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Some physical properties of the Burridge-Knopoff model

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The dynamics of the discrete Burridge-Knopoff model, initially presented for earthquake rupture, is analyzed here as a function of the main physical parameters. This discrete array of massive spring-connected rigid blocks, subject to a velocity weakening friction, exhibits two distinct regimes of solution, depending on the ratio between the characteristic loading and propagative time scales. The first regime is often described as “chaotic”, while the second is characterized by propagative solitary waves. The transition between these two regimes is numerically studied, and shown to be the transition between two distinct macrospic frictional regimes : a chaotic stick-slip and a continuous creep. ...

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  1. Département T.A.O., Laboratoire de Géologie, URA 1316 École Normale Supérieure, 24 Rue Lhomond, 75231, Paris cedex 05

    Jean-Pierre Vilotte & Jean Schmittbuhl

  2. Laboratoire de Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes École Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles de Paris, 2 Rue Vauquelin, 75231, Paris cedex 05

    Stéphane Roux

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Vilotte, JP., Schmittbuhl, J., Roux, S. (1994). Some physical properties of the Burridge-Knopoff model. In: Bardhan, K.K., Chakrabarti, B.K., Hansen, A. (eds) Non-Linearity and Breakdown in Soft Condensed Matter. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 437. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58652-0_30

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