FAULT is a software that allows the qualitative and quantitative analysis of fault systems, its graphical representation on video and its output on printer, plotter and diffuse standard graphical files. The structural analysis is based on three different methods that is i) the right dihedra method (Angelier & Mechler, 1977), ii) the Conditioned Square Minima Method (Caputo & Caputo, 1988) applied on the right dihedra method and iii) applied on the P/T axes method. For analytical details and a better understanding of the methodologies, their applicability and limits the reader is referred to the original papers. FAULT allows: - the input of fault systems and their management; - the computation of the areas based on the right dihedra methods; - the computation of the principal stress/strain axes based on the Conditioned Square Minima Method applied on the areas deriving from the right dihedra method; - the computation of the principal stress/strain axes based on the Conditioned Square Minima Method applied on the P/T axes method; - the output of the original data and the obtained results on several devices (video, plotter and printer). It is also possible to create files to send directly to the plotter and, furthermore, it is possible to create standard graphical files readable by most commercial software on the topic (AutoCAD, CorelDraw, FreeHand, PhotoShop and others). Before running the programme FAULT, you need to install it on your computer (see Appendix G). The flow chart of the programme is shown in figure 1.
FAULT - A programme for structural analysis
CAPUTO, Riccardo
1989
Abstract
FAULT is a software that allows the qualitative and quantitative analysis of fault systems, its graphical representation on video and its output on printer, plotter and diffuse standard graphical files. The structural analysis is based on three different methods that is i) the right dihedra method (Angelier & Mechler, 1977), ii) the Conditioned Square Minima Method (Caputo & Caputo, 1988) applied on the right dihedra method and iii) applied on the P/T axes method. For analytical details and a better understanding of the methodologies, their applicability and limits the reader is referred to the original papers. FAULT allows: - the input of fault systems and their management; - the computation of the areas based on the right dihedra methods; - the computation of the principal stress/strain axes based on the Conditioned Square Minima Method applied on the areas deriving from the right dihedra method; - the computation of the principal stress/strain axes based on the Conditioned Square Minima Method applied on the P/T axes method; - the output of the original data and the obtained results on several devices (video, plotter and printer). It is also possible to create files to send directly to the plotter and, furthermore, it is possible to create standard graphical files readable by most commercial software on the topic (AutoCAD, CorelDraw, FreeHand, PhotoShop and others). Before running the programme FAULT, you need to install it on your computer (see Appendix G). The flow chart of the programme is shown in figure 1.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
