Mechanics-based restoration: a physical and mathematical review.

@inproceedings{ChauvinGM2015,
 abstract = { Structural restoration is a technique to recover the undeformed state of geological objects in the past. It is a tool often used by structural geologists for validating the consistency of a geological model. Over the last ten years, 3D mechanics-based restoration has been developed. Instead of solving a kinematic problem, mechanical laws of deformable solid are used to restore geological models. Such a problem is solved using finite element method. This paper aims at completely reviewing the theory and the implementation of mechanics-based restoration. It focuses on explicit restoration in which boundary conditions are imposed on mesh elements. A part of this paper is devoted to decompaction which is also based on mechanics of rocks. This review is a prelude of a discussion about the future challenges of mechanics-based restoration: integration of uncertainties, improvement of the used physics and the choice of the boundary conditions. },
 author = { Chauvin, Benjamin AND Mazuyer, Antoine AND Caumon, Guillaume },
 booktitle = { 35th Gocad Meeting - 2015 RING Meeting },
 publisher = { ASGA },
 title = { Mechanics-based restoration: a physical and mathematical review. },
 year = { 2015 }
}