• DocumentCode
    1479745
  • Title

    Understanding Long-Term Earthquake Behavior through Simulation

  • Author

    Heien, Eric M. ; Sachs, Michael

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of California, Davis, CA, USA
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    10
  • Lastpage
    20
  • Abstract
    Understanding earthquake behavior is crucial for predicting earthquakes´ effects. One way of understanding long-term earthquake behavior is through simulation. Virtual California is a program developed to generate ensembles of earthquakes in a specified fault system. The theory underlying the program, some recent results, and several optimizations used to improve performance are presented.
  • Keywords
    digital simulation; earthquake engineering; geophysics computing; computer simulation; earthquake effect prediction; earthquake ensemble generation; fault system; long-term earthquake behavior; virtual California; Computational modeling; Earthquakes; Green´s function methods; Mathematical model; Predictive models; Program processors; Sientific computing; Three dimensional displays; 3D simulation; computational earthquake science; earthquake simulation; geodynamics; scientific computing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computing in Science & Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1521-9615
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCSE.2012.39
  • Filename
    6175878
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1479745