ANALYSIS OF EARTHQUAKES BASED ON A DISSIPATIVE CELLULAR-AUTOMATA MODEL

Authors
Citation
J. Ohta et I. Matsuba, ANALYSIS OF EARTHQUAKES BASED ON A DISSIPATIVE CELLULAR-AUTOMATA MODEL, Electronics and communications in Japan. Part 3, Fundamental electronic science, 82(2), 1999, pp. 20-27
Citations number
13
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
ISSN journal
1042-0967
Volume
82
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
20 - 27
Database
ISI
SICI code
1042-0967(1999)82:2<20:AOEBOA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Earthquakes are complex, destructive phenomena and to model them is ex tremely difficult. Many mathematical models have been reported that ta ke into account empirical rules known in connection with the frequency statistics of recent earthquakes. The cellular automaton is a model f or critical phenomena that provide particles to a cell and it can be a pplied to the earthquake process. However, the cell configuration of t he previously proposed model is extremely simple. In this paper, we pr opose a model in which the cells are arranged with the simulated fault diagram randomly distributed. Considering the dissipation of the stra in energy of earthquake waves, the distributions of the particles in a nalogy to the earthquake are partially reduced. The results of applyin g this model to actual fault diagrams are reported. (C) 1998 Scripta T echnica.