The collision between Indian and Asian causes that blocks, which are separated by faults, laterally slide along largescale strike- slip faults and Tibet plateau rapidly uplift. These are also two endmember models of the evolutionary deformation of the Tibet plateau: continental extrusion model and crustal thickening model. The paper designs three non- rigid bookshelf fault models and use particle image velocimetry (PIV) technique to monitor surface deformation. Experimental results show that the displacement field, velocity, shear strain and area strain are obviously different within non- rigid blocks before and after boundaries between non- rigid blocks is stressed. Based on the experimental results, two conclusions are drawn: ① the deformation of the eastern margin of the Tibet plateau is continuous and the interior of blocks can form the thrust belt, rift system and dextral strike- slip fault system;②since the Miocene, the evolution of the Tibet plateau is mainly experienced two stages, from early Miocene to late Miocene (22~8 Ma), it not only have sinistral strike- slip motion, but also block clockwise rotation, giving rise to a nearly east- west trending Qilian Shan- Nan Shan thrust belt, Jishi Shan thrust belt, Qimen Tagh thrust belt, Weihe Graben and nearly north- south trending dextral strike- slip faults; Since the late Miocene (8Ma), there has been little rotation, mainly experiences left strike- slip motion, forming a nearly northsouth thrust zone and rift valley system.