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Specimen configuration and experimental setup. Far-field pressure P and the inclination angle α are system variables. Dynamic photoelasticity and high-speed photography were used along the optical axis. Two velocimeters measured fault-parallel particle velocity histories above and below the simulated fault. The capacitor bank and exploding wire configuration provided the rupture initiation mechanism and the synchronizing trigger.
