Conveners: Brittany Erickson and Junle Jiang
Date: January 9, 2020
Location: Kellogg West Conference Center, Pomona, CA
SCEC Award and Report: 19110

SUMMARY: Our group ​is working to advance ​computational methods for simulating Sequences of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip (SEAS) by conducting a suite of code verification exercises. ​In SEAS models, the goal is to capture the interplay of aseismic fault slip—that ultimately lead to earthquake nucleation—and dynamic earthquake ruptures themselves, in an effort to understand which physical factors control the full range of observables such as aseismic deformation, earthquake initiation locations, ground shaking during dynamic rupture, recurrence times and magnitudes of earthquakes.

The goal of this workshop is to share some recent progress in SEAS modeling and discuss the results of two new code verification benchmarks, BP3 and BP4, which focus on fully dynamic 2D and quasidynamic 3D problems, respectively. We will also discuss our future benchmark efforts; for example, to explore the effects of fault geometry, free surface, or heterogeneous friction, and plan for group publications to promote our results to the broader community.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2020

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