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A new finite element approach to model microscale strain localization within olivine aggregates
Jean Furstoss
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Université Nice Côte d'Azur, CNRS, OCA, IRD, Géoazur, Sophia-Antipolis, France
MINES ParisTech, PSL Research University, CEMEF-Centre de mise en forme des matériaux, CNRS UMR 7635, Sophia-Antipolis, France
now at: Université de LilleFaculté des Sciences et Technologies, 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
Carole Petit
Université Nice Côte d'Azur, CNRS, OCA, IRD, Géoazur, Sophia-Antipolis, France
Clément Ganino
Université Nice Côte d'Azur, CNRS, OCA, IRD, Géoazur, Sophia-Antipolis, France
Marc Bernacki
MINES ParisTech, PSL Research University, CEMEF-Centre de mise en forme des matériaux, CNRS UMR 7635, Sophia-Antipolis, France
Daniel Pino-Muñoz
MINES ParisTech, PSL Research University, CEMEF-Centre de mise en forme des matériaux, CNRS UMR 7635, Sophia-Antipolis, France
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Short summary
In the first part of this article, we present a new methodology that we have developed to model the deformation and the microstructural evolutions of olivine rocks, which make up the main part of the Earth upper mantle. In a second part, using this methodology we show that microstructural features such as small grain sizes and preferential grain orientations can localize strain at the same intensity and can act together to produce an even stronger strain localization.
In the first part of this article, we present a new methodology that we have developed to model...