10.5880/wsm.2019.001 eng dataset GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences datapub@gfz-potsdam.de http://www.gfz-potsdam.de Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences pointOfContact 2020-12-03 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG:4326 Python Script Apple PY 2020-12-03 revision doi:10.5880/wsm.2019.001 Ziegler, Moritz O. GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany author Ziebarth, Malte GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany author Reiter, Karsten Technical University Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany author GFZ Data Services publisher In geosciences the discretization of complex 3D model volumes into finite elements can be a time-consuming task and often needs experience with a professional software. Especially outcropping or out-pinching geological units, i.e. geological layers that are represented in the model volume, pose serious challenges. Changes in the geometry of a model may occur well into a project at a point, when re-meshing is not an option anymore or would involve a significant amount of additional time to invest. In order to speed up and automate the process of discretization, Apple PY (Automatic Portioning Preventing Lengthy manual Element assignment for PYthon) separates the process of mesh-generation and unit assignment. It requires an existing uniform mesh together with separate information on the depths of the interfaces between geological units (herein called horizons). These two pieces of information are combined and used to assign the individual elements to different units. The uniform mesh is created with a standard meshing software and contains no or only very few and simple structures. The mesh has to be available as an Abaqus input file. The information on the horizons depths and lateral variations in the depths is provided in a text file. Apple PY compares the element location and depth with that of the horizons in order to assign each element to a corresponding geological unit below or above a certain horizon. Complete Ziegler, Moritz O. GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany mziegler@gfz-potsdam.de pointOfContact geomechanical-numerical model stress in-situ stress modelling tool finite-elemeent model EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > NEOTECTONICS EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > CRUSTAL MOTION > CRUSTAL MOTION DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > FAULT MOVEMENT EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > PLATE BOUNDARIES EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > STRESS NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords publication GNU General Public License, Version 3, 29 June 2007 Copyright © 2019 Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany GNU General Public License, Version 3, 29 June 2007 Copyright © 2019 Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany 10.2312/wsm.2019.001 DOI IsDocumentedBy 10.5880/wsm.2018.003 DOI References 10.5880/wsm.2020.002 DOI IsPreviousVersionOf eng geoscientificInformation http://doi.org/10.5880/wsm.2019.001 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Data Access - DOI Data Access - DOI information