ComputationalEarthquake Physics:Simulations, Analysis and Infrastructure, Part I

2006 Birkhäuser VerlagBasel · Boston · Berlin

Edited byXiang-chu YinPeter MoraAndrea DonnellanMitsuhiro Matsu’ura

Reprint from Pure and Applied Geophysics(PAGEOPH), Volume 163 (2006) No. 9

Editors

Xiang-chu YinInstitute of Earthquake ScienceChinese Earthquake AdministrationBeijing 10036China

e-mail: xcyin@public.bta.net.cn

Andrea DonnellanJet Propulsion Laboratory4800 Oak GroveDrive-Mail Stop 183-335Pasadena, CA 91109USA

e-mail: andrea.donnellan@jpl.nasa.gov

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Peter MoraEarth Systems Science Computational CentreThe University of QueenslandBrisbane, 4072 QldAustraliae-mail: director@esscc.uq.edu.au

Mitsuhiro Matsu’uraDept. of Earth and Planetary ScienceThe University of Tokyo7-3-1 HongoBunkyo-KuTokyo 113-0033Japane-mail: matsuura@eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Contents

1737 Computational Earthquake Physics, PART I: IntroductionX. C. Yin, P. Mora, A. Donnellan, M. Matsu’ura

1741 Fracture of a Liquefied Crack and the Physics of Rayleigh WavesL. Knopoff, J. A. Landoni

1751 Experimental Evidence of Critical Sensitivity in CatastropheX. Xu, M. Xia, F. Ke, Y. Bai

1769 Implementation of Particle-scale Rotation in the 3-D Lattice Solid ModelY. Wang, S. Abe, S. Latham, P. Mora

1787 Numerical and Experimental Study on Progressive Failure of MarbleR. H. C. Wong, M. R. Jiao, K. T. Chau

1803 3-D Simulation of Tectonic Loading at Convergent Plate Boundary Zones:Internal Stress Fields in Northeast JapanC. Hashimoto, M. Matsu’ura

1819 Virtual California: Fault Model, Frictional Parameters, ApplicationsP. B. Rundle, J. B. Rundle, K. F. Tiampo, A. Donnellan, D. L. Turcotte

1847 Catastrophic Rupture Induced Damage Coalescence in HeterogeneousBrittle MediaF. Rong, H. Wang, M. Xia, F. Ke, Y. Bai

1867 Differences Between Mode I and Mode II Crack PropagationK. B. Broberg

1881 Dynamic Rupture in a 3-D Particle-based Simulation of a Rough Planar FaultS. Abe, S. Latham, P. Mora

1893 Numerical Simulation of the Effect of a DC Electric Field on Seismic WavePropagation with the Pseudospectral Time Domain MethodL. Liu, L. Xiao, H. Liu, H. Yan

1915 Quartz Rheology and Short-time-scale Crustal InstabilitiesK. Regenauer-Lieb, D. A. Yuen

1933 Recurrence Interval Statistics of Cellular Automaton Seismicity ModelsD. Weatherley

1949 Parallel 3-D Simulation of a Fault Gouge Using the Lattice Solid ModelS. Latham, S. Abe, P. Mora

1965 Benioff Strain Release Before Earthquakes in China: Accelerating or Not?C. Jiang, Z. Wu

1977 Improvement in the Fault Boundary Conditions for a Staggered GridFinite-difference MethodT. Miyatake, T. Kimura

1991 The Displacement and Strain Field of Three-dimensional Rheologic Model ofEarthquake PreparationZ. Song, X. Yin, S. Mei, Y. Wang, C. Yin, H. Zhang, L. Zhang

2011 Deformations in Transform Faults with Rotating Crustal BlocksE. Pasternak, A. V. Dyskin, Y. Estrin

2031 Elasticity, Yielding and Episodicity in Simple Models of Mantle ConvectionH.-B. Mu€hlhaus, M. Davies, L. Moresi