Book contents
- Introduction to Numerical Geodynamic Modelling
- Reviews
- Introduction to Numerical Geodynamic Modelling
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface to the second edition
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The continuity equation
- 2 Density and gravity
- 3 Numerical solutions of partial differential equations
- 4 Stress and strain
- 5 The momentum equation
- 6 Viscous rheology of rocks
- 7 Numerical solutions of the momentum and continuity equations
- 8 The advection equation and marker-in-cell method
- 9 The heat conservation equation
- 10 Numerical solution of the heat conservation equation
- 11 2D thermomechanical code structure
- 12 Elasticity and plasticity
- 13 2D implementation of visco-elasto-plasticity
- 14 2D thermomechanical modelling of inertial processes
- 15 Seismo-thermomechanical modelling
- 16 Hydro-thermomechanical modelling
- 17 Adaptive mesh refinement
- 18 The multigrid method
- 19 Programming of 3D problems
- 20 Numerical benchmarks
- 21 Design of 2D numerical geodynamic models
- Outlook
- Appendix MATLAB program examples
- References
- Index
2 - Density and gravity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 May 2019
- Introduction to Numerical Geodynamic Modelling
- Reviews
- Introduction to Numerical Geodynamic Modelling
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface to the second edition
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The continuity equation
- 2 Density and gravity
- 3 Numerical solutions of partial differential equations
- 4 Stress and strain
- 5 The momentum equation
- 6 Viscous rheology of rocks
- 7 Numerical solutions of the momentum and continuity equations
- 8 The advection equation and marker-in-cell method
- 9 The heat conservation equation
- 10 Numerical solution of the heat conservation equation
- 11 2D thermomechanical code structure
- 12 Elasticity and plasticity
- 13 2D implementation of visco-elasto-plasticity
- 14 2D thermomechanical modelling of inertial processes
- 15 Seismo-thermomechanical modelling
- 16 Hydro-thermomechanical modelling
- 17 Adaptive mesh refinement
- 18 The multigrid method
- 19 Programming of 3D problems
- 20 Numerical benchmarks
- 21 Design of 2D numerical geodynamic models
- Outlook
- Appendix MATLAB program examples
- References
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
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- Introduction to Numerical Geodynamic Modelling , pp. 26 - 37Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019