SlipTendency is a Matlab open-source stress modelling application that can be used to test the proness of planes with variable attitude to slip (slip tendency) or dilate (dialtion tendency) under an input stress field. In addition to classical slip tendency analysis, anisotropic slip tendency analysis can be performed as in the papers listed in the following, that also include some theory and case studies.
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In case you use SlipTendency, please cite:
Massironi, M., Bistacchi, A., Menegon, L., 2011. Misoriented faults in exhumed metamorphic complexes: Rule or exception? Earth and Planetary Science Letters 307, 233–239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2011.04.041
Bistacchi, A., Massironi, M., Menegon, L., Bolognesi, F., Donghi, V., 2012. On the nucleation of non-Andersonian faults along phyllosilicate-rich mylonite belts. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 367, 185–199. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP367.13
Bolognesi, F., Bistacchi, A., 2016. Weakness and mechanical anisotropy of phyllosilicate-rich cataclasites developed after mylonites of a low-angle normal fault (Simplon Line, Western Alps). Journal of Structural Geology 83, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2015.11.009 (Unfotunately SCC' structures are overturned in Fig. 6)
Bolognesi, F., Bistacchi, A., 2018. A km-scale “triaxial experiment” reveals the extreme mechanical weakness and anisotropy of mica-schists (Grandes Rousses Massif, France). Journal of Structural Geology 107, 53–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2017.12.001
Traforti, A., Massironi, M., Bistacchi, A., Zampieri, D., Viola, G., 2018. Slip-tendency analysis as a tool to constrain the mechanical properties of anisotropic rocks. Journal of Structural Geology 117, 136–147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2018.09.001
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