Title :
Understanding Long-Term Earthquake Behavior through Simulation
Author :
Heien, Eric M. ; Sachs, Michael
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, Davis, CA, USA
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;
Journal_Title :
Computing in Science & Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/MCSE.2012.39
