Basic Computational Structure - II
The Green’s Function is in first approximation independent of time and time only enters through time dependence of slip deficit
We are evolving a set of N differential equations -- think of each fault segment “i”as a particle -and can do this either as either
- deterministic “particle” dynamics
- Monte Carlo
These are two standard choices in “ordinary” particle dynamics
After each time/Monte Carlo step one needs to see if a slip will occur using friction law