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View SchemaSimulation of seismic response in a city-like environment
| Authors | Jean-Philippe Groby, Chrysoula Tsogka, Armand Wirgin |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0404067 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0404067 |
Abstract
We study the seismic response of idealized 2D cities, constituted by non equally-spaced, non equally-sized homogenized blocks anchored in a soft layer overlying a hard half space. The blocks and soft layer are occupied by dissipative media. To simulate such response, we use an approximation of the viscoelastic modulus by a low-order rational function of frequency and incorporate this approximation into a first-order-in-time scheme. Our results display spatially-variable, strong, long-duration responses inside the blocks and on the ground, which qualitatively match the responses observed in some earthquake-prone cities of Mexico, France, the USA, etc.
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