Earthquake Source Asymmetry, Structural Media and Rotation Effects

Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Development of Earthquake Rotational Effect Study....Pages 3-10
Sources of Rotation and Twist Motions....Pages 11-23
Some Examples of Rotation Effects: the Tulbagh Earthquake, South Africa....Pages 25-28
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
Deviations from Symmetry and Elasticity: Asymmetric Continuum Mechanics....Pages 31-41
Degenerated Asymmetric Continuum Theory....Pages 43-55
Continuum with Rotation Nuclei and Defects: Dislocation and Disclination Densities....Pages 57-66
Towards a Discrete Theory of Defects....Pages 67-76
Fault Dynamics and Related Radiation....Pages 77-89
A Review on Friction....Pages 91-111
Soliton Physics....Pages 113-128
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Rotational Motions Excited by Earthquakes....Pages 131-156
Ground Rotational Motions Recorded in Near-Source Region of Earthquakes....Pages 157-167
Fracture-Band Geometry and Rotation Energy Release....Pages 169-183
Rotation Motions: Recording and Analysis....Pages 185-197
Glacier Motion: Seismic Events and Rotation/Tilt Phenomena....Pages 199-215
Rotational Energy and Angular Momentum of Earthquakes....Pages 217-225
Bend-Rotation Wave as a Mechanism of Macroseismic Effects....Pages 227-240
Solitary Waves in Crustal Faults and their Application to Earthquakes....Pages 241-253
Seismic Rotation Waves: Spin and Twist Solitons....Pages 255-272
Earth Rotation, Elasticity and Geodynamics: Earthquake Wave Rotary Model....Pages 273-289
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
Seismic Rotation Waves in the Continuum with Nonlinear Microstructure....Pages 293-300
Tectonic Solitons Propagating Along the Fault....Pages 301-309
Complexity of Rotation Soliton Propagation....Pages 311-315
Micromorphic Continuum with Defects and Taylor-Bishop-Hill Theory for Polycrystals: Anisotropic Propagation of Seismic Waves and the Golebiewska Gauge....Pages 317-328
Seismic Ray Theory for Structural Medium based on Kawaguchi and Finsler Geometry....Pages 329-336
From Non-Local to Asymmetric Deformation Field....Pages 337-346
Earthquake Hazard in the Valley of Mexico: Entropy, Structure, Complexity....Pages 347-364
Front Matter....Pages 365-365
Note on the Historical Rotation Seismographs....Pages 367-376
Ring Laser Gyroscopes as Rotation Sensors for Seismic Wave Studies....Pages 377-390
Rotational Motions in Seismology: Theory, Observation, Simulation....Pages 391-411
Absolute Rotation Measurement Based on the Sagnac Effect....Pages 413-438
Design of Rotation Seismometer and Non-Linear Behaviour of Rotation Components of Earthquakes....Pages 439-450
Rotation and Twist Motion Recording — Couple Pendulum and Rigid Seismometers System....Pages 451-470
Equation of Pendulum Motion Including Rotations and its Implications to the Strong-Ground Motion....Pages 471-485
Strong Motion Rotation Sensor....Pages 487-492
High-Resolution Wide-Range Tiltmeter: Observations of Earth Free Oscillations Excited by the 26 December 2004 Sumatra -Andaman Earthquake....Pages 493-520
Fiber Optic Sensors for Seismic Monitoring....Pages 521-545
Front Matter....Pages 547-547
Deriving Seismic Surface Rotations for Engineering Purposes....Pages 549-568
Effects of Torsional and Rocking Excitations on the Response of Structures....Pages 569-582