Location

San Diego, California

Presentation Date

27 May 2010, 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Abstract

In the proximity of an active fault, spatial variation of peak ground motion is significantly affected by the faulting mechanism. It has been observed that near fault ground motions consists of different characteristics compared to the far fault ground motions. Near fault records, in the distance range of less than 100 m from the faults are not available except for few cases. Therefore numerical simulation of ground motions for such near-fault situations is necessary. There is a need to enhance our understanding of the possible potential hazard that can be caused due to the future rupture activity by understanding the phenomenon of surface faulting. In this paper we propose numerical simulation based on discrete modeling to investigate the fault rupture propagation. Initially a two dimensional study is done for understanding the crack propagation due to various types of bedrock movement. A model of size 1000x150 m is selected for this purpose. It is observed as the stiffness of the media is decreasing, the affected surface is decreasing and also width of the shear crack zone is decreasing. However in the dynamic analysis we can observe the significant increase in amplification in soft media. Secondly, we attempted to study the presence of boulders. Surface faulting has been examined by keeping the boulder at different positions. We find that there is an increase in the shear zone as well as the PGA on the surface when the boulder is present on the foot wall. Finally, we performed the analysis using layered media and studied the affect of crack propagation and also the variation of peak accelerations Findings from the study can be utilized to assess the damage potential of the near fault areas.

Department(s)

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Meeting Name

5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics

Publisher

Missouri University of Science and Technology

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In the proximity of an active fault, spatial variation of peak ground motion is significantly affected by the faulting mechanism. It has been observed that near fault ground motions consists of different characteristics compared to the far fault ground motions. Near fault records, in the distance range of less than 100 m from the faults are not available except for few cases. Therefore numerical simulation of ground motions for such near-fault situations is necessary. There is a need to enhance our understanding of the possible potential hazard that can be caused due to the future rupture activity by understanding the phenomenon of surface faulting. In this paper we propose numerical simulation based on discrete modeling to investigate the fault rupture propagation. Initially a two dimensional study is done for understanding the crack propagation due to various types of bedrock movement. A model of size 1000x150 m is selected for this purpose. It is observed as the stiffness of the media is decreasing, the affected surface is decreasing and also width of the shear crack zone is decreasing. However in the dynamic analysis we can observe the significant increase in amplification in soft media. Secondly, we attempted to study the presence of boulders. Surface faulting has been examined by keeping the boulder at different positions. We find that there is an increase in the shear zone as well as the PGA on the surface when the boulder is present on the foot wall. Finally, we performed the analysis using layered media and studied the affect of crack propagation and also the variation of peak accelerations Findings from the study can be utilized to assess the damage potential of the near fault areas.