Coupling of regional geophysics and local soil-structure models in the EQSIM fault-to-structure earthquake simulation framework
| Autor: | Eric Eckert, Junfei Huang, Houjun Tang, David McCallen, Suiwen Wu, N. Anders Petersson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Structure (mathematical logic)
geography geography.geographical_feature_category Computer science 020207 software engineering 02 engineering and technology Geophysics Fault (geology) 01 natural sciences Code coupling Critical infrastructure Theoretical Computer Science 010101 applied mathematics Soil structure Coupling (computer programming) Earthquake simulation Hardware and Architecture Large earthquakes 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering 0101 mathematics Software |
| Zdroj: | The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications. 36:78-92 |
| ISSN: | 1741-2846 1094-3420 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/10943420211019118 |
| Popis: | Accurate understanding and quantification of the risk to critical infrastructure posed by future large earthquakes continues to be a very challenging problem. Earthquake phenomena are quite complex and traditional approaches to predicting ground motions for future earthquake events have historically been empirically based whereby measured ground motion data from historical earthquakes are homogenized into a common data set and the ground motions for future postulated earthquakes are probabilistically derived based on the historical observations. This procedure has recognized significant limitations, principally due to the fact that earthquake ground motions tend to be dictated by the particular earthquake fault rupture and geologic conditions at a given site and are thus very site-specific. Historical earthquakes recorded at different locations are often only marginally representative. There has been strong and increasing interest in utilizing large-scale, physics-based regional simulations to advance the ability to accurately predict ground motions and associated infrastructure response. However, the computational requirements for simulations at frequencies of engineering interest have proven a major barrier to employing regional scale simulations. In a U.S. Department of Energy Exascale Computing Initiative project, the EQSIM application development is underway to create a framework for fault-to-structure simulations. This framework is being prepared to exploit emerging exascale platforms in order to overcome computational limitations. This article presents the essential methodology and computational workflow employed in EQSIM to couple regional-scale geophysics models with local soil-structure models to achieve a fully integrated, complete fault-to-structure simulation framework. The computational workflow, accuracy and performance of the coupling methodology are illustrated through example fault-to-structure simulations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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