Microscopic and Macroscopic Simulation: Towards Predictive Modelling of the Earthquake Process

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Introduction....Pages 1817-1819
Front Matter....Pages N1-N1
Numerical Simulation of Localisation Phenomena in a Fault Zone....Pages 1821-1845
Shear Heating in Granular Layers....Pages 1847-1866
Extension of the Lattice Solid Model to Incorporate Temperature Related Effects....Pages 1867-1887
Hybrid Modelling of Coupled Pore Fluid-solid Deformation Problems....Pages 1889-1904
Numerical Simulation of Rock Failure and Earthquake Process on Mesoscopic Scale....Pages 1905-1928
Damage Localization as a Possible Precursor of Earthquake Rupture....Pages 1929-1943
Evolution-induced Catastrophe and its Predictability....Pages 1945-1957
Front Matter....Pages N3-N3
Dynamic Propagation and Interaction of a Rupture Front on a Planar Fault....Pages 1959-1979
Criticality of Rupture Dynamics in 3-D....Pages 1981-2001
Spontaneous Rupture Propagation on a Non-planar Fault in 3-D Elastic Medium....Pages 2003-2027
Constraints on Stress and Friction from Dynamic Rupture Models of the 1994 Northridge, California, Earthquake....Pages 2029-2046
Parallel 3-D Simulation of Ground Motion for the 1995 Kobe Earthquake: The Component Decomposition Approach....Pages 2047-2062
Computer Simulation of Strong Ground Motion near a Fault Using Dynamic Fault Rupture Modeling: Spatial Distribution of the Peak Ground Velocity Vectors....Pages 2063-2081
Numerical Simulation of Dynamic Process of the Tangshan Earthquake by a New Method—LDDA....Pages 2083-2104
Nonlinear Structural Subsystem of GeoFEM for Fault Zone Analysis....Pages 2105-2124
Front Matter....Pages N5-N5
3-D Physical Modelling of Stress Accumulation Processes at Transcurrent Plate Boundaries....Pages 2125-2147
The Edges of Large Earthquakes and the Epicenters of Future Earthquakes: Stress-induced Correlations in Elastodynamic Fault Models....Pages 2149-2164
Precursory Seismic Activation and Critical-point Phenomena....Pages 2165-2182
Evolution of Stress Deficit and Changing Rates of Seismicity in Cellular Automaton Models of Earthquake Faults....Pages 2183-2207
Front Matter....Pages N5-N5
Accelerating Seismic Energy Release and Evolution of Event Time and Size Statistics: Results from Two Heterogeneous Cellular Automaton Models....Pages 2209-2226
The Plausibility of Long-wavelength Stress Correlation or Stress Magnitude as a Mechanism for Precursory Seismicity: Results from Two Simple Elastic Models....Pages 2227-2248
Front Matter....Pages N7-N7
Scale-dependence in Earthquake Processes and Seismogenic Structures....Pages 2249-2258
A Physical Scaling Relation Between the Size of an Earthquake and its Nucleation Zone Size....Pages 2259-2282
Regional Difference in Scaling Laws for Large Earthquakes and its Tectonic Implication....Pages 2283-2302
Continuous GPS Array and Present-day Crustal Deformation of Japan....Pages 2303-2322
Implications of a Statistical Physics Approach for Earthquake Hazard Assessment and Forecasting....Pages 2323-2349
Application of Linked Stress Release Model to Historical Earthquake Data: Comparison between Two Kinds of Tectonic Seismicity....Pages 2351-2364
Development of a New Approach to Earthquake Prediction: Load/Unload Response Ratio (LURR) Theory....Pages 2365-2383
Back Matter....Pages 2384-2384