Accurate calculation of fault-rupture models using the high-order discontinuous Galerkin method on tetrahedral meshes

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1570-1586

  Käser, Martin ^a   Mai, P Martin ^b   Dumbser, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALERKIN METHODS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MESH GENERATION; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; TECTONICS;

FAULT-RUPTURE MODEL; HIGH-ORDER DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN METHOD;

EARTHQUAKES;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT; GALERKIN METHOD; GEOMETRY; GROUND MOTION; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 35548990508     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120060253     Document Type: Article

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