Advances in mapping lowermost mantle convective flow with seismic anisotropy observations

J Wolf, M Li, MD Long, E Garnero - Reviews of Geophysics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Convective flow in the deep mantle controls Earth's dynamic evolution, influences plate
tectonics, and has shaped Earth's current surface features. Present and past convection …

Descriptive tools for the analysis of texture projects with large datasets using MTEX: strength, symmetry and components

D Mainprice, F Bachmann, R Hielscher… - Geological Society …, 2015 - lyellcollection.org
This paper presents the background for the calculation of various numbers that can be used
to characterize crystal-preferred orientation (CPO), also known as texture in materials …

Inferring upper-mantle flow from seismic anisotropy: an experimental perspective

P Skemer, LN Hansen - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
Patterns of mantle flow are most directly inferred from observations of seismic anisotropy,
which is mainly caused by the crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO) of olivine, the …

[图书][B] 3D images of materials structures: processing and analysis

J Ohser, K Schladitz - 2009 - books.google.com
Taking and analyzing images of materials' microstructures is essential for quality control,
choice and design of all kind of products. Today, the standard method still is to analyze 2D …

P wave tomography and anisotropy beneath Southeast Asia: Insight into mantle dynamics

Z Huang, D Zhao, L Wang - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Southeast Asia is surrounded by subduction zones resulting from the interactions of several
lithospheric plates. Its evolution has been also influenced by active tectonics due to the Indo …

Azimuthal anisotropy tomography of the Southeast Asia subduction system

Y Hua, D Zhao, YG Xu - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A detailed 3‐D model of P wave isotropic velocity and azimuthal anisotropy beneath SE Asia
is obtained by jointly inverting local earthquake arrival times and teleseismic relative travel …

The sequential addition and migration method to generate representative volume elements for the homogenization of short fiber reinforced plastics

M Schneider - Computational Mechanics, 2017 - Springer
We present an algorithm for generating volume elements of short fiber reinforced plastic
microstructures for prescribed fourth order fiber orientation tensor, fiber aspect ratio and …

The closest elastic tensor of arbitrary symmetry to an elasticity tensor of lower symmetry

M Moakher, AN Norris - Journal of Elasticity, 2006 - Springer
The closest tensors of higher symmetry classes are derived in explicit form for a given
elasticity tensor of arbitrary symmetry. The mathematical problem is to minimize the elastic …

MSAT—A new toolkit for the analysis of elastic and seismic anisotropy

AM Walker, J Wookey - Computers & Geosciences, 2012 - Elsevier
The design and content of MSAT, a new Matlab toolkit for the study and analysis of seismic
and elastic anisotropy, is described. Along with a brief introduction to the basic theory of …

Ab initio elastic tensor of cubic TiAlN alloys: Dependence of elastic constants on size and shape of the supercell model and their convergence

F Tasnádi, M Odén, IA Abrikosov - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2012 - APS
In this study we discuss the performance of the special quasirandom structure (SQS) method
in predicting the elastic properties of B1 (rocksalt) Ti 0.5 Al 0.5 N alloy. We use a symmetry …