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Physics-Based Ground-Motion Simulation

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Deterministic earthquake simulation; Deterministic ground-motion simulation; Physics-based earthquake simulation

Introduction

Physics-based earthquake ground-motion simulation, also referred to as deterministic earthquake ground-motion simulation, can be defined as the prediction of the ground motion generated by earthquakes by means of numerical methods and models that incorporate explicitly the physics of the earthquake source and the resulting propagation of seismic waves. Other approaches such as the stochastic ground-motion simulation method or ground-motion prediction equations (i.e., attenuation relationships) integrate the physics and specific characteristics of the earthquake source, directivity, path, attenuation and scattering, basin, and site effects by means of indirect, approximate, or statistical approaches. These methods are valid representations of the physics of earthquakes, but do not necessarily solve the accepted mathematical abstractions that describe the...

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Taborda, R., Roten, D. (2015). Physics-Based Ground-Motion Simulation. In: Beer, M., Kougioumtzoglou, I., Patelli, E., Au, IK. (eds) Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36197-5_240-1

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