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--></style></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Chris</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;text-indent:0cm'>Klaus Regenauer-lieb whom last I heard was in Australia did similar work involving subduction in the ‘90’s. He may have pointers. For sure, he was using explicit.</p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Peter</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:chris.salomon@uni-jena.de">Chris Salomon</a><br><b>Sent: </b>18 January 2018 04:33<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:geoqus@lists.ruhr-uni-bochum.de">geoqus@lists.ruhr-uni-bochum.de</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[Geoqus] Convection in the mantle wedge</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Geoqus Group,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I'm currently trying to simulate a steady-state temperature </p><p class=MsoNormal>distribution for the upper 400km of a generic subduction zone using </p><p class=MsoNormal>Abaqus but I'm not able to include a kind of mantle wedge convection </p><p class=MsoNormal>into the model.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I know that e.g. Antje Kellner already did this in her PhD 2007 but to </p><p class=MsoNormal>me it isn't clear what she really did.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I already tried using a mass flow rate and surface film conditions but </p><p class=MsoNormal>it failed. I also thought about material rotations inside the mesh but </p><p class=MsoNormal>didn't find a way to realise it.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My problem is that I want to use an already developed subduction zone </p><p class=MsoNormal>geometry for that it's not possible to do a transient analysis over </p><p class=MsoNormal>several mega years.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Maybe some of you know how to achieve the acquired temperature model.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I also would like to contact Mrs. Kellner but didn't find a way to do </p><p class=MsoNormal>so. I already contacted Mrs. Nina Kukowski, her foremost supervisor, </p><p class=MsoNormal>but she doesn't respond.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I would be grateful for any suggestions.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kind regards</p><p class=MsoNormal>Chris Salomon</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>Geoqus mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>Geoqus@lists.ruhr-uni-bochum.de</p><p class=MsoNormal>https://lists.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mailman/listinfo/geoqus</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>