A Suite of Exercises for Verifying Dynamic Earthquake Rupture Codes
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Authors
Harris, Ruth A.
Barall, Michael
Aagaard, Brad
Ma, Shuo
Roten, Daniel
Olsen, Kim
Duan, Benchun
Liu, Dunyu
Luo, Bin
Bai, Kangchen
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2018
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Abstract
We describe a set of benchmark exercises that are designed to
test if computer codes that simulate dynamic earthquake rupture
are working as intended. These types of computer codes
are often used to understand how earthquakes operate, and
they produce simulation results that include earthquake size,
amounts of fault slip, and the patterns of ground shaking and
crustal deformation. The benchmark exercises examine a range
of features that scientists incorporate in their dynamic earthquake
rupture simulations. These include implementations of
simple or complex fault geometry, off-fault rock response to an
earthquake, stress conditions, and a variety of formulations for
fault friction. Many of the benchmarks were designed to investigate
scientific problems at the forefronts of earthquake physics
and strong ground motions research. The exercises are freely
available on our website for use by the scientific community.
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The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1785/0220170222
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Applied Mathematics
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC)
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17 p.
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Harris, Ruth A., Michael Barall, Brad Aagaard, Shuo Ma, Daniel Roten, Kim Olsen, Benchun Duan et al. "A suite of exercises for verifying dynamic earthquake rupture codes." Seismological Research Letters 89, no. 3 (2018): 1146-1162.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.