1-2). pp. 27-34. ISSN 0378-4371
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Abstract
Following the observations of the self-similarity in various length scales in the roughness of the fractured solid surfaces, we propose here a new model for the earthquake. We demonstrate rigorously that the contact area distribution between two fractal surfaces follows a unique power law. This is then utilised to show that the elastic energy releases for slips between two rough fractal surfaces indeed follow a Guttenberg-Richter like power law.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Source: | Copyright of this article belongs to European Physical Society. |
| Keywords: | Fractured surfaces; Surface roughness; Self-similarity; Fractals; Cantor sets; Earthquakes |
| ID Code: | 5807 |
| Deposited On: | 19 Oct 2010 10:53 |
| Last Modified: | 20 May 2011 08:26 |
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