Experimental evidence for multiple controls on fault stability and rupture dynamics

• Main Authors: Mei, Cheng, Barbot, Sylvain, Jia, Yunzhong, Wu, Wei
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Stability Transition; Load-Point Velocity
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159779
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The stability of frictional sliding affects the spectrum of fault slip, from slow-slip events to earthquakes. In laboratory experiments, the transition from stable sliding to stick-slip is often explained by the ratio of the stiffness of the loading system to a critical value that depends on effecti...