A realistic numerical simulation model for all physical processes underlying the earthquake phenomenon on HPC's would provide a powerful tool to study fault behavior and earthquake nucleation. The microphysical particle-based Lattice Solid Model (LSM) currently being developed at QUAKES provides a basis on which to construct such a model. Presently, the model simulates stress transfer, seismic ...

-The acceleration record of an earthquake ground motion is a nonstationary process with both amplitude and frequency content varying in time. The paper presents a general procedure for the analysis and simulation of strong earthquake ground motions based on parametric ARMA models to be used in computing structural response. Some computational results obtained in the analysis and simulation of g...

earlier studies have shown conclusively that a tuned liquid damper (tld) is effective for controlling vibrations in structures subjected to narrow-banded wind excitations. a recent numerical study has shown that if the design parameters of a tld are properly set, this device could also be very effective for controlling structural vibration to broad-banded earthquake excitations. here the result...

On 3 April 2017, a Mw 6.5 earthquake occurred in Botswana, representing the secondstrongest earthquake registered since 1949. Such an intraplate event occurred in a low seismic hazard area and was suspected to be an artificial earthquake induced by nearby anthropogenic activities (gas extraction). The possible relation between anthropogenic activities and the earthquake occurrence has been qual...

In a previous study, we have calculated the usable road distance in the southern coastal area of Iwate Prefecture following the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake. In this context, a usable road is one on which at least one vehicle has been probed during the observation period. If the accumulative usable distance up to September 30, 2011 is considered as 100%, then the percentage of the usable road distanc...