Three-dimensional simulation of sheared granular fault gouge using the combined finite-discrete element method


Ke Gao1, Esteban Rougier2, Robert A Guyer3 and Paul A Johnson1, (1)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (2)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States, (3)University of Nevada Reno, Physics Department, Reno, NV, United States