Earthquakes occur mainly on active faults. Fault slip is closely related to seismicity and is
thus widely discussed in Geosciences, Seismology, and Engineering. Slip experiment is a …

Large and destructive earthquakes on mature faults in Earth's crust occur as slip in a layer of
a fine granular material—fault gouge—produced by comminution during sliding,. A range of …

The understanding of friction in soft materials is of increasing importance due to the
demands of industries such as healthcare, biomedical, food and personal care, the …

To clarify the shear-slip process and characteristics of fault, we conducted triaxial shear tests
driven by displacement on shale samples with prefabricated sawcut and natural fractures …

Fluid pressure changes affect fault stability and can promote the initiation of earthquakes
and aseismic slip. However, the relationship between seismic and aseismic fault slip during …

Earthquake-like ruptures break the contacts that form the frictional interface separating
contacting bodies and mediate the onset of frictional motion (stick-slip). The slip (motion) of …

Earthquakes are destructive natural hazards with damage capacity dictated by rupture
speeds. Traditional dynamic rupture models predict that earthquake ruptures gradually …

Fluids are known to trigger a broad range of slip events, from slow, creeping transients to
dynamic earthquake ruptures. Yet, the detailed mechanics underlying these processes and …

The failure of frictional interfaces—the process of frictional rupture—is widely assumed to
feature crack-like properties, with far-reaching implications for various disciplines, ranging …

Granular materials are made up of particles with complex non-convex shapes that in many
cases become connected by cementation, sintering or other adhesive processes. This paper …