Thanks for all the advice, everyone! It is all much appreciated. It seems my fate may be with MATLAB, as it's the only active software license that can definitely be confirmed by the university here right now. One plus I see about this, is that I already have Octave on my personal Mac laptop, so going between work and home shouldn't be a huge deal. Hopefully.
Thanks again!
Matt
On Aug 20, 2013, at 12:26 PM, "Dazhi Jiang" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Matt,
>
> You may also take a look at PTC's Mathcad
> (http://www.ptc.com/product/mathcad/). I have used it a lot and find it to
> be a very powerful mathematics application that can do a lot modeling that a
> structural geologist wants to do. It is very user friendly. Working in
> MathCad is like doing math on a piece of paper, truly "what you see is what
> you get". Model development, simulation, and result visualization can all be
> in the same environment and the plots are usually ready for publication.
>
> Here are a few recent works that we have done using MathCad (some papers
> have online MathCad worksheets as supplementary materials), if you want to
> have an idea what the program can potentially do:
>
> Jiang (2007a,b, JSG, p.189-200 and p. 435-452)
> https://files.acrobat.com/preview/2d0e880a-18f7-45db-95ff-425b9baea252
> https://files.acrobat.com/preview/7dbb610d-1f89-43e2-b632-e28617218348
>
> Kuiper and Jiang (2010, Tectonophysics, p.175-191)
> https://files.acrobat.com/preview/c8d9ba2c-9383-4ca6-bbdb-e9dfb429fb6b
>
> Li & Jiang 2011.pdf
> https://files.acrobat.com/preview/532ca7d2-d72c-4f2d-90c8-bc5ffe480589
>
> Jiang (2012, Computer & Geosciences, p. 52-61)
> https://files.acrobat.com/preview/87dbdd41-58ee-481d-bd07-5dd9cab078b0
>
> Jiang and Bentley (2012, JGR vol 117, B12201)
> https://files.acrobat.com/preview/f2c3a887-87e4-46eb-a30f-e2648a2a54d7
>
> Jiang (2013, JSG, p.22-34)
> Xiang and Jiang (JSG, in press)
>
> Dazhi Jiang
> Department of Earth Sciences
> Western University
> London, Ontario N6A 5B7
> Canada
> Tel: 519-661-3192
> Fax: 519-661-3198
> http://www.uwo.ca/earth/people/faculty/jiang.html
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tectonics & structural geology discussion list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Massey, Matthew A
> Sent: August-19-13 11:35 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Numerical Modeling Software
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm delving into the world of numerical modeling (mostly progressive
> deformation, at this point) and wanted a some advice. I had originally
> assumed that most structural geologists (and maybe most geologists?) use
> MATLAB or Octave, but after talking with several others, I've been informed
> this may not be entirely true. So before I begin, I'd like to get an idea
> of what most people really are using these days, and should a beginner start
> with something else? For the second part of that question, some things to
> keep in mind about myself: (1) I'm definitely not a programmer, nor a
> mathematician, but I think I can figure a lot of things out with some work;
> (2) at the moment, I plan on using this for modeling the evolution of finite
> strain magnitudes and orientations during 3D deformations, BUT I'm
> definitely interested in other future possibilities within the realms of
> structural geology, petrology, and geochronology. And one last follow up
> question - can you recommend some good instructional materials for said
> software (online tutorials, papers, published textbooks/manuals, etc.)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
>
>
> ___________________
> Matthew A. Massey
> Department Earth & Environmental Sciences University of Kentucky Lexington,
> KY 40506-053
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